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Conger Reynolds correspondence, January-March 1919

1919-01-15 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 2

totally unadapted I got him transferred to the Stars and Stripes. Now I wish I had never done that. It gave him a chance to give his ambition rein. His ambition was much stronger than his physique. Well, he worked like a tiger seeing that the Stars and Stripes got to the men of his division during all the battle of the Argonne. His work meant more to them than the work of the men who were carrying up supplies because they were crazy to get news of what was going on elsewhere. The S and S in those times was an incalculably good influence in keeping the fighting troops on their toes. Homer became ill with hard work and exposure. Still he kept going. After it was all over he went to see a doctor. The doctor told him that he had been carrying around a case of pneumonia and ordered him to a hospital. I saw him by chance just afterward at Bar-le-duc. He

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totally unadapted I got him transferred to the Stars and Stripes. Now I wish I had never done that. It gave him a chance to give his ambition rein. His ambition was much stronger than his physique. Well, he worked like a tiger seeing that the Stars and Stripes got to the men of his division during all the battle of the Argonne. His work meant more to them than the work of the men who were carrying up supplies because they were crazy to get news of what was going on elsewhere. The S and S in those times was an incalculably good influence in keeping the fighting troops on their toes. Homer became ill with hard work and exposure. Still he kept going. After it was all over he went to see a doctor. The doctor told him that he had been carrying around a case of pneumonia and ordered him to a hospital. I saw him by chance just afterward at Bar-le-duc. He