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Posted by copey [206.80.249.113] on Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 05:39:10 :
My Dearest Wendy .May 17th 1917
I am pinning this letter to the inside of my jacket in the event I should fall today . I truly hope some soul should take the time to retrieve it and forward it home .In a few short hours we all shall be going over the top .Having had a good breakfast of bully beef hard tack and of course your favorite strong sweet tea .The double ration of rum insures me we shall be going over .The weather is mild here today and the sun is trying to shine and we are very optimistic about today’s intensions ,spirits are quite high .My friends on the front here enjoy your letters we still share the good fortune of some mail on occasion although some what delayed .Your news of home always brings us together in thought that some day when this ends we shall have “home” again .
After three years I admire your dedication of staying true to our love and commitment I miss you so . I think of you constantly amidst the horror and the terror and the hard times here .Please ,as I know you will, tell my father of my love for him and how much I miss him and ask him for my forgiveness of joining up .I also ask God to turn a bind eye on the events that have transpired in my life here when encountering our enemy . I miss you and everything that was in our world sorry ~
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