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Thomas W. Messenger correspondence, January-May 1918

1918-05-30 Thomas Messenger to Mr. & Mrs. N.H. Messenger Page 1

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Camp Cody N Mex. May 30 1918. Dearest Folks at Home: This is Thursday morning. We are having a holiday today - Decoration Day. We played ball a while ago. Made up two teams and had a good game. The wind started to blow like the dickens about five minutes after we were through. Baseball is easily the most popular sport down here now. Right after breakfast I went down to the bathhouse and washed my overalls. They were getting dirty enough. We have been drilling every day excepting Saturday and Sunday, Wednesday afternoons we also are off duty. We are supposed to play some games but I did bunk fatigue about three hours last Wednesday afternoon. Monday afternoon
 
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