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| Unidentified men in a trench. |
May 6th 1918
Dear Aunt Ida
Your
letter came some time ago but I have been so busy and time goes by so
fast that I have neglected to write. You will have to forgive me this
time.
I got the sugar and money O.K. and I tell you that the sugar tasted good, better than ever before.
We
have been doing all kinds of work. They seem to use this regiment for
all kinds of hard work such as digging trenches, putting up tents,
pulling them down when the fellows go away and cleaning up around the
places they leave and clearing land. Once in a while we get a little
drilling. I get out of a little work on account of playing ball but I
don’t miss much of it.
I
have been trying to transfer into some regiment that is going across
but don’t have very good success. The fellows all want to be across and
you would to if you was down here and see the boys march away by the
thousands. It is some sight.
The
sun is some hot here, the last few days it has been about 105 in the
shade and by the looks of me now in about 1 month I will look just like
some of these nigers down here.
I didn’t realize it had been so long since I wrote to you and I will not let it happen again.
I
am glad that Uncle Will got that job as lister. It is just the kind of a
job for him to get and I think he is just the man for the position.
The
hot days here take all of anyone’s ambition and when it gets night we
all want to get to bed. It is now 10 o’clock and the boys want to go to
bed so will close but will write you a long letter Sunday.
With love and Kisses
Ervin
