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Date: October 5th 1917
Diary

Oct. 5 - Called out at night to help repair blowouts in Death valley, but could not finish job as Fritz started [playing] on it again. For the past month our handy men had been busy building a winter camp for the Coy (all built) of Nissing (sic) huts, bath house, hot and cold water, cook house with good big [..] and the officers' huts had fire places built in. They expected to live in real comfort and on