TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ARKANSAS GAZETTE MARCH 24, 1918 P. 19
Somewhere in England, February 16.
I was lying on my bed nearly asleep when I heard the explosion of the torpedo, and you can bet your life I got off the ship. The ship was torpedoed about 6 o’clock in the afternoon and I was picked up with some other fellows a little after 12 the next morning and we were landed in Ireland. The people could not do enough for us there. I can tell you a thrilling story of it when I get home. They are writing a moving picture of it now and took pictures of the survivors the other day to be used in it. I am going to attend church tomorrow in a church over 700 years old.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by James Lafayette Carter of Huttig, Union County, survivor of the sinking of the Tuscania. He was 5’ 8” and weighed 142 pounds. He had blue eyes and light hair. He was born August 30, 1895 and died November 25, 1974. He is buried Arlington Memorial Park, El Dorado.
TRANSCEIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT
Somewhere in England, February 16.
I was lying on my bed nearly asleep when I heard the explosion of the torpedo, and you can bet your life I got off the ship. The ship was torpedoed about 6 o’clock in the afternoon and I was picked up with some other fellows a little after 12 the next morning and we were landed in Ireland. The people could not do enough for us there. I can tell you a thrilling story of it when I get home. They are writing a moving picture of it now and took pictures of the survivors the other day to be used in it. I am going to attend church tomorrow in a church over 700 years old.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by James Lafayette Carter of Huttig, Union County, survivor of the sinking of the Tuscania. He was 5’ 8” and weighed 142 pounds. He had blue eyes and light hair. He was born August 30, 1895 and died November 25, 1974. He is buried Arlington Memorial Park, El Dorado.
TRANSCEIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT