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[  NOTE: IF YOU ARE READING THIS SERIES FOR THR FIRST TIME, IT'S BEST TO START AT THE BEGINNING] Scan of Clyde's personal stationery April 9, 1917 / El Refugio Dear Aunt Nel - As I am home on a five day furlough, and have time to write you a few lines, thought I would do so, as, when I return to my company, I shall again find myself very busy. I left Peekskill Thursday, and return Tuesday. Don't you think me rather fortunate in getting so long a furlough? Nearly everyone in my company has been getting 48 hour furloughs and there is, naturally, considerable envy on the part of the other fellows. But, you see, I left so suddenly & unexpectedly that my affairs were in no condition to drop, so Lieut. Wightman gave me the 5 day L.O.A. to straighten things up, so, of course, there's no telling when I can get home again. Clyde's 5 day LOA paper I have seen Dad & Mother, Claude, Doris and Delia, Grandma Spoor, Uncle Les, Uncle Elmer & family, and dozens of frien...