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Robert Morriss Browning correspondence to Mabel C. Williams, January-July 1919

1919-02-19 Robert M. Browning to Dr. Mabel C. Williams Page 2

having taken advantage of the opportunity to become the father of a hero. It seems that most of the Congressional Medals of Honor go to relatives and widows; at least half of the citations, upon the recommendations of which these awards are made, wind up with the remark, "Lt. [or Sgt. or Pvt.] -- died of his wounds," or "Was killed in action the same day."  Our C. M. H. is harder to get than the V.C. and that's hard enough, nothing like the "Croiles de gare." Men that come back say that before an attack French Colonels requisition for the croix they think they'll need all the same as for ammunition.
 We had an aviator, a Missouri Lieutenant, in arrest here for a couple of weeks who told interesting tales of France. He said his own croix was awarded because French anti-aircraft guns shot him down by mistake. He admitted having crashed nine planes - all American, and said it was common for a pilot to crash a plane he didn't like.
Mother wrote about having had a good visit with you and said she told you I was getting interested in agriculture. There are some pretty stiff obstacles in the way that make me feel like going slow till I am certain that's what I want to do. What do you think of it?
My bull pup has had a hard time. I let her play around the company with disastrous results. The cooks discovered that a bull pup can eat half a pound of meat at a time. Result - mange, that I'm just congering.
Bob

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having taken advantage of the opportunity to become the father of a hero. It seems that most of the Congressional Medals of Honor go to relatives and widows; at least half of the citations, upon the recommendations of which these awards are made, wind up with the remark, "Lt. [or Sgt. or Pvt.] -- died of his wounds," or "Was killed in action the same day." Our C. M. H. is harder to get than the V.C. and that's hard enough, nothing like the "Croiles de gare." Men that come back say that before an attack French Colonels requisition for the croix they think they'll need all the same as for ammunition. We had an aviator, a Missouri Lieutenant, in arrest here for a couple of weeks who told interesting tales of France. He said his own croix was awarded because French anti-aircraft guns shot him down by mistake. He admitted having crashed nine planes - all American, and said it was common for a pilot to crash a plane he didn't like. Mother wrote about having had a good visit with you and said she told you I was getting interested in agriculture. There are some pretty stiff obstacles in the way that make me feel like going slow till I am certain that's what I want to do. What do you think of it? My bull pup has had a hard time. I let her play around the company with disastrous results. The cooks discovered that a bull pup can eat half a pound of meat at a time. Result - mange, that I'm just congering. Bob