From Rae Hight's book: The brass ordered us to check the homes to be sure there weren't any cells working n the small towns and that no one was hiding armaments. The situation seemed almost comical, and at the doors we'd say, :We need to come and look, Do you have any active firearms here?" "now, we don't". "Okay, thank you." We completed our searches pretty rapidly and didn't collect much of anything.
Dearest mom & all, Got your letter of Sept. 3 a few days ago but have been so darn busy that I haven't had time to touch correspondence. I'd much rather write individual letters to all of you and if this break lasts long enough I will but for now just make believe I'm talking to each and every one of you cause I love you all. Things were rather hectic for me for quite awhile after we came over here and we still have some work of the drudgery sort to do for a while but we are now in a "Rest" area safe and sound from any enemy action and have prospects of some relaxation (can't count on it too long though.) Last night I got my first pass in France and we all went into a little town nearby (I'll tell you its name when I'm allowed). Of course the first thing the boys I was with headed for... ...was a wine shop, but that did them no good- "Bosche Take" was all they could get from the proprietress. That was the way with every th...
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