“It’s a tough proposition; it’s a terrible thing, but we know that some blood has to be spilled and we are willing to let it flow for the cause and the best country on earth.”
“I am always overjoyed to hear or receive news from my dear friends at home.”
“The French people go wild over the U. S. boys. One can’t get lonesome or homesick, they treat you too good.”
“I am still on the destroyer, Shaw, and we hunt ‘subs’ most every day.”
“’Tis needless to say that the letters and Bulletins which I received today brought one grand little message and a feeling of comradeship into my heart. I appreciate them very, very much and I enjoy them more and more.”
“I don’t want to quit until the job is finished.”
“Your encouragement, our bullets, and it’s all over.”
“I am happy that it fell my lot to serve for our grand and noble country in her fight for Democracy.”
“I hear that we are going to France. I am just ‘crazy’ to go.”
“Your letters have given me a great deal of pleasure and I can imagine the joy they cause the fellows who have gone across.”