Letter #20
France Sept 10-1918
Dear Mother,
It is just one year ago today since I left Chicago and saw you last. When I left I never thought for a moment that I would travel as much and as far we have. It has been rather hard for me write the last few days as we have been travelling nights and sleeping days. I received Mabel’s letter #27 then left the town we were billeted last. Some of our mail has gone astray because we had not received any for some time and if I remember right the last letter was #22.
The night we left our billets we traveled in auto trucks and the next day we slept in some barracks in a large woods. The next day we slept in a large dugout that held 200 men. We are now in the trenches and we have fine dugouts to sleep in. They have two entrances so we get a lot of fresh air. It is very quiet where we are now. There is not near as much shooting as there was at some of the place[s] we have been. (Note: This reference is probably to the trenches near Verdun in the American sector.)
Mabel says that you have had some real hot weather in Chicago. The weather has been pretty cool here until today. It has been cloudy all day and it rains every couple of hours or so.
I do not know how the war has been going for the four or five days as I have not seen a paper of any kind. I do not know how long we are going to stay in the trenches this time nor do I know when I will be able to send this letter but I thought I might as well write it so that if they should come around as ask if anyone has any mail, I would have it ready.
I am glad to hear that you are all feeling fine and I am also happy to say that I am feeling good too. Well this is the news I have to write about at present so I will close with
Love to all
Theo
Pvt T.F. Thourson 1390312
Co. A. 132nd Inf
American E.F.
Note: The movements described here are a prelude to the Meuse-Argonne Offensive which began on Sep 26 1918. The 33rd Division will be on the right flank of the American Army, adjacent to the Meuse River. TLT
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