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fourty miles. As we
were finding out this
information from the Chef
de Militaire there was a
freight train pulling through
the station. We asked him
if the freight went to
Charmont. He said yes, but
that we were not allowed
to ride on it. We asked
him a couple of times
if it went to Charmont
to make sure, and then
ran out of his office
with him following us
and hollering defendu,
defendu at us. We jumped
the freight and had a fine
ride on top of a flat
car to Charmont. We had