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Thomas W. Messenger correspondence, January-May 1918

1918-04-16 Thomas Messenger to Mr. & Mrs. N.H. Messenger Page 2

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Came back and ate a couple of cheese sandwiches and a cup of coffee for dinner. Gee, they tasted good for I was hungry. We rested till two oclock. Then started on the long hike to the trenches. Go there in 3 hrs and 30 minutes. We were all tired but not all in by a long ways. Pitched camp at Camp Fluorite -- that is the name of the encampment near the trenches. Thursday and Friday, we dug trenches, more for exercise than anything else. Saturday, we had our usual Sat morning
 
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