CEHBates_Dec1918_012a

Moyen, Germany
12 December 1918.

My dear Bates —

Wish a Merry Christ-
mas to you and the rest of D Co.
I'm planning to spend my holidays
on the Rhine.

Fighting the war in Germany
with Army Headquarters is an ideal
way of spending the winter. Not
a kilometer have I hiked, and
scarcely have I had to unroll
my bedding roll. German beds, I
find a trifle short but nevertheless
wonderfully comfortable. And "mine
host" is most generous with his