Fort George G. Meade: The First 100 Years

BETWEEN THE WARS
A Letter to Mom
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Camp Meade,
Maryland
Mar. 27,1919
Dear Mother,
I am expecting to be home very soon. I suppose you are all
busy, planting now, but could undoubtedly make use of an Army
striker.
I would like you to answer this better at your earliest convenience
and inform me as to whether or not you have received $20.00
through the YMCA which I sent to you on Dec. 26, ’18. I owe
Roland $10.00, Concord High School or Richard Laflue $2.25
for class pin. Also Tom Peterson $2.
If you have received it, pay Roland, and I’ll fix the others
shortly. Also, have the other two packages arrived? One, is a
German machine gun cartridge case, full of junk, wrapped in a
German Shelter Tent, half. The other, a couple of pillow tops.
I have some other junk here, which I hope I can drop for good,
soon. I suppose that the Boston papers are full of praise for the
27th N. Y. division.
These N. Y. papers never mentioned some of the fellows who
did the dirty work, and stood the brunt of the bloody fighting
on September 29, this, in the battle of the Hindenburg line.
They blew our tanks into pieces, but the 301st Battalion Tank
Corps was the first to break the line in the largest battle of
the war. I can’t describe it in words! After the battle, the dead
were piled up like cord wood, and the ground was soaked with
blood! Well! When we went into action, we had 48 Heavy
Tanks.
Were almost an absolute failure.
When I get a chance I’m going to subscribe again to the Red
Cross.
How is Roland now? Is Wesley still wishing he had gone
over? Have you heard from Johnny William? Did you receive
my telegram? Are you all well?
Have a good pair of overalls ready for me when I get there!!!
38.
Please answer soon,
Carroll H. Flagg
301st Tank Battalion, Camp Meade, Maryland.