TRANSCRIBED FROM THE DAILY ARKANSAS GAZETTE FEBRUARY 23, 1919 P. 6
If you will look on the map, you will soon locate my present quarters. I am about 12 miles southwest of Verdun and about 40 or 50 kilo due North of Bar la due.
I landed in London August 8, 1918; then we went o Bordeaux, and from there to Wazeo. That was the first post I was on. We left there Labor day and hiked for 23 days straight.
Next we were in the St. Mihiel drive, and I suppose you have read something about that battle. We next went to the Argonne forest, and were in the first battle that marked the drive that brought the war to an end.
In that drive there was one time that I got real hungry. We could not get anything to eat for about 80 hours, and were fighting and hiking like blue blazes all the time.
When we were relieved we came back to a little town and rested for a few days. Then we were sent to Verdun and were giving the Hun hell when the armistice was declared. In a few days we were ordered to this place and have been here ever since.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by Charles Alfred Doty to his aunt, Mrs. Sadie Doty. He was born on August 7, 1985 in Conway, Arkansas and died on December 29, 1975. He is buried in the White Rose Cemetery in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. His military headstone identifies him as Pvt US Army serving in World War I. He was described as being of medium height and build with brown eyes and hair.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT
If you will look on the map, you will soon locate my present quarters. I am about 12 miles southwest of Verdun and about 40 or 50 kilo due North of Bar la due.
I landed in London August 8, 1918; then we went o Bordeaux, and from there to Wazeo. That was the first post I was on. We left there Labor day and hiked for 23 days straight.
Next we were in the St. Mihiel drive, and I suppose you have read something about that battle. We next went to the Argonne forest, and were in the first battle that marked the drive that brought the war to an end.
In that drive there was one time that I got real hungry. We could not get anything to eat for about 80 hours, and were fighting and hiking like blue blazes all the time.
When we were relieved we came back to a little town and rested for a few days. Then we were sent to Verdun and were giving the Hun hell when the armistice was declared. In a few days we were ordered to this place and have been here ever since.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by Charles Alfred Doty to his aunt, Mrs. Sadie Doty. He was born on August 7, 1985 in Conway, Arkansas and died on December 29, 1975. He is buried in the White Rose Cemetery in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. His military headstone identifies him as Pvt US Army serving in World War I. He was described as being of medium height and build with brown eyes and hair.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT