TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ARKANSAS GAZETTE JANUARY 27, 1918 P. 30
Just received two cards from home. Although it is not much I am very thankful to get even a line from home.
We had a very pleasant trip coming over on the (censored). It ended just in time for a big dinner Thanksgiving Day on the U. S. S. (censored). We went aboard at 1 p. m. I have been on the (censored) since December 9. On our first trip over on the destroyer we were in as rough a storm as this ship has encountered in a long time. It lasted several days and I got my breaking in then and there.
As long as the storm lasted I was as seasick as I imagine one can get, but when we reached port it did not take me long to forget that I had been seasick.
Being at sea on Christmas Day, we missed the dinner. Had our New Year’s feed today on the (censored), and it was a good one.
New Year’s eve all the ships in the harbor blew their whistles, rang bells, shot rockets and made more noise than this sleepy little old town ever heard before. I suppose the inhabitants think the Yankees are a noisy bunch. We celebrated in true American style. I am as well and happy as ever, but am longing for a long newsy letter from home.
NOTES: This is a partial letter written by Fredrick Earl Funston of Little Rock, Arkansas to his mother Mrs. William P. Funston. He was born July 26, 1899 and died June 3, 1965 at Santa Clara, California.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLN YANCEY KENT
Just received two cards from home. Although it is not much I am very thankful to get even a line from home.
We had a very pleasant trip coming over on the (censored). It ended just in time for a big dinner Thanksgiving Day on the U. S. S. (censored). We went aboard at 1 p. m. I have been on the (censored) since December 9. On our first trip over on the destroyer we were in as rough a storm as this ship has encountered in a long time. It lasted several days and I got my breaking in then and there.
As long as the storm lasted I was as seasick as I imagine one can get, but when we reached port it did not take me long to forget that I had been seasick.
Being at sea on Christmas Day, we missed the dinner. Had our New Year’s feed today on the (censored), and it was a good one.
New Year’s eve all the ships in the harbor blew their whistles, rang bells, shot rockets and made more noise than this sleepy little old town ever heard before. I suppose the inhabitants think the Yankees are a noisy bunch. We celebrated in true American style. I am as well and happy as ever, but am longing for a long newsy letter from home.
NOTES: This is a partial letter written by Fredrick Earl Funston of Little Rock, Arkansas to his mother Mrs. William P. Funston. He was born July 26, 1899 and died June 3, 1965 at Santa Clara, California.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLN YANCEY KENT