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Thomas W. Messenger correspondence, 1917
Thomas Messenger to Mr. & Mrs. N.H. Messenger Page 1
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Mon night [1917] Dearest folks at home, I'm going to write some tonite and every night, then mail it to you at the end of the week. I'll begin with last Saturday. Went on guard that afternoon and all day Sunday. That was the first time I'd been on guard since I came here. Sunday morning Clarke and Howard Smith came over to the guard tent (all the guards have to sleep over there) and we had a long talk. Howard looks the same as ever. The wind is sure blowing some now. I'll bet the sand is flying too, tho I'm not going out to investigate. I'm awful sleepy for some reason or other and it won't be long before I hit the straw. It's awfully cold in the mornings now but still gets hot in the day time. I sleep warm at night thanks to that comforter -- don't know what I'd do without it. We have to send every bit of our civilian clothes home or get rid of them some way. I haven't much but what's good I'll send home. We were digging trenches all morning and this after noon had an hour of physical exercises. One of the exercises was a kind of wrestling. They lined us up in two lines and the two men facing each other
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Mon night [1917] Dearest folks at home, I'm going to write some tonite and every night, then mail it to you at the end of the week. I'll begin with last Saturday. Went on guard that afternoon and all day Sunday. That was the first time I'd been on guard since I came here. Sunday morning Clarke and Howard Smith came over to the guard tent (all the guards have to sleep over there) and we had a long talk. Howard looks the same as ever. The wind is sure blowing some now. I'll bet the sand is flying too, tho I'm not going out to investigate. I'm awful sleepy for some reason or other and it won't be long before I hit the straw. It's awfully cold in the mornings now but still gets hot in the day time. I sleep warm at night thanks to that comforter -- don't know what I'd do without it. We have to send every bit of our civilian clothes home or get rid of them some way. I haven't much but what's good I'll send home. We were digging trenches all morning and this after noon had an hour of physical exercises. One of the exercises was a kind of wrestling. They lined us up in two lines and the two men facing each other
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