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Conger Reynolds correspondence, January-March 1919

1919-01-15 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 5

splendid determination. And he was solid and wholesome and straight. I've thought of him all afternoon and evening. I wonder if he suffered a great deal. I'm afraid there was no one near him who really knew him. Probably there was nobody around to pay more than the usual perfunctory attention to his funeral nobody who really knew him as anything but one of many private soldiers. Of course everything possible was done to save his life; I feel sure of that. Our medical service is well equipped and efficient. But think of his dying that way far from home and all old friends? What a great pity! What a pity he didn't see the doctor originally before he had exhausted everything but his will power! What a pity I ever did anything to help him get transferred from his Fire, Hose, and Truck Company at Bordeaux! Of course he might have sacrificed himself there fighting fire. He was that sort. But again,

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splendid determination. And he was solid and wholesome and straight. I've thought of him all afternoon and evening. I wonder if he suffered a great deal. I'm afraid there was no one near him who really knew him. Probably there was nobody around to pay more than the usual perfunctory attention to his funeral nobody who really knew him as anything but one of many private soldiers. Of course everything possible was done to save his life; I feel sure of that. Our medical service is well equipped and efficient. But think of his dying that way far from home and all old friends? What a great pity! What a pity he didn't see the doctor originally before he had exhausted everything but his will power! What a pity I ever did anything to help him get transferred from his Fire, Hose, and Truck Company at Bordeaux! Of course he might have sacrificed himself there fighting fire. He was that sort. But again,