Letter published in the Jan 15, 1919 REPUBLICAN JOURNAL: France November 27, 1918 Dear Mother and Niece -- I will try and write you a few lines this evening to let you know that I am all right and hope you are all the same. We have been having some rain here. It don't take much rain to make the roads muddy. There are so many trucks running all the time that the roads are a slop but not very deep. Well, Clara, I received your letter yesterday and was very glad to have the pictures, and also glad to see Hilda's picture among the bunch. It is certainly nice to look at a few familiar faces from home. I suppose there will be a dance at Lowell tomorrow night. Wish I could go. The flu certainly hit the boys hard that I knew. I certainly feel sorry for Forest SANFORD. He will feel so bad and to think that the two out of one family in so short a time. My bunk buddy and I are having some time. The one in bed first gets the bed. It is very narrow, so I will have to close, this is the night I sleep. So long. Love to all Pvt. Homer I. DUTTON Co. A, 15th Mch. Gm. Bn. A.P.O. 745, American E.F. If you would like a photocopy of an article, please contact me. This and other Ohio newspaper transcriptions can be found on my website. Joyce Fullen Grove City OH http://www.fullenfamily.com/Newspapers/ohio__newspapers.htm