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Conger Reynolds correspondence, April 1918
1918-04-04 Conger Reynolds to""Goody"" Page 4
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nobody even paused in his work even when and explosion came only a few yards away. It's not a job they like. As one soldier put it to a visitor I was escorting, "I'd trade the whole of France for one little spot of West Virginia, though West Virginia is the poorest state in the union." They are not fighting for the fun of it, but they are absolutely determined to fight well and stay until their cause has triumphed. France has indeed suffered. But she hides her losses beneath a splendid spirit. France is far from crushed. The spirit and the skill of the French army remains the most magnificent of all. In the recent great battle which came near being a catastrophe for
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nobody even paused in his work even when and explosion came only a few yards away. It's not a job they like. As one soldier put it to a visitor I was escorting, "I'd trade the whole of France for one little spot of West Virginia, though West Virginia is the poorest state in the union." They are not fighting for the fun of it, but they are absolutely determined to fight well and stay until their cause has triumphed. France has indeed suffered. But she hides her losses beneath a splendid spirit. France is far from crushed. The spirit and the skill of the French army remains the most magnificent of all. In the recent great battle which came near being a catastrophe for
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