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ON ACTIVE SERVICE
WITH THE
AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

July 1 1919.

AMERICAN RED CROSS

Brest.
Concentration Camp

Dear Emma,
Arrived here this morning spent the day getting all my millitary papers ready. little more work to do tomorrow morning will then be ready to sail which is impossible to say there is there is a romer[[rumor]] that I may go off with a causel groop[[group]] tomorrow evening but we know nothing about it. Our orders are to watch the bullitian[[bulletin]] board from seven in the morning untill ten at night. every day I met some of the officers. who left Bellevue two weeks ago still here and have no idea when they are going the large groop[[groop]] of students