TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ASHLEY COUNTY EAGLE FEBRUARY 6, 1919 P. 1
I lacked only three days of being sixteen years old when I joined the army. I served seven months on the border, and was sent to France on the 12th of June, 1917. Spent six months in training “over there,” and went to the front, taking part in some of the fiercest battles of the war.
I was wounded on the 7th of March, 1918, spent three months in the hospital and returned to the front. On July 18th, I was again wounded in the battle of Soissons, where I got a real taste of war. Went “over the top” at 4:45 and was hit about 6:15. At this point I got lost from my Company, and I saw two Huns coming close to me, and I had to either kill them or they would kill me, so I am here. The artillery passed over me, and they sent two hospital men to help me out. I was operated on in a French hospital and “set sail” for God’s country. On July 24th I was sent to this U.S. hospital.
NOTES: Jewell, the son of Mr. J. A. Everett of Pine Prairie, Arkansas, is writing to the editor of the Eagle. Jewell was one of the first in the county to volunteer. The letter is dated January 19, 1919. At the time he is in the Base Hospital at McPherson, Georgia recovering from battle wounds.
TRANSCRIBED BY KOBE HEAGERTY
I lacked only three days of being sixteen years old when I joined the army. I served seven months on the border, and was sent to France on the 12th of June, 1917. Spent six months in training “over there,” and went to the front, taking part in some of the fiercest battles of the war.
I was wounded on the 7th of March, 1918, spent three months in the hospital and returned to the front. On July 18th, I was again wounded in the battle of Soissons, where I got a real taste of war. Went “over the top” at 4:45 and was hit about 6:15. At this point I got lost from my Company, and I saw two Huns coming close to me, and I had to either kill them or they would kill me, so I am here. The artillery passed over me, and they sent two hospital men to help me out. I was operated on in a French hospital and “set sail” for God’s country. On July 24th I was sent to this U.S. hospital.
NOTES: Jewell, the son of Mr. J. A. Everett of Pine Prairie, Arkansas, is writing to the editor of the Eagle. Jewell was one of the first in the county to volunteer. The letter is dated January 19, 1919. At the time he is in the Base Hospital at McPherson, Georgia recovering from battle wounds.
TRANSCRIBED BY KOBE HEAGERTY