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wasn't much to see going through the desert country especially Arizona, New Mexico & Texas. It commenced to look a little better when we hit Oklahoma. We stopped a while in Oklahoma City but is was about midnight when we pulled in and never got to see much. From Oklahoma we went into Arkansas which is a very pretty state. Lots of timber & every thing green. We stopped in Little Rock & it was quite a big town itself. We sure see lots of negroes down here through these states & old time houses. We sure soused a guy in Booneville Ark. for trying to soak us a nickel apiece for doughnuts. We ruined nearly everything he had such as pies, cigars etc. He sure beat it in a hurry. We gave a couple of coons some more in Little Rock for the same reason. From Little Rock we went on into Memphis Tenn. and we were met at the station by the Red Cross and they gave us all kind of eats. Got a good view of the Mississippi River just as we pulled into Memphis. She must be at least a mile wide. We crossed through the upper end of Mississippi, Alabama, & Georgia. There is a town about every mile through here. Stopped at a Chattanooga and had a little parade and it sure was a hot hole. From there we went on

[Preprinted Text] THE ARMY AND NAVY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION HEADQUARTERS: 124 EAST 28th ST., NEW YORK

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I forgot to tell you we also have cyclones down here we had one down here to day they are only small ones down in this section. in some parts of Texas they have big ones but I should worry.

There are lots of Boys here from New York I am going to go down to their camp and see if I can see George Sandruski Mrs Finzies Brother.

I have met a lot of Boys from San Francisco down here.

So I have lots of company down here so I do not get lonesome.

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Mechanicle experience that is what a man will need after this war is over so there will be a lot of new mechanicle devices to be built.

We are getting so many clothes I will not know what to do with them if the keep us here a man never needs overcoats or anything like that down here in Texas as it never gets could enough to wear them.

I sent all the Torello girls a Post card yesterday do not worry if you or Lydia do miss a letter once in a while as I have been buisy working or atending school in our tents.

[Written on letterhead with L.O. BROOKS printed over an image of a propellered bi-plane printed in green with a box border. 83RD AERO SQUADRON Kelly Field SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS ]

- 3 I have got to study up on a few questions that I will have to answer in the morning. I have been awful slow in answering Taid's letters as I have so many other letters to answer now and one of them is Taids letter.

That cutting you sent me out of the Examiner was wrote by Sargent J.W. Kaufman of the 83rd Aero Squadron he is from San Francisco he is a pretty good fellow I like him fine.

I wish you would either send me a nice cake or a Box of those cookies you were telling me abought [about] in your letter as a few sweets would go good down here in Texas. I just went up the road a little way to a farm house a bought a glass of milk and a piece of apple pie and it was fine.

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is the way all of us do so we always get a taste of something nearly every day.

I was surprised to hear that Dr. Torello died I had just wrote to Bill hoping for a speedy recovery for the Doctor what was the matter with him let me know in your next letter.

I think it will be some time before we will have to go to France I guess Davis will have to go there soon as they are sending a lot of Artillery there from Texas I hear I think it will be all over with by the time he