6/ anything of what war was till we moved from where he got hurt we sure went through h-ll for about fifty four days and lost quite a lot of our fellows but Fritzs losses was fearfull you would be walking on them every where you went and the stench was something one will never forget- it gets pretty exciting at times but when one gets back behind the lines again for a day or two he forgets all about it. you asked me about the piece in the Colonist. I think it was a misprint. it was meant for the 87th there are three brothers of my name in them but no relation that