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My grandfather (1892-1950) served in WWI as a Sergeant in the 33rd Division American Expeditionary Forces, 132nd Infantry, Company E. I am going through his military records and correspondence and found this letter he wrote in 1918. Not sure if he never sent it to "Jim," or Jim could be one of my mom's relatives who she retrieved the letter from.

I've included a pic of John, the letter writer, and his cousin Bert who he mentions in the letter.According to his records, John was awarded the Silver Star and Bert was wounded and subsequently awarded a Purple Heart.

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Knights of Columbus

War Activities

Camp Upton

Long Island, NY 5/11/1918

Dear Jim,

By the time you receive this

I may be on my way over

so I will ask you to give

my best regards to all and just

watch the old 33rd go to it.

We passed through Texas,

Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama,

Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio,

Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey

and stopped to rest at Long Island

and our next stop is Berlin.

Enclosed is a snapshot

Of myself and Bert, and I

am very delicate looking but

never mind I’ll grow in time.

As I only weigh 182 now and after we eat a few Germans

I may start to pick up.

We have our steel helmets

Now, so it will take a good

bullet to make our roof leak.

It must sound funny to hear

bullets bouncing on them, but

for every one that bounces on mine

I will bounce two on some Germans

gut as the old Browning Auto

Rifle shoots 500 a minute and

I am to operate one of them, that

puts myself first to advance

and last to retreat, and quite

often the Gunner comes back

alive so when I am ready to

go up front I will write

a farewell note so in case

some German gets one on me you

will know that the hogs

in Germany are feeding on

good Irish blood, as once the

life is knocked out of me

that will be cheaper than a

funeral any how.

Well Jim, give my best

regards to all and if I don’t

return, Bert will as his job

is somewhat safer so Good Bye

for this time.

Remaining

Yours Respectfully,

John

Co. E 132nd Infantry

33rd Division American Expeditionary Forces

Do not address mail to any Camp

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