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to work in the dangerous places he knew the best times to do it. we get very little news now so do not know just what is being done. I hope they are demanding the lifes of the military leader of the germans. in the distric we are now they left many civilian old people + children, compelled them to white flags on the public building, so the French artillary would not fire on the retreaty army of the germans at the same time they blew up bridges and roads which deladed us very much. many places we had to stop for hours in the mud waiting for the engineer to find a temporary bridge the French civial are delighted of course being the only american here in this sector am quite a curiosity to these poor people that have suffered undescribale horrors for more than four years. even at the last moment. during the retreat of the Bush they take everything that is beautiful with them or burn it. or smash it