TRANSCRIBED FROM THE DAILY ARKANSAS DAILY GAZETTE DECEMBER 29, 1918 P. 6
Everything is green here,
I haven’t seen anything but hay and turnips, but there are more turnips than I ever saw before in my life.
NOTED: This partial letter was written by by Oscar Burton Harden to his wife of Barber, Arkansas. His father R. N. Harden was also living at Barber. He departed New York on October 28 in a convoy of 11 transports, guarded through the danger zone by a battleship, two submarines, 10 or 12 submarine chasers, balloons and airplanes. He was serving as a member of Camp Pike Replacement Draft Infantry. He was born on December 6, 1890 in Tennessee and died on December 28, 1971 in Irving, Texas. He was described as being tall and slender with blue eyes and red hair. He is buried in the Oak Grove Memorial Cemetery in Irving.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT
Everything is green here,
I haven’t seen anything but hay and turnips, but there are more turnips than I ever saw before in my life.
NOTED: This partial letter was written by by Oscar Burton Harden to his wife of Barber, Arkansas. His father R. N. Harden was also living at Barber. He departed New York on October 28 in a convoy of 11 transports, guarded through the danger zone by a battleship, two submarines, 10 or 12 submarine chasers, balloons and airplanes. He was serving as a member of Camp Pike Replacement Draft Infantry. He was born on December 6, 1890 in Tennessee and died on December 28, 1971 in Irving, Texas. He was described as being tall and slender with blue eyes and red hair. He is buried in the Oak Grove Memorial Cemetery in Irving.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT