Feature Letter of April 7th, 2026
Cousins, Frank C.
My Dear Mother:-
I am doing my best to keep awake but with nothing to do on a rather dreary wet day it's rather a difficult proposition. Reid, Storrey and I went out for a walk this afternoon but we didn't go very far before we decided to halt at a Y.M.C.A. hut from where, after reading for a short time, we returned to our own billets. This morning we were to church in a little building here in the village. It was the first time I've been to church with guns blazing away on all sides. The minister was an army chaplain, a young fellow and quite an interesting speaker.
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