TRANSCRIBED FROM THE DAILY ARKANSAS GAZETTE JULY 17, 1918 P. 14
Have you read any account of what the marines have been doing over here? I tell you, Sis, I’m proud of our work. The two regiments (the only marines here) have been mentioned twice for honors, so you see that is something to be proud of. The Germans didn’t know what to think of us. They couldn’t believe that we were Americans—thought we were Australians. They gave us the name of “devil dogs,” that always fight and don’t know how to surrender.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by Thomas Wilbur Clifton to his sister Mrs. H. D. Perkins. He was born on December 23, 1893 in Wheatley, St. Francis, Arkansas and died on June 18, 1951 in Cabot, Arkansas. He is buried in the Mount Carmel Cemetery in Cabot. He was a member of the 74th Company, Sixth Regiment of the U. S. Marines. He was described as being tall and of medium build with blue eyes and black hair.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT
Have you read any account of what the marines have been doing over here? I tell you, Sis, I’m proud of our work. The two regiments (the only marines here) have been mentioned twice for honors, so you see that is something to be proud of. The Germans didn’t know what to think of us. They couldn’t believe that we were Americans—thought we were Australians. They gave us the name of “devil dogs,” that always fight and don’t know how to surrender.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by Thomas Wilbur Clifton to his sister Mrs. H. D. Perkins. He was born on December 23, 1893 in Wheatley, St. Francis, Arkansas and died on June 18, 1951 in Cabot, Arkansas. He is buried in the Mount Carmel Cemetery in Cabot. He was a member of the 74th Company, Sixth Regiment of the U. S. Marines. He was described as being tall and of medium build with blue eyes and black hair.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT