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Letter (1918) to Fred Smith
Im a French Part
marb
7/19/8
Mydear Friends
at last There grt a litth time to myself, will
start in and write a few liner & let you know for life in in
the war Jone,
we cannot say very much running to all the mail being consored
guill Jan on all of my own writing
but lam going to take a chance and go the limit being the Consor
Beline me it in some job every morning at 830% look om every letter
lecture and seal each and day stamp to ready for 10 am share and there are many
get out now and fat then on store libert and can of that in to he effer test
the crew have (51) an as a rule a fine set of fellow but they will
in the Many the with a 36 * 48 hour in the thing on bread water
generally taken sand out of them
They don A stand very much many for it only taber 5 fr. 9,008 tauth up
and stay w In 24 henry
n nn 23rd In Philadelphia, then X Bermuda, the t agour Island
Hell we aboved out here after a 3 me try from Boston leaving that got
then Post Portugal, on is France arriving Fet 23rd
we so did for have an we snever Kundenow saw such this weather will be in our my base, life and but hang mt such a try
very narrow everfer Anne of other rench that swere it the detachment
good shape and not a the man bst the that, although we came had gut amer of it
lost 2+ 3mm our board on the try
for
duty dry duch cleaning of which will take a fees day 2 item
the certainly treat if americane fine but the emity Itn
This French n arery mill little flace clan town of about 125000 for and
connal writing condition in monsame ever ymgr crippler, and cripter and effect aboutery other
the arthering sight one where seer why it awful and you cannot again it
simply shot to Prices never do caret go though their scrafe
One of the large Base Hospitals are there, and that in filled at the tuns we
yourmest deep
are only a your from the First to for away A hear the roar of form
Iam near enough any way and ful contucted Elemani fn time feer
the had mesciof with a sub. ammy up from Portugal the first day out
was menewe rocking me for we had the death all round her and effected
a crach at him he ducked and out of sight the last five day of on his
Mr. submade mi affectence and after him we went before we could get
any minutes from below However in to gut me arrived
Now the nelt thing t combat wist is in the sky, and that in a safely constant
watch day might, not Kunning when they will affect
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Letter (1918) to Fred Smith
Letter (1918) to Fred Smith from Geo. C. Edwards US Naval Forces . passed by Censor . from a French Port. Letter is in wonderful condition and describes his work with the Censor Bureau during World War I. Nomenclature: Letter
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