TRANSCRIBED FROM THE DREW COUNTY ADVANCE JANUARY 14, 1919 P. 3
France, Nov. 24, 1918.
Mrs. Ethel Hobbs,
Wilmar, Ark.
Dear Ethel:
I will write you a few lines. I am well, and hope this will find you all the same. I will have lots to tell you when I get home from France. We were on the front when the war ended. Ethel, I made it through all right and didn’t get hurt but I was in some pretty close places. I went over the top once while I was on the front line. I could tell you more in a minute than I can write in a month.
Well, Ethel, I have been on the front about a month. I am very thankful that I didn’t get hurt. I am having a good time. I guess we will get to come home before long, I can’t tell when. I guess maybe I will get home in time to make a crop, if every thing goes off all right. I have got several letters from you all lately. I was so glad when the war was over till I almost forgot to write to you. I was on the front when the armistice was signed and there sure was a bunch of happy Yanks, but I guess they were not any happier than the Germans were. When I get home I can tell you all about my rounds in France. I haven’t seen any of the boys from home that I knew. Well, Ethel, it is about dinner time, so guess I had better, “Ring Off.” Answer soon. Love to all.
From your brother,
Edgar Blankenship.
NOTES: Edgar M. Blankenship was born on November 7, 1890 and died on October 6, 1960. He is buried in the Ebenezer Cemetery in Warren, Arkansas. His military headstone identifies him as an Arkansas Private serving in Co. E., 55th Infantry, 7th Division. He enlisted on April 25, 1918 and was discharged on July 2, 1919. He departed Hoboken, NY for France on August 3, 1918 onboard the Leviathan. At the time he held the rank of Sergeant in Co. E, 55th Infantry, 7th Division.
TRANSCRIBED BY LINDA MATTHEWS
France, Nov. 24, 1918.
Mrs. Ethel Hobbs,
Wilmar, Ark.
Dear Ethel:
I will write you a few lines. I am well, and hope this will find you all the same. I will have lots to tell you when I get home from France. We were on the front when the war ended. Ethel, I made it through all right and didn’t get hurt but I was in some pretty close places. I went over the top once while I was on the front line. I could tell you more in a minute than I can write in a month.
Well, Ethel, I have been on the front about a month. I am very thankful that I didn’t get hurt. I am having a good time. I guess we will get to come home before long, I can’t tell when. I guess maybe I will get home in time to make a crop, if every thing goes off all right. I have got several letters from you all lately. I was so glad when the war was over till I almost forgot to write to you. I was on the front when the armistice was signed and there sure was a bunch of happy Yanks, but I guess they were not any happier than the Germans were. When I get home I can tell you all about my rounds in France. I haven’t seen any of the boys from home that I knew. Well, Ethel, it is about dinner time, so guess I had better, “Ring Off.” Answer soon. Love to all.
From your brother,
Edgar Blankenship.
NOTES: Edgar M. Blankenship was born on November 7, 1890 and died on October 6, 1960. He is buried in the Ebenezer Cemetery in Warren, Arkansas. His military headstone identifies him as an Arkansas Private serving in Co. E., 55th Infantry, 7th Division. He enlisted on April 25, 1918 and was discharged on July 2, 1919. He departed Hoboken, NY for France on August 3, 1918 onboard the Leviathan. At the time he held the rank of Sergeant in Co. E, 55th Infantry, 7th Division.
TRANSCRIBED BY LINDA MATTHEWS