TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ASHLEY COUNTY EAGLE JANUARY 23, 1919 P. 1
U.S. Gen’l. Hospital No. 29,
Ft. Snelling, Minn., Jan. 14.
Editor Ashley County Eagle:
Dear Sir:
Just a few lines to let you know I am back again in the good old U.S.A., after 18 months service in France. I arrived on the hospital ship Comfort in New York harbor, on December 9th. the first exclusive hospital ship carting wounded from France, to arrive in this country. I lost my left leg in the fighting around Soissons on July 21st, 1918, and have been in a hospital ever since. I am now at the reconstruction hospital at Fort Snelling, Minn. Where I am undergoing first treatment and where I will be fitted with an artificial leg. I hope to be back home again by Spring if not sooner.
I was wounded at the time that the fiercest fighting was going on in the Soissons sector. The Americans took this sector over in July and the big drive started on the 18th, three days before I was wounded. My regiment, the 26th Infantry, was right in the thick of it, and we suffered some severe causalities. I might add, the Soissons fighting was part of the big offensive on the part of the Americans, that they started at Chateau Thiery in June.
I am glad to be back again in America and it is the only country for me, from now on. Am looking forward to the time when I will be back again in the good old state of Arkansas. Remember me to all the citizens of Hamburg, and I hope to be able to tell you of some of my experiences “over there” in person, real soon.
Very truly yours,
Private Claude Everett.
NOTES: Claude Everett, Sr. was born on January 18, 1897 and died on January 18, 1982. He is buried in the Parkdale Cemeteries in Parkdale, Arkansas. His military headstone identifies him as a Pvt. In the U. S. Army.
TRANSCRIBED BY RANDY WALKER
U.S. Gen’l. Hospital No. 29,
Ft. Snelling, Minn., Jan. 14.
Editor Ashley County Eagle:
Dear Sir:
Just a few lines to let you know I am back again in the good old U.S.A., after 18 months service in France. I arrived on the hospital ship Comfort in New York harbor, on December 9th. the first exclusive hospital ship carting wounded from France, to arrive in this country. I lost my left leg in the fighting around Soissons on July 21st, 1918, and have been in a hospital ever since. I am now at the reconstruction hospital at Fort Snelling, Minn. Where I am undergoing first treatment and where I will be fitted with an artificial leg. I hope to be back home again by Spring if not sooner.
I was wounded at the time that the fiercest fighting was going on in the Soissons sector. The Americans took this sector over in July and the big drive started on the 18th, three days before I was wounded. My regiment, the 26th Infantry, was right in the thick of it, and we suffered some severe causalities. I might add, the Soissons fighting was part of the big offensive on the part of the Americans, that they started at Chateau Thiery in June.
I am glad to be back again in America and it is the only country for me, from now on. Am looking forward to the time when I will be back again in the good old state of Arkansas. Remember me to all the citizens of Hamburg, and I hope to be able to tell you of some of my experiences “over there” in person, real soon.
Very truly yours,
Private Claude Everett.
NOTES: Claude Everett, Sr. was born on January 18, 1897 and died on January 18, 1982. He is buried in the Parkdale Cemeteries in Parkdale, Arkansas. His military headstone identifies him as a Pvt. In the U. S. Army.
TRANSCRIBED BY RANDY WALKER