Knights of Columbus
On Active Service with the American Expeditionary Force

APO: Archangel, Russia
Date: March 17, 1919

Dear Parents,

I received your letter of Jan. 17 and was sorry to hear about Frank’s family dying of influenza. It is certainly too bad that the whole family is gone.²⁶ The flu must be terrible around the neighborhood. It seem(s) to be affecting everyone around there. I hope Peter Burg and family have good luck and pull through safely.²⁷

Well dear parents and all, as far as I went up to present, I have not been sick or ailing, only a little cold off and on. I am feeling fine and dandy.

The weather is rather cold and breezy. Lots of snow and more snow, day after day. All a fellow sees out here is snow, snow. I am use(d) to the weather now, out most of the time. When we retire for the night, all that we can do is crawl into a sleeping bag and off until awoke by a comrade.

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