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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Army of Occupation

Date May 27, 1919
A.P.O. 710
[deleted]City[deleted] Village Kurtscheid Germany

Dear dad:

Think I owe you a
letter if I'm not mistaken. Dont
remember whether I answered
your last letter or not. Just came
off from guard this afternoon and
sure am sleepy but was glad to
be on at that as I missed out
on the manuever they pulled
off. You ought to have been
here to seen it. Would have tho't
the war was on again. Sent over
a regular smoke screen of
chemicals before the infantry &
machine gunners advanced.

It sure scared the Heinies
in this burg. The kids were
all bawling and even the women
were running around scared. Some
of the shrapnel landed pretty
close around some of the houses
and I guess they thought