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was wounded about 8 times, was in the hospital 4 times and has a flock of medals including the Croix de Guerre with three palms and the U.S. purple decoration which I'm not familiar with. Roy was a machine gunner and was in about every campaign there I was, I guess, getting over there in August 1917 and staying right through. I knew he had quite a career but didn't realize all this before.

Another beautiful night with practically full moon again and we were anxious for some excitement. Had three bottles of Ballantine's ale before dinner and another later, and then with a pint of Calverts in the car, we sallied forth to a country dance at East Montpelier up in the country about ten miles, thinking it would be fun to watch and if we could get a dance or so, so much the better. The "Texas Rangers" were playing (a bunch of Vermonters dressed like cowboys) and when you went in you were branded on the left hand with a red ink seal [[drawn circle with the initials TR in the center]] for identification thereafter. The dance was in full swing with a Square Quadrille coming up. We sat and watched it and the orchestra and of the two, the orchestra was the most amusing. The traps player in this number played only a small washboard with his fingers like a banjo - he was big and rangy, red moustache, glasses, chewing gum, and working along on the washboard with a rather bored expression on his face. The piano player was a stocky fellow with a flat nose and a hair lip that looked like a movie western badman