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Harvey W. Wertz letters, 1917
1917-09-21 Harvey Wertz to Mr. L.A. Wertz Page 2
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2 our side arms. After some delay the band began to play and then we marched away from Camp Logan and started on our first lap of our journey. We marched down to the Fair Grounds depot which was pretty well crowded with people. Cohens father and mother were there and I will never forget the way they cried. All of his aunts and uncles and a sprinkling of rabbis boo! hoo'ed in on the chorus. It certainly was a sorrowful day for a good many Jews by the looks of things at just exactly 12 o'clock our train started from Des Moines and as I was very tired I went to sleep and did not wake up until about 4 o'clock when we had our first meal since
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2 our side arms. After some delay the band began to play and then we marched away from Camp Logan and started on our first lap of our journey. We marched down to the Fair Grounds depot which was pretty well crowded with people. Cohens father and mother were there and I will never forget the way they cried. All of his aunts and uncles and a sprinkling of rabbis boo! hoo'ed in on the chorus. It certainly was a sorrowful day for a good many Jews by the looks of things at just exactly 12 o'clock our train started from Des Moines and as I was very tired I went to sleep and did not wake up until about 4 o'clock when we had our first meal since
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