Our Booster from Jewell, Kansas • 2

Page two OUR BOOSTER like soup anyway, although I am forced to admit that it sounds good on certain occasions! Upon landing at LeHarve a wire was sent in to Gen-tral Headquarters that 200 aviators were ready for the front, but reply came back ordering us south for a short time as there were not enough airplanes up there for us. We were a mighty disappointed bunch for we had trained and trained and thought surely we would get into the fun now. We went down to a training center working and waiting for our day to come, but when we did get up on the front the armistice was signed, so all the flying I did over the lines was in the process of "ferrying" ships back to concentration centers. Army life in France at this time of year with its cold, drizzly rain is anything but desirable to a soldier boy. While I was over there we had only one rain, but gee how we did wish it would quit! Such life is not without its advantages, however, for upon arising in the early morn all I had to do to be fully dressed was to straighten out my tie and I seldom wore a tie Beginning with the new year I began working my way to a base port for sailing as fast as was consistent with army red tape.

And during this time of waiting took a leave trip to the Mediterranean coast where I saw the real Sunny France that we used to read about. On February 1st we boarded a big liner and faded away from Brest bidding farewell to France with its rain and mud with its peculiar and interesting cities and public squares and the amusing customs connected therewith; with its wallpaper used for money; with its railways of chicken coop cars and peanut-roaster engines; and with its cheese and wine. The first thing after landing in New York I think every fellow in the bunch bought a thousand dollars worth of ice cream and coca-cola. I got my discharge in a short time and took the first train for home, thus ending my experiences in the war. And now I am back at it like old times and anxious to greet all of our friends soon.

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