| WWI | Ed Catron | |
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| Headline | Letter From France | |
| Text - Outline | The following letter was received by Bert Catron of Fairview from his brother, Ed: Somewhere in France, Oct. 29, 1918 Dear Brother: I am well and hope you are the same. I received a letter from you a few days ago, and was sure proud to get it. You wanted me to send you a German spiked helmet, I could sent you plenty of them but they have stopped it. I have been on the front for some months. I am back on a rest now, we stayed in German dugouts. I have been up to the front trenches and the Yanks are all wild to go. Bert I sure have something to tell you when I get back if I don't get knocked off. The rifle bullets don't amount to much it is the large ones that have that awful sickening sing. No one but a soldier knows the destruction of a battlefield. There are forests with trees two feet in diameter shot with artillery unit they are not over six or eight feet high. I think the flat headed Huns have decided that the Yanks are not so easy as they thought. Ha! Ha. I ran on to one of the Meador boys from Barry county. He said that Bill Roberson was wounded. I got a letter from Valente Tassaro the other day. He is in California. I guess you haven't received all of my mail. Bert write often and all the news. As ever, Your brother, Ed Catron, C. Co. 195 Am. Fr. A. E. F. |
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| Newspaper | Cassville Republican | |
| Date | Thursday, Dec. 5, 1918 | |
| Death Cert Link | - | |
| Resource | State Historical Society of MO Microfilm | |
| Submitted by | Donna Cooper |
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