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Conger Reynolds correspondence, March 1-17, 1918

1918-03-17 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 3

seemingly quite content with being so close to the Huns. The major asked them how they liked it up there, how they liked the food they got, how they liked being on the firing line. Not one had a kick. Instead, everybody seemed to be delighted at the chance to get at the Kaiser's cohorts. The Kansas lieutenant who explained the disposition of his force was bubbling over with interest in his job. He hadn't had any losses, but he told us with admiration of the heroic way some men in an adjourning organization had died fighting and some more had held out in spite of wounds. He was full of information about the tricks of the Boches; full also of American determination to get back at 'em. It struck me that everybody up there was overflowing with the kind of spirit that will win victories. 
We retraced the way without mishap. I waited in the car in a village while the major paid his respects to a friend. The village had been wrecked by shells until

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seemingly quite content with being so close to the Huns. The major asked them how they liked it up there, how they liked the food they got, how they liked being on the firing line. Not one had a kick. Instead, everybody seemed to be delighted at the chance to get at the Kaiser's cohorts. The Kansas lieutenant who explained the disposition of his force was bubbling over with interest in his job. He hadn't had any losses, but he told us with admiration of the heroic way some men in an adjourning organization had died fighting and some more had held out in spite of wounds. He was full of information about the tricks of the Boches; full also of American determination to get back at 'em. It struck me that everybody up there was overflowing with the kind of spirit that will win victories. We retraced the way without mishap. I waited in the car in a village while the major paid his respects to a friend. The village had been wrecked by shells until