Thanks her for her Christmas letter which reached him on Christmas Day, relays his latest scheme for a future in French aviation when demobilized, "That would furnish me a life with some excitement, a chance to read and write as much as I like and put me in touch with people worth knowing. I would perfect my French, see a lot of things worthwhile - not to mention the gorgeous uniform I'd wear." He goes on to write about his afternoon in a family second story cafe, reading and sketching a stork's nest, and talking to other customers; refers to an article by Burns Mantle about the New York theatre, which he misses; he mentions some of their common acquaintances; and speaks of his changed viewpoint, "It has been very lucky for me that the war caught me when it did for its changed my views on a lot of things, for the better."

On a heavily censored page (a portion is cut out), he mentions an old abbey used as quarters for his division, comments about his finances, "Considering that I'm touring France with board and room paid, I have plenty of money," and expresses pity for his censor.

He vividly describes the constant barrage experienced during the Aisne-Marne Offensive begun by the French following the Second Battle of the Marne, mentioning the town of Soissons, and his activities as an American ambulance driver attached to the French Army on the Western front during World War I, driving a Ford to pick up wounded along the front lines, "Nothing can be so horrible as having a motor stop in a mauvais coin when you are well loaded with wounded. It is so terrible a responsibility that at times I think I shall go mad. And here the roads have been terrible on account of the constant bombardment and the mines."

Bromfield writes that he has moved into a quiet sector, quite a change from his previous involvement in action at the Western Front, and describes how his division longs for peace, "Perhaps you, more than most, can begin to realize the sadness and horror of it but to really feel the satisfaction of the dawning of peace, one must have seen the frightful hopelessness of a battle at its worst. You know how sick I have felt at times...And one is very proud of being an American. Quite honestly Edith, and without the spirit of boastfulness, we have done more than you can believe to bring it to a hasty close. Whatever one may say of Germany, it must be granted that she is a nation of large ideas and large conceptions. Only a nation of big conceptions could defeat her..." He sums up his experiences by saying, "This year has been 'The Wonderful Year' of my life. It has been the greatest experience I have ever had. Now that I have been to Alsace, I have seen all the Western Front, Amiens, Rheims, Soissons, Chateau-Thierry, [Viller-Cotterets ?], Chemin des Dames, Ypres, Poperinghe, the Somme, Compiegne, the Aisne, the Marne - all those and many more I have seen when they were most uncomfortable!! And I have been thru it all with the French army or with the British and Belgians. I have carried Germans, Austrians, Belgians, French, British, Americans, Arabs, Senegalese - lived in the same houses with the Foreign Legion, dined in Paris at the Cafe de la Paix with all the world - all that in a scant eleven months and I think I have made good my opportunity."

Bromfield writes on American Expeditionary Force Y.M.C.A. stationery about a play he is involved with in Tours, "Our play opened here last night and made a tremendous hit. It is really a jolly production with corking music and some gowns. The girls are really wonderful." He also mentions traveling back to Paris to play a week at the Champs Elysees Theatre, and then on to Brussells and London, before returning to Paris. He hopes to spend the summer at the Sorbonne.

In this partial letter, he remarks concerning her summer plans, the activities of common acquaintances, and meeting the wife of a Professor from the Sorbonne who filled her husband's chair at the University of Glasgow for three years while he was mobilized and unable to take it. Recently, the lady was in charge of a Foyer du Soldat where she remained until the walls fell about her ears during an attack

The metal dog tag with the name and classification of Louis Bromfield (1876-1956) "Pvt 1Cl Louis Bromfield 8862 U S A A S"