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Thomas W. Messenger correspondence, January-May 1918

1918-02-28 Thomas Messenger to Mr. & Mrs. N.H. Messenger Page 4

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platoon. We have two Colts Automatic Machine Guns and we're studying their mechanism. I believe I can take one apart and put it back together again now. They aren't quite as complicated as they looked when we first commenced studying them. I know most of the parts by name. I had my first class yesterday morning. Missed out one when I was on guard. This morning we had a written examination over Allocation of Duties in a Machine Gun Team. While busy writing, Grandma Lund came in and made a short speech. He's our Major but
 
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