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People here find time to call me Baby Soldier. A French lady to whom I was introduced yesterday – said in French (she didn't think I could understand, "How old is he? "He only looks 15"! I told you in other letters what Xray proved to be the extent of my injuries but because of probabilities of letters going astray – shall tell you again.

Practically all of hip bone shot away – two pieces of pelvis shot away – four bad fractures round region of pelvis – compound fracture of thigh – hernia of bowels and the leg is as shown in diagram – not short but stuck up in the side some three inches The fact that the scar is shrinking up to nothing, seriously annoys me.

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