TRANSCRIBED FROM THE DEQUEEN BEE JANUARY 24, 1919 P. 2
Dec. 5, 1918
Dear Father:
I am well and feeling like coming home soon. We have made it through France, Belgium and in Luxemburg. Have made some long hikes, but feel like they are about over here; hope so anyway. I came over here, but have not heard a word from home folks since I came across.
I have had one letter from Edith Austin written Sept. 3, received Nov. 19. All of the mail I have had. Would be glad to hear from you any time. I am with a company of good boys from the middle west.
We are all as full of life as possible, hoping to be some soon as we can. I would like to be there in time to make the crop this coming year, if it is so I can. Hope you are all well and enjoying the best of pleasures. I close, well and satisfied.
Clarence M. Benson.
89th Div., 355 Inf. Co. H. Am. E.F.
NOTES: Clarence Manning Benson was born in De Queen, Arkansas on March 5, 1893 and died on April 8, 1971. He is buried in the Redmen Cemetery in De Queen. He departed Hoboken, NJ on August 22, 1918 onboard the Rijndam. He was listed as a Private serving in Co. I 155th Infantry. He departed Brest, France on May 15, 1919 onboard the Leviathan. He arrived in Hoboken, NJ on May 22, 1919.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLE MCLAY CLEVELAND
Dec. 5, 1918
Dear Father:
I am well and feeling like coming home soon. We have made it through France, Belgium and in Luxemburg. Have made some long hikes, but feel like they are about over here; hope so anyway. I came over here, but have not heard a word from home folks since I came across.
I have had one letter from Edith Austin written Sept. 3, received Nov. 19. All of the mail I have had. Would be glad to hear from you any time. I am with a company of good boys from the middle west.
We are all as full of life as possible, hoping to be some soon as we can. I would like to be there in time to make the crop this coming year, if it is so I can. Hope you are all well and enjoying the best of pleasures. I close, well and satisfied.
Clarence M. Benson.
89th Div., 355 Inf. Co. H. Am. E.F.
NOTES: Clarence Manning Benson was born in De Queen, Arkansas on March 5, 1893 and died on April 8, 1971. He is buried in the Redmen Cemetery in De Queen. He departed Hoboken, NJ on August 22, 1918 onboard the Rijndam. He was listed as a Private serving in Co. I 155th Infantry. He departed Brest, France on May 15, 1919 onboard the Leviathan. He arrived in Hoboken, NJ on May 22, 1919.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLE MCLAY CLEVELAND