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By: Alec Winsor

Dear Mom and Dad,

               How have things been going? Hopefully better than they are over here. The war has been pretty rough on all of us, but we will get through it and win it. At least it's not as bad as I thought it would be, after all, I'm not dead yet. The only part of the whole thing that actually scares me is when we get sent into the trenches. All of the artillery fire raining down is enough to break a man, but mixed in with all gunshots and people dying, it's no wonder that dozens of our men get evacuated because of shell shock. Oh yeah and the rats and disease will kill you even if the bad guys don't! The rats are everywhere! Always around your feet, scurrying about on the ground and swarming around our wounded. I'm also worried that if we have an outbreak of the flu or something, that it will kill us all. I've heard some rumors that the Germans have lounges in their bunkers with like cushioned seats, sofas and that sort of thing. I wish we had it that good over here on the other side of no mans land, I mean, if you're lucky, you get to sit on a piece of wood. Well at least I'm healthy enough to write this and keep in the fight. Say hi to the rest of the family for me and I hope you all are doing good.

     Love,

               Alec