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Francis McDermott correspondence, July-December 1917
1917-07-17 Page 4
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we get over there well forget all about guns, and go to railroding. All they drilled us for is to look like somthing infront of Johnnie Bull and the cow and little calves ha. ha. There isent a one of us ever seen a trench not even the officers how in h--- could we dig trenches. Why befor they send them there to fight they get trench digger target practus and have to now the commands as well as the officers. I will more than likley be fitting pipe under a car the second day were there. We just have the one suit the next such will be overalls. ha ha. So now dont you worrie Im just a 100 time better off where I am than tho I was drafted. I am tickled to think I was luckey enough to
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we get over there well forget all about guns, and go to railroding. All they drilled us for is to look like somthing infront of Johnnie Bull and the cow and little calves ha. ha. There isent a one of us ever seen a trench not even the officers how in h--- could we dig trenches. Why befor they send them there to fight they get trench digger target practus and have to now the commands as well as the officers. I will more than likley be fitting pipe under a car the second day were there. We just have the one suit the next such will be overalls. ha ha. So now dont you worrie Im just a 100 time better off where I am than tho I was drafted. I am tickled to think I was luckey enough to
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