TRANSCRIBED FROM THE SPRINGDALE NEWS OCTOBER 4, 1918 P. 3
Somewhere in France
Sept. 9, 1918.
Dear Mother and Folks:
My first letter from over there, feeling fine though rather wet and sleepy.
Had a very enjoyable trip over. We were on a splendid boat, the U.S.S. Leviathan, largest ship in the world. Though we encountered some rough sea, I didn’t get as seasick as I would have, had I been on a smaller boat.
Our regiment handled the guard duties of the boat all the way over. My section was a part right up in the bow of the ship where we got all the rocking there was to get, and I was seasick several times, but not enough to bother me.
We got “here” last night, I’m not exactly sure where “here” is but it is a rest camp about three miles from the place we got off. It began to rain just as we started off. We reached the location of our camp rather late at night and had to make camp in the dark. Will be here for a few days, until we get over our sea journey, and then be some place else.
This is only a note as I have only a few minutes, have to get back to the regiment, but will write frequently. Am writing this in the Y.M.C.A.
Love to all,
Harry.
NOTES: Harry C. Hough was born on January 6, 1891 in Nebraska and died in August 1961. He is buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Omaha, Nebraska. He departed for France from Hoboken, NJ on August 31, 1918 onboard the Leviathan. He was listed as a 1st Lieut. serving in Battery A, 142nd FA.
TRANSCRIBED BY LINDA MATTHEWS
Somewhere in France
Sept. 9, 1918.
Dear Mother and Folks:
My first letter from over there, feeling fine though rather wet and sleepy.
Had a very enjoyable trip over. We were on a splendid boat, the U.S.S. Leviathan, largest ship in the world. Though we encountered some rough sea, I didn’t get as seasick as I would have, had I been on a smaller boat.
Our regiment handled the guard duties of the boat all the way over. My section was a part right up in the bow of the ship where we got all the rocking there was to get, and I was seasick several times, but not enough to bother me.
We got “here” last night, I’m not exactly sure where “here” is but it is a rest camp about three miles from the place we got off. It began to rain just as we started off. We reached the location of our camp rather late at night and had to make camp in the dark. Will be here for a few days, until we get over our sea journey, and then be some place else.
This is only a note as I have only a few minutes, have to get back to the regiment, but will write frequently. Am writing this in the Y.M.C.A.
Love to all,
Harry.
NOTES: Harry C. Hough was born on January 6, 1891 in Nebraska and died in August 1961. He is buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Omaha, Nebraska. He departed for France from Hoboken, NJ on August 31, 1918 onboard the Leviathan. He was listed as a 1st Lieut. serving in Battery A, 142nd FA.
TRANSCRIBED BY LINDA MATTHEWS