up instead of I though I guess he is to lucky to trip over a kit bag and
fall down and cut himself.

But my scratchs don't really amt. to nothing Al and in a few days I will be
like new.

Your pal, JACK.

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_Somewheres in France, April 25._

FRIEND AL: Well old pal I have got some big news for you now. We been
ordered up to the front and its good by to this Class D burg and now for
some real actions and I am tickled to death and I only hope the Dutchmens
will loose their minds and try and start something up on the section where
we are going to and I can't tell you where its at Al but you keep watching
the papers and even if the boshs don't start nothing maybe we will start
something on our own acct. and the next thing you know you will read where
we have got them on the Lincoln highway towards Russia and believe me Al we
won't half to stop every little wile to bring up no Van Hindenburg but we
will run them ragged and they say the Germans is the best singers and when
they all bust out with Comrades they will make the Great Lakes band sound
like the Russia artillery.

Well Al I am so excited I can't write much and I have got a 100 things to
tend to so I will half to cut this letter short.

Well some of the other birds like Alcock and them is pertending like they
was tickled to death to but believe me Al if the orders was changed all of