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Thomas W. Messenger correspondence, June-December 1918

1918-08-31 Thomas Messenger to Mrs. N.H. Messenger Page 2

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take a bath and then wash my clothes. Its Sat morning nine oclock and my pants arent dry yet. We only have the one pair now and its rather embarrassing when you want to go any place and your pants are wet. We are seventy miles from New York, thirty from Philadelphia, Trenton and Ocean City. Wish I could see all those places After we get paid I may go to New York - dont know yet though. This camp covers 12 square miles and there are a lot of colored troops here. Thats all I know about it as I haven't been around any yet. We certainly had a peach of a time and I enjoyed the trip immensely. Came thru fifteen different
 
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