TRANSCRIBED FROM THE DEQUEEN BEE APRIL 4, 1919 P. 2
Avrainville, Feb.10, 1919.
Dear Grandma:
Received your letter and the box of candy today and sure enjoyed the candy, for we don’t get very much sweets over in this country. They have something they call candy, but it is far from it, and don’t know what it does taste like. So I thank you very much and also glad to get the letter. I hear from home quite often. I don’t think we will get back to America before spring, from what dope we are getting now.
I wouldn’t take a whole lot for the experience that I have had, but I don’t want any more. Yes, I know, G. S. Chambers of Co. D, 20th Machine Gun Bat. Got acquainted with him in Travis. He is now cooking in his company and is a fine fellow.
I am also cooking now. It is quite a change from what I have been doing. I am on one day and off one, so I have a day to myself.
We are having some sure enough cold weather now, but it is the first we have had. An old Frenchman said the next month was their coldest month. Said you could throw a drop of water and by the time it hit the ground it was frozen. So that’s pretty cold. I sure am thankful that the war is over. I didn’t have to spend any of these cold days in the trenches.
The other three cooks have a nice little room and plenty of blankets, so I sleep warm and never go hungry now.
Well, I spent my Christmas in France as merry as, possible, but you know I would have enjoyed it better at home. Just think, tomorrow at 11 o’clock I will be over here six months. I seems more like six years to me. Arrive in Brest Aug. 11, 1918, at 11 o’clock, so we get our service stripe tomorrow. Tell Lola I will write to her before long. Will close with lots of love to all.
From your grandson,
R. O. Bradley
NOTES: Roland Orne Bradley was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on August 16, 1894 and died on July 28, 1981. He is buried in the Redmen Cemetery in DeQueen, Arkansas. He enlisted on June 26, 1918 and was discharged on April 22, 1919. He departed Hoboken, NJ on August 3, 1918 onboard the Leviathan. He was serving as a Private in the 20th Machine Gun Battalion.
TRANSCRIBED BY SHANNON SOUTHARD
Avrainville, Feb.10, 1919.
Dear Grandma:
Received your letter and the box of candy today and sure enjoyed the candy, for we don’t get very much sweets over in this country. They have something they call candy, but it is far from it, and don’t know what it does taste like. So I thank you very much and also glad to get the letter. I hear from home quite often. I don’t think we will get back to America before spring, from what dope we are getting now.
I wouldn’t take a whole lot for the experience that I have had, but I don’t want any more. Yes, I know, G. S. Chambers of Co. D, 20th Machine Gun Bat. Got acquainted with him in Travis. He is now cooking in his company and is a fine fellow.
I am also cooking now. It is quite a change from what I have been doing. I am on one day and off one, so I have a day to myself.
We are having some sure enough cold weather now, but it is the first we have had. An old Frenchman said the next month was their coldest month. Said you could throw a drop of water and by the time it hit the ground it was frozen. So that’s pretty cold. I sure am thankful that the war is over. I didn’t have to spend any of these cold days in the trenches.
The other three cooks have a nice little room and plenty of blankets, so I sleep warm and never go hungry now.
Well, I spent my Christmas in France as merry as, possible, but you know I would have enjoyed it better at home. Just think, tomorrow at 11 o’clock I will be over here six months. I seems more like six years to me. Arrive in Brest Aug. 11, 1918, at 11 o’clock, so we get our service stripe tomorrow. Tell Lola I will write to her before long. Will close with lots of love to all.
From your grandson,
R. O. Bradley
NOTES: Roland Orne Bradley was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on August 16, 1894 and died on July 28, 1981. He is buried in the Redmen Cemetery in DeQueen, Arkansas. He enlisted on June 26, 1918 and was discharged on April 22, 1919. He departed Hoboken, NJ on August 3, 1918 onboard the Leviathan. He was serving as a Private in the 20th Machine Gun Battalion.
TRANSCRIBED BY SHANNON SOUTHARD