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On Active Service
WITH THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

France Dec 14th 1917

Dear Ma:

Just a line to let you know that
everything is O.K. I am sitting
up in my bunk watching all the
stunts that are going on. We are
sleeping in double decked bunks
and I have an upper berth. There
is a red hot stove about six feet from
my bed and there is a bunch of
fellows around it. They just got
through melting some candy and
they have set it away to cool.
Three of them are holding cups on
the side of the stove making choco-
late. They are making chocolate out
of condensed milk and cakes of
chocolate. Another fellow is making
toast, he is holding a piece of
bread on a long stick and he is
burning his fingers in the operation.
In the middle of the hut another