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covered, Jim sayes I [[strikethrough]] speek [[/strikethrough]] rattle of French like a native. Of course he does not know all I say. if I could write I would write many funy things the soildrs say and the different way they pronounce words. Well Paul I found a rapid fire gun used by the Americans in this last grate drive down through [[strikethrough]] Sheotus [[/strikethrough]] Chateau Thierry. it is in good condition with the dirt. full of bullets. I gave it a good cleaning and put lot of greese one when we are moven up will tote it with me keep it in the Foyer at hand. The Helmet which I wore some time has a bullet hole in it my Gass bag is new and in good order. Jim will be seperate from me at last he is to be sent with one [[strikethrough]] Coar [[Corps]] [[/strikethrough]] Division and I will be sent with another. I hope soon because there are hardly any souldrs here. but if the army keeps advancing it will often be this way sometime all we can do the work is most interesting thing

Transcription Notes:
I'm not sure if the C in Chateau is a strikethrough but I am assuming it is not because the rest of the word is not. I also wanted to make note that I put the [[??]] after the word I typed that I was not sure about. I didn't leave out the words I couldn't make out and typed what I thought they looked like and put the [[??]] after those. I also assume all of this is one paragraph but I'm sure. Restored spelling etc.