Have driven the insurgents steadily forward almost to their Cap.[ital] which we expect to enter soon. Have had lots of hardship etc and I have come to the conclusion that Gen [William Tecumseh] Sherman was right when he said “War is hell.”
William R. Johnson
(December 5, 1880 -- March 18, 1952). Originally Corporal, Company K of 22nd Regiment, U.S. Infantry as of January 3, 1899, arriving in the Philippines March 4, 1899, and serving as such until he resigned in July, 1899 (he was reappointed to the same rank one year later); made Quartermaster Sergeant in October, 1901 until mustered out in December of that year.
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