TRANSCRIBED FROM THE SOLIPHONE NOVEMBER 11, 1918 P. 5
Am in the convalescent camp now. Just got out of the hospital about three days ago. Will go back to the outfit in a few days. Sure will be glad, for I haven’t drawn any money since I came to the hospital and I hate to be broke. I have four months’ pay coming and can have a fine time when I get it. We are making it pretty well. They issue us plenty of tobacco, and as long as a soldier has plenty of tobacco, he is pretty well satisfied.
This is a real nice place here. This hospital is in the heart of a grape farm and we get plenty of grapes. Was out this morning and helped an old Frenchman gather some, but I ate as many as I gathered.
Have seen some pretty stiff fighting since I came over here. Was in the division that took Cantigny on the 28th of May and was in the battle of the Marne on the 18th of July. We sure did ‘mop up’ with them. There is one fellow in this place with me that came from Piggott. His name is Hurt. It looks like we will have peace in a little while. Sure will be glad, for this fighting isn’t any play. But until the Huns are whipped, I want to stay with my outfit and fight with them, for it sure is a nervy bunch. When we left Paragould and old Company H was broken up, I wasn’t satisfied with the company I was put in, so the first time I got a chance I came across and was assigned to Co. L. 28th Infantry, 1st Division. So was with them until I came to the hospital on the 20th of July.
NOTES: The newspaper shows his middle initial as O, however his middle name is David. James Davis Hollis was born in Greenway, Arkansas (Clay County) on May 17, 1896 and died on May 17, 1971 in Paragould, Arkansas, He is buried in the Browns Chapel Cemetery in Paragould. His military headstone identifies him as a Corp. in Col L, 28th Infantry serving in World War 1. He enlisted in the military on May 23, 1917 and was discharged on September 27, 1919.
TRANSCRIBED BY LINDA MATTHEWS
Am in the convalescent camp now. Just got out of the hospital about three days ago. Will go back to the outfit in a few days. Sure will be glad, for I haven’t drawn any money since I came to the hospital and I hate to be broke. I have four months’ pay coming and can have a fine time when I get it. We are making it pretty well. They issue us plenty of tobacco, and as long as a soldier has plenty of tobacco, he is pretty well satisfied.
This is a real nice place here. This hospital is in the heart of a grape farm and we get plenty of grapes. Was out this morning and helped an old Frenchman gather some, but I ate as many as I gathered.
Have seen some pretty stiff fighting since I came over here. Was in the division that took Cantigny on the 28th of May and was in the battle of the Marne on the 18th of July. We sure did ‘mop up’ with them. There is one fellow in this place with me that came from Piggott. His name is Hurt. It looks like we will have peace in a little while. Sure will be glad, for this fighting isn’t any play. But until the Huns are whipped, I want to stay with my outfit and fight with them, for it sure is a nervy bunch. When we left Paragould and old Company H was broken up, I wasn’t satisfied with the company I was put in, so the first time I got a chance I came across and was assigned to Co. L. 28th Infantry, 1st Division. So was with them until I came to the hospital on the 20th of July.
NOTES: The newspaper shows his middle initial as O, however his middle name is David. James Davis Hollis was born in Greenway, Arkansas (Clay County) on May 17, 1896 and died on May 17, 1971 in Paragould, Arkansas, He is buried in the Browns Chapel Cemetery in Paragould. His military headstone identifies him as a Corp. in Col L, 28th Infantry serving in World War 1. He enlisted in the military on May 23, 1917 and was discharged on September 27, 1919.
TRANSCRIBED BY LINDA MATTHEWS