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1941-08-28 Page 1
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H&S Co, 136th Mid Regt In [linovac?] North of the Riddes, La Thursday, Aug. 28, 1941. My dearest Dorothea: Well, finally we moved. Yesterday morn-ing we were ordered to move headquarters up here. So we just took the truck with the field desks and four of the mean and came up to a crossroads called Anacoco. We let down the back of the truck and opened the desk for business and then sat around until noon. The problem ended at 9:30. So we ate dinner with Company G. There was a man who had some watermelons for sale so we pooled our money and bought a big one for 40 cents. It would weigh from 30 to 40 pounds. We put it in the truck and on the way home we stopped and ate it. It was one of the pale ones and looked almost like it wasn't ripe but it was very sweet. [Theirman?], Wellman, Skewas and I work, while Sgt. Griffin and the rest of them stayed back at the base camp. When we got back to base camp we got orders to move. So we struck the two tents, packed all the equipment and drove up to the H&S Co to get supper. Then we started out. The road was very bumpy for about five miles. Then we got on the
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H&S Co, 136th Mid Regt In [linovac?] North of the Riddes, La Thursday, Aug. 28, 1941. My dearest Dorothea: Well, finally we moved. Yesterday morn-ing we were ordered to move headquarters up here. So we just took the truck with the field desks and four of the mean and came up to a crossroads called Anacoco. We let down the back of the truck and opened the desk for business and then sat around until noon. The problem ended at 9:30. So we ate dinner with Company G. There was a man who had some watermelons for sale so we pooled our money and bought a big one for 40 cents. It would weigh from 30 to 40 pounds. We put it in the truck and on the way home we stopped and ate it. It was one of the pale ones and looked almost like it wasn't ripe but it was very sweet. [Theirman?], Wellman, Skewas and I work, while Sgt. Griffin and the rest of them stayed back at the base camp. When we got back to base camp we got orders to move. So we struck the two tents, packed all the equipment and drove up to the H&S Co to get supper. Then we started out. The road was very bumpy for about five miles. Then we got on the
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