Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 188, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1918 — LETTER FROM ONE OF OUR RAINBOW BOYS [ARTICLE]

LETTER FROM ONE OF OUR RAINBOW BOYS

The following letter is from Harry Hays, son of Mrs. Denna Hays of this city. Harry left here with the twelve members of Company M who were transferred to the Rainbow Division. The letter was mailed August 2, 1918, and is as follows: Dear Editor:— I will write a few lines back and let you know that the Germans have not gotten me yet. We are getting along fine at the present time. We are on our third front now. It is a hard battle we are fighting but are holding our own at present. I have been under shell fire a few times but have come out lucky. We thought we were having a hard time over there back in the States, but we were having it easy to what we have had since we came to France. We have had pretty good luck so far and have lost but (censored) out of out battery. We are camped in the woods at night and can hear the shells dropping all around us, but none have dropped in the battery. Our infantry boys are gaining a little every day. I will close hoping the letter finds you all well. I am, Yous very truly, HARRY HAYS. B. E. 150 F. A., A. E. F., A. P. O: France. A number of people should write Harry a good long letter.