TRANSCRIBED FROM THE BAXTER BULLETIN AUGUST 23, 1918 P. 3
An Atlantic Port, 1918.
Dear ones at home:
We are here at last. Arrived to-day noon. We are in 75 yards of the bay and can see (CENSORED), only a few miles on the other side. Well folks don’t write me here for I wont have time to get it. Long before you get this I will be on deck. I can look out of the window and see ships by the dozens. When I get back home I will have lots and lots to tell.
Well we will be up all night getting equipment. Folks I sure am the happiest boy you ever saw and so are all the boys.
Just as soon as I can I will write and give my address and then don’t let a week pass with out writing me. Write two or three times a week. If you ever want to write to the War Department about me give number as well as name and organization.
Love to all Clifton.
NOTES: Clifton Hart was writing to his family in Mountain Home, Arkansas. He was born on February 26, 1894/7 in Norwood, Missouri and died on May 11, 1954 in Clark, Nevada. He is buried in the Resthaven Park West Cemetery in Glendale, Arizona. He enlisted onApril 9, 1917 in the Arkansas National Guard. His military headstone identifies him as Arkansas, Sgt. Co M 153Inf 39Div serving in World War I.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT
An Atlantic Port, 1918.
Dear ones at home:
We are here at last. Arrived to-day noon. We are in 75 yards of the bay and can see (CENSORED), only a few miles on the other side. Well folks don’t write me here for I wont have time to get it. Long before you get this I will be on deck. I can look out of the window and see ships by the dozens. When I get back home I will have lots and lots to tell.
Well we will be up all night getting equipment. Folks I sure am the happiest boy you ever saw and so are all the boys.
Just as soon as I can I will write and give my address and then don’t let a week pass with out writing me. Write two or three times a week. If you ever want to write to the War Department about me give number as well as name and organization.
Love to all Clifton.
NOTES: Clifton Hart was writing to his family in Mountain Home, Arkansas. He was born on February 26, 1894/7 in Norwood, Missouri and died on May 11, 1954 in Clark, Nevada. He is buried in the Resthaven Park West Cemetery in Glendale, Arizona. He enlisted onApril 9, 1917 in the Arkansas National Guard. His military headstone identifies him as Arkansas, Sgt. Co M 153Inf 39Div serving in World War I.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT