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Conger Reynolds correspondence, March 16-31, 1918

1918-03-23 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 5

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neither in the village nor in all the country behind could we see a living, moving thing.  I never realized before what a hidden thing modern warfare is.  Alors as I stood there, I saw the flowers and thought how good Old mother Nature is to try to force the beauty of the world even into the hideousness of war.  So I tucked one blossom into my notebook to send back to you as assurance that all is hope and courage even on the very "frontier of freedom."
We drove back some distance to spend the night and went next morning to another part of the line.  Here we were able to take Mr. Gibbons into the front line trenches where he could look out and see German trenches and fortified shell holes three or four hundred yards away and where he could visualize in general their defensive system.  The German guns were busy and the shells were whistling over us pretty steadily.  We could

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5 neither in the village nor in all the country behind could we see a living, moving thing. I never realized before what a hidden thing modern warfare is. Alors as I stood there, I saw the flowers and thought how good Old mother Nature is to try to force the beauty of the world even into the hideousness of war. So I tucked one blossom into my notebook to send back to you as assurance that all is hope and courage even on the very "frontier of freedom." We drove back some distance to spend the night and went next morning to another part of the line. Here we were able to take Mr. Gibbons into the front line trenches where he could look out and see German trenches and fortified shell holes three or four hundred yards away and where he could visualize in general their defensive system. The German guns were busy and the shells were whistling over us pretty steadily. We could