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up a good bit of French. Since I have been in the liberated areas that were held by the Huns for 4 years I have heard some accounts of the way the Germans used to treat the French people  We are only 6 miles from the Belgian Frontier  We may get leave to Brussells from here too.  At any rate I am not going to rest contented until I see Paris.  I have been within 25 miles of it & I have often felt inclined to go there on my own accord & stand the consequences.

The Germans retreated from this part pretty smart as everything around here is intact & they were too busy retreating to turn their guns around & fight  The scenes up this way are more pleasing to the eye than down South. The buildings are not wrecked & the ground torn

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