TRANSCRIBED FROM THE WYNNE PROGRESS MARCH 20, 1919 P. 2
Leutsdorf, Germany, Jan. 28,
Dear Sis:
Just a few lines to tell you about Mike so you can tell Joy and Mr. and Mrs. Ford. I suppose you received the letter where I told you how I met him in the St. Mihile Salient from where he went to the Champagne Front and that was an awful front. The French could not advance, so they put us in and we did advance.
We went up there the first of October, but did not get into action until the third and Mike was going strong all the time. We were often together thinking about the homefolks and wondering how long it would be before we could get back. You see I was in Headquarters of the Company, and he was in a platoon and after, being in action two or three days. The runner of the platoon was killed and they put Mike in as platoon runner. He was runner two or three days. He was in headquarters then you see with the Captain and one morning just before daylight we started over the top and the Germans put in a barrage on us, the men were moving off and I was on a run and I met Mike, he was on a run too. I think for I remember he asked me where some Lieutenant was. That was the last time I saw Mike, he was killed right around there close to the Captain’s dug-out. A Sergeant by the name of Lawson and a private by the name of Davis in this company, carried him and two or three more into the Captain’s dug-out. After he had gone they both said he had never regained conscious-ness. He was hit in the head by a piece of shell so you see he did not suffer any.
This was ___ the left___ Mont Blanc, ___ of St. Etienee, ___Compagne Sector, Marne.
He was one of the best soldiers in the Company, always ready to do his part and it sure hurt me when I heard that he was hit. He was liked by everyone in the company and you can tell Joy that there was not a better soldier in the A. E. F.
Well Sis, I will close for this time, have not been able to see Harry yet but hope to in a week or so. We are still in the same place watching the Rhine flow by and the drilling, shooting and hiking, etc.We expect to come home some day.
Walter
NOTES: Captain Burroughs is writing to his sister who lives in Helena, Arkansas. This letter was also printed in the Earle Enterprise.
TRANSCRIBED BY LARAE SHURLEY
Leutsdorf, Germany, Jan. 28,
Dear Sis:
Just a few lines to tell you about Mike so you can tell Joy and Mr. and Mrs. Ford. I suppose you received the letter where I told you how I met him in the St. Mihile Salient from where he went to the Champagne Front and that was an awful front. The French could not advance, so they put us in and we did advance.
We went up there the first of October, but did not get into action until the third and Mike was going strong all the time. We were often together thinking about the homefolks and wondering how long it would be before we could get back. You see I was in Headquarters of the Company, and he was in a platoon and after, being in action two or three days. The runner of the platoon was killed and they put Mike in as platoon runner. He was runner two or three days. He was in headquarters then you see with the Captain and one morning just before daylight we started over the top and the Germans put in a barrage on us, the men were moving off and I was on a run and I met Mike, he was on a run too. I think for I remember he asked me where some Lieutenant was. That was the last time I saw Mike, he was killed right around there close to the Captain’s dug-out. A Sergeant by the name of Lawson and a private by the name of Davis in this company, carried him and two or three more into the Captain’s dug-out. After he had gone they both said he had never regained conscious-ness. He was hit in the head by a piece of shell so you see he did not suffer any.
This was ___ the left___ Mont Blanc, ___ of St. Etienee, ___Compagne Sector, Marne.
He was one of the best soldiers in the Company, always ready to do his part and it sure hurt me when I heard that he was hit. He was liked by everyone in the company and you can tell Joy that there was not a better soldier in the A. E. F.
Well Sis, I will close for this time, have not been able to see Harry yet but hope to in a week or so. We are still in the same place watching the Rhine flow by and the drilling, shooting and hiking, etc.We expect to come home some day.
Walter
NOTES: Captain Burroughs is writing to his sister who lives in Helena, Arkansas. This letter was also printed in the Earle Enterprise.
TRANSCRIBED BY LARAE SHURLEY