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1. Letter from Hudgins, John

   with him next time and you will never wonder why I was crazy about the woods.  I have had some exciting ... times since I joined the Army but nothing that can come up to a good wet hungry hunting trip.  We get ... my tongue has been out many a time for a drag at my old pipe when I have been laying out in a shell ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:08pm

2. Letter from MacKay, Gordon Rae

   weeks. Poor Wilfred is having some time with his leg as I suppose you will have heard from Lena. Though ... that blows nae body guid eh! It will be more comfy over there in a couple of months time. If I stay ... with the O.T.C. or rather if it stays with me I should get there about then. Just in time for the big ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:00pm

3. Letter from Trotter, Bernard Freeman

   more than usual. We don't have a really strenuous time here but our days are pretty full. Most of ... not an incentive to slow mastication. However, we can't expect everything in war-time, and with ... cosy little mess up the line. These chateaux are obviously designed for summer-time. During the week ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:18pm

4. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

   to catch up on some of my correspondence. I regret to say that I have fallen woefully behind in that ... dropped a time-bomb. Major Murphy had a wonderful escape when the latter exploded. He went out to examine ... I have only received one in a long time: a parcel of Dad's cookies. There have been a terrible ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:34pm

5. Letter from Moody, Cecil Tyrell

   So, taking it all 'round, we had a jolly time. At nine o'clock, I went up in the ambulance ... to see Porkie. He said he had a dandy time. Most of his squad were "feeling good". I had ... the trench and watched the fun. Star shells were going up six and eight at a time- red and green star ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 5:20am

6. Letter from Swinton, Hugh Alastair

   I know when my boys go to school and Pa looks at the report card, those young men will certainly catch ... same time, I feel their need for fresh supplies must be growing daily, especially as Leningrad is the ... happen the next time Mr. Gerry Sub meets Mr. American convoy. By the way, I received a parcel of cookies ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

7. Letter from Gould, Albert Norman

   myself as I owe letters to every body I know & I have had bags of time as we haven't flown since ... parcels will be quite a which catching up with us. It is a shame to because I am waiting for the ... We had a lovely time up there & are going back again first chance we get. The people are nice ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 10:57am

8. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

   most of the time, and was a bit sensitive about the mess the kitchen was in however I think I put him ... tenant, flits in and out of the house about 20 times a day, doing a bit for him as she gets time, but she ... to catch the train at Nottingham. We did have a tot of whiskey though, and some biscuits, the latter ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 2:08am

9. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

   satisfactorily. Now is the time to be very careful with them, so that no danger of strain may occur when they are ... time, and it looks as though my prediction of between one and two years more from then is likely to be ... not far out. When I get time, (that is not often), I think about what we should do after the war, and ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 3:51am

10. Letter from Donnelly, William Herbert

    have put us all down and out. I was just thinking at the time that if an auto had run against our rear, ... score yet, but am getting on to my rifle now and believe I can catch up to the average this week. We ... encouraging than for a long time. We heard this morning that the Allies had taken one line of enemy trenches ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:18pm