TRANSCRIBED FROM THE SPRINGDALE NEWS SEPTEMBER 6, 1918 P. 3
Camp Mills, L. I. N. Y.
Mr. T. R. Grisham:
Dear Father, Mother and sister:
Will drop you a few lines today as I said I would, hoping this will find you all well and doing well, for this leaves me fine and in a good camp. Like it much better here than I did at Camp Beauregard and here’s hoping I never have to go back to that place. I get a 24 hour pass this noon and am going to take in New York City or part of it, won’t have time to take it all in.
I was on guard last night got to bed about one a.m. this morning. I haven’t heard from Clay in quite a while, but looking to any day. The Red Cross sure did a lot for us on our way up here and I will always think of them for what they have done, and they are doing great work here and the more over there.
Don’t you all worry about me for I think I will get along fine all the way and get back with the bunch, or that is the way I feel about things.
Well I guess I will close by saying good-by, hoping this will find you all well.
From your loving Son and Brother.
Sgt. Jas. B. Grisham.
NOTES: James Berton Grisham was born on October 18, 1895 in Newton County, Arkansas and died on October 11, 1939 in the Bluff City Cemetery in Hines, Illinois. He was writing to his father Thomas and mother Belle. He departed for France from Hoboken, NJ on August 3, 1918 on the Leviathan. He returned to the US departing St. Nazaire, France on June 3, 1919 onboard the Amphion. He was listed as serving as a Sgt. in the 142nd FA.
TRANSCRIBED BY LINDA MATTHEWS
Camp Mills, L. I. N. Y.
Mr. T. R. Grisham:
Dear Father, Mother and sister:
Will drop you a few lines today as I said I would, hoping this will find you all well and doing well, for this leaves me fine and in a good camp. Like it much better here than I did at Camp Beauregard and here’s hoping I never have to go back to that place. I get a 24 hour pass this noon and am going to take in New York City or part of it, won’t have time to take it all in.
I was on guard last night got to bed about one a.m. this morning. I haven’t heard from Clay in quite a while, but looking to any day. The Red Cross sure did a lot for us on our way up here and I will always think of them for what they have done, and they are doing great work here and the more over there.
Don’t you all worry about me for I think I will get along fine all the way and get back with the bunch, or that is the way I feel about things.
Well I guess I will close by saying good-by, hoping this will find you all well.
From your loving Son and Brother.
Sgt. Jas. B. Grisham.
NOTES: James Berton Grisham was born on October 18, 1895 in Newton County, Arkansas and died on October 11, 1939 in the Bluff City Cemetery in Hines, Illinois. He was writing to his father Thomas and mother Belle. He departed for France from Hoboken, NJ on August 3, 1918 on the Leviathan. He returned to the US departing St. Nazaire, France on June 3, 1919 onboard the Amphion. He was listed as serving as a Sgt. in the 142nd FA.
TRANSCRIBED BY LINDA MATTHEWS