TRANSCRIBED FROM THE MENA WEEKLY STAR, MAY 9, 1918, P. 3
Norfolk, Va., April 29, 1918.
To the Editor of The Star.
Dear Sir:
I am one of the Polk county boys that has volunteered my service to the Red, White and Blue. Am now in training at St. Helena, Naval Training Station, Norfolk, Va. I enlisted as Lds. Elec. Radio and am in Co. 149, composed only of men training for wireless operators. We have a large number of Arkansas boys here from different points of the state, so I am not alone. There are about 16,000 sailors in training here, all a jolly bunch of boys. Our ambition is to drive the submarine from the ocean and make it safe for our ships so that the soldiers may be well supplied with food and ammunition. It is time now for every true American boy to serve his country, and I am going to do my part that we may conquer the Huns.
I receive The Star every week and sure enjoy reading the news from Polk county. I hope that Polk county will do its part in the Liberty Loan and I am sure the soldiers and sailors will do the rest. Stand behind us with money and food and we will protect you.
Yours truly,
Herman B. Black,
Lds. Elec. Radio, Co. 149, St. Helena,
N. T. S., Norfolk, Va.
NOTES: Herman Bee Black was born in Polk County, Arkansas on September 23, 1897 and died on October 20, 1980 at Muskogee, Oklahoma and is buried in the Oakland Cemetery at Poteau, Oklahoma.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT.
Norfolk, Va., April 29, 1918.
To the Editor of The Star.
Dear Sir:
I am one of the Polk county boys that has volunteered my service to the Red, White and Blue. Am now in training at St. Helena, Naval Training Station, Norfolk, Va. I enlisted as Lds. Elec. Radio and am in Co. 149, composed only of men training for wireless operators. We have a large number of Arkansas boys here from different points of the state, so I am not alone. There are about 16,000 sailors in training here, all a jolly bunch of boys. Our ambition is to drive the submarine from the ocean and make it safe for our ships so that the soldiers may be well supplied with food and ammunition. It is time now for every true American boy to serve his country, and I am going to do my part that we may conquer the Huns.
I receive The Star every week and sure enjoy reading the news from Polk county. I hope that Polk county will do its part in the Liberty Loan and I am sure the soldiers and sailors will do the rest. Stand behind us with money and food and we will protect you.
Yours truly,
Herman B. Black,
Lds. Elec. Radio, Co. 149, St. Helena,
N. T. S., Norfolk, Va.
NOTES: Herman Bee Black was born in Polk County, Arkansas on September 23, 1897 and died on October 20, 1980 at Muskogee, Oklahoma and is buried in the Oakland Cemetery at Poteau, Oklahoma.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT.