TRANSCRIBED FROM THE NEWPORT DAILY INDEPENDENT OCTOBER 3, 1918 P. 1
Dear Mother:
Just a few lines to let you know that I am getting along fine and that the Kalser has not got me yet. Did you receive my Liberty send for $100, which I paid for an had sent to you? I also sent my trunk to you before I sailed for France. Let me know if you received it. What is Pat’s address? I am learning to speak some French, and I think France is a very picturesque country, although not near as modern as I expected to find it. Well, on account of the censor I cannot write all I would like to, but I hope soon to be back in the United States again.
Your Son,
Obediah.
NOTES: Obediah Timothy Gravette was born in Jackson, Tennessee on January 12, 1895 and died in Los Angeles, California on January 1, 1960. He is buried in the Los Angeles National Cemetery in Los Angeles. He enlisted on June 6, 1917 and was discharged on May 24, 1919. He departed Newport News, Virginia on August 6, 1918 onboard the Zeelandia. He was listed as a Private serving in HQ Co 154th 39th Division. He was writing to his mother, Delia Gravette. A letter from his younger brother, Thomas Patrick Gravette is posed on this site.
TRANSCRIBED BY ADIN TYGART
Dear Mother:
Just a few lines to let you know that I am getting along fine and that the Kalser has not got me yet. Did you receive my Liberty send for $100, which I paid for an had sent to you? I also sent my trunk to you before I sailed for France. Let me know if you received it. What is Pat’s address? I am learning to speak some French, and I think France is a very picturesque country, although not near as modern as I expected to find it. Well, on account of the censor I cannot write all I would like to, but I hope soon to be back in the United States again.
Your Son,
Obediah.
NOTES: Obediah Timothy Gravette was born in Jackson, Tennessee on January 12, 1895 and died in Los Angeles, California on January 1, 1960. He is buried in the Los Angeles National Cemetery in Los Angeles. He enlisted on June 6, 1917 and was discharged on May 24, 1919. He departed Newport News, Virginia on August 6, 1918 onboard the Zeelandia. He was listed as a Private serving in HQ Co 154th 39th Division. He was writing to his mother, Delia Gravette. A letter from his younger brother, Thomas Patrick Gravette is posed on this site.
TRANSCRIBED BY ADIN TYGART