World War I Collection

727 Paru Street May 3rd ["rd" double underlined]

My own dearest Edward

This in in the hope of catching you in New York on your arrival to welcome you back to the "good old U.S.A."

We certainly hope you will be back very soon and believe you will be part [underlined] of the 32nd Division is then to arrive we see by the paper on the F.J. Luchenbach [Luckenbach] about May 9th but not all [underlined]. The third battalion is not coming this statement said by that ship --- we don't know which part you are in --- so of course are all up in the air as usual