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exposure and frequent touches of gas which
we ran into later added to his troubles.

As for myself, so far as I know, my lungs
are now absolutely sound for which
I feel extremely lucky. Am sorry to learn
that your your lungs are the worse for the wear.

May I extend my hearty congratu-
lations to you on your decorations (I
congratulated you on the Croix de Guerre when
I was in Germany but apparently you never
received my letter). I envy you. But I just
wasn't born to be a hero. I cant say
that I ever pulled any stunt that
would entitle me to special mention but