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Brodhead's Tribute to her Men of the Service

1914-1918

Compiled by The Civics Club

©1921 Brodhead, Wisconsin (Cantwell Printing Co., Madison, Wis.)


Extracts from Letters of the Boys With the Colors

(Copied from Newspapers)
From Private Henry Johnson (p. 107)

October 18, 1918.

"I received a letter from Marvin a short time ago.
"I presume my letters do not come very often, as a person does not get much time to write here at the front. I try to get
a letter home about every week, if possible. There surely has been some noise here at the front the past few weeks. I have been at two different fronts now. When the artillery is sending over a barrage it makes a terrific noise. We send the barrage when the infantry is going over the top. There are lots of men and horses killed and many wounded. I have seen many. The Huns are going back on every front now. They are retreating all the time and it keeps us moving to keep up with the infantry.
"I am writing this letter in a horse stable, where the Germans kept their horses before we drove them back. Any place is
good enough here at the front. I have seen lots of German prisoners being taken back from the front. I can hear an air raid a short distance from here now. Well, I must close. Lots of Love."

HENRY JOHNSON.


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