France
July 6, 1918
Dear Sister –
Well, I have a few minutes and thought I would drop you a line or two. I received three or four letters with the clippings of the newspapers in it and was very glad to hear from you. I also received some from Mother and Aunt Bess and I’m answering them as fast as I can. Hoping this letter will find you and the rest of the family feeling well as I never felt better in my life.
Well last night we were out guarding some antiaircraft guns. They did very good work yesterday. They brought down three aeroplanes from what I hear. I saw the first one since I have been here fall. It certainly was a wonderful sight. Our company had very good success in the line the first time. Only a few were gassed, and one died. He was a cook and didn’t look very healthy. We are going in again shortly and will make a still better record. We are at present in rest barracks made of stone and cement. I think they were made for the French armies to drill in peacetime. This is the most comfortable place we vane been in since in France.
That is going to be quite a large body of water that you and Mother wrote to me about. Aunt Bess wrote and told me that Aunt Retta had a son. Hope they are doing fine. Mrs. Shortell sent me a dollar to have a blowout on the Fourth, but didn’t get a chance, because I was one of the kitchen police. Anyway, I don’t bother about drinking very much now, because we are liable to be called out any minute and we can’t afford to be stewed. The beer where we are now is the best we have had since in the states. Well they are calling me to go out and play baseball so will close. Best regards to everybody.
George
