World War I Collection

had great tales to tell how the shells burst Bob Smyth crawled under a moving camion to get away from the shells. Not more than twenty yards away. "Cutie" got tooted & was very sick when he came to bed.

Wednesday August 1, '17

Fooled around camp and wrote letters. Got orders to leave on permission in twenty minutes. Some scurying. Left Fair en Tardenois at 7 P.M. No dinner. Arrived in Paris at 11:10. Tried to get a hammand bath. Went to the Hotel Grand. Nine fellows got their permission Dick McClaren, Herb Kendall, LeRoy Krusi, Jack McKinley, Travis Lane, Parker Van Zandt, Ray Fox, and Ronald Foster.