TRANSCRIBED FROM THE GREEN FOREST TRIBUNE FEBRUARY 22, 1918 P. 2
Jan. 26, 1918
Dear Homefolks:
I will write you a few lines tonight.
I am in a new camp now, about (censored)
I got my Christmas box Thursday. I was very proud of it, especially the soap for good soap is very hard to get here and I just about finished the last of what I brought from the U.S. with me.
I am in an army camp now but am in good quarters. I am well and very comfortably situated.
I think I will try to save a little money now. Up to the present I have not saved any since I have been in France but I have not spent it in a way that I will ever regret for I was in the part of France that many people pay “thousands” to visit and I saw it all for three months wages. I sure have seen some sights and sights that I will never get to see again and some of them i never want to see again. I have sure done an immense amount of traveling since I joined the army and now am entertaining hopes of going to Italy before I go back. I don’t guess I stand much chance of getting to go there but I sure would like to.
I have not had any letters from any of you in about a month but hope to hear from you soon.
I hope you are all well. I will close.
Write soon.
Os.
A.E. F. France.
NOTES: Os Berry Fry was born on October 19, 1894 in Green Forest, Arkansas and died on January 7, 1980. He is buried in the Olivewood Cemetery in Riverside, California. His military headstone identifies him as a Pfc. serving in the US Army during WWI. He enlisted on August 11, 1917 and was discharged on June 26, 1919. He departed for Europe from New York on October 27, 1917 onboard the Adriatic. He was a Private in the 94th.
TRANSCRIBED BY JORDAN HOLYFIELD
Jan. 26, 1918
Dear Homefolks:
I will write you a few lines tonight.
I am in a new camp now, about (censored)
I got my Christmas box Thursday. I was very proud of it, especially the soap for good soap is very hard to get here and I just about finished the last of what I brought from the U.S. with me.
I am in an army camp now but am in good quarters. I am well and very comfortably situated.
I think I will try to save a little money now. Up to the present I have not saved any since I have been in France but I have not spent it in a way that I will ever regret for I was in the part of France that many people pay “thousands” to visit and I saw it all for three months wages. I sure have seen some sights and sights that I will never get to see again and some of them i never want to see again. I have sure done an immense amount of traveling since I joined the army and now am entertaining hopes of going to Italy before I go back. I don’t guess I stand much chance of getting to go there but I sure would like to.
I have not had any letters from any of you in about a month but hope to hear from you soon.
I hope you are all well. I will close.
Write soon.
Os.
A.E. F. France.
NOTES: Os Berry Fry was born on October 19, 1894 in Green Forest, Arkansas and died on January 7, 1980. He is buried in the Olivewood Cemetery in Riverside, California. His military headstone identifies him as a Pfc. serving in the US Army during WWI. He enlisted on August 11, 1917 and was discharged on June 26, 1919. He departed for Europe from New York on October 27, 1917 onboard the Adriatic. He was a Private in the 94th.
TRANSCRIBED BY JORDAN HOLYFIELD