World War I Collection

U. S. S. Cincinnatti Havana, Cuba March 15, 1919.

Dear Edward: —

It is some time since I have written you I presume but I am such a perfectly rotten correspondent that I just cannot get together to write.

I just received a picture of you, sent from France, which shows you in your oversea outfit with your Croix de Guerre avec le palm appearing very nicely on your chest. And I feel proud to think that we are brothers and that part of your glory is mine in that you are a Bates as well