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Conger Reynolds correspondence, June 1918
1918-06-03 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 13
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during the first year of the war. He had been wounded and taken prisoner and had been a prisoner in Germany two years. A fine young fellow he seemed to be, and we liked him for what he had done in the war. He told us how a "grande battaille" had been fought on the ground where we stood and how the Boche cannon had wrought the ruin of the farm and dairy buildings where the French had stood there on the hilltop. After we had been there a few minutes the driver came up the road with our car. We thanked the priest, climbed in, and pursued our way. It was getting on toward dinner time. Rather than wait for a very late dinner at our destination we decided to stop in N---, which in spite of air raids is still something of a city. We dined
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during the first year of the war. He had been wounded and taken prisoner and had been a prisoner in Germany two years. A fine young fellow he seemed to be, and we liked him for what he had done in the war. He told us how a "grande battaille" had been fought on the ground where we stood and how the Boche cannon had wrought the ruin of the farm and dairy buildings where the French had stood there on the hilltop. After we had been there a few minutes the driver came up the road with our car. We thanked the priest, climbed in, and pursued our way. It was getting on toward dinner time. Rather than wait for a very late dinner at our destination we decided to stop in N---, which in spite of air raids is still something of a city. We dined
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