TRANSCRIBED FROM CLEVELAND COUNTY HERALD NOVEMBER 28, 1918 P.4
Some where in France with the A.M.E.F.
Mrs. R. L. Horn
Rison AR.
My dear mother
Only a few lines to my sweet mother to let you know how everything is in France. Will say we have a lovely fall in France but how the leaves are beginning to burn golden brown reminding us that winter will soon be upon us. But we must take the dark days with the bright ones you know.
But I try to live up to the motto of the sun dial record only the bright ones, I have found out since I have been in Europe that it makes life easier don’t you think so?
Well the people of France treat us kindly on account of the difference in our language they can tell us little but they always have a smile for us and silence is golden you know.
It is certainly remarkable how these French hold up under the strain of four years of this cruel war when nearly every one has lost some loved one. But they bear their burden bravely.
Thank God that you can live in the dear old U.S.A. where the foot of the Hun has never been feft for the crimes that he commited in France is beyond pardon and only time can heal that wound. Today we learn that he has accepted President Wilsons peace terms but we soldiers think that is some of his trickery so he can get a rest for his armies that we have neat the H—L out off but we are going to finish him settle with him something he started but he cant stop.
We learn that the people of America are behind us in the Fourth Liberty Loan anb America we thank you beyond words.
Tell my friends in America I am thankful to them for the support they are giving us boys in the A.M.E.F.
Well I am closing for want of something to say.
From your loving son.
Corp. John D. Huntley.
Co. B. 525. Engr AM. E. F. France
P.S. I would appreciate in hearing from any of my friends in America.
NOTES:
TRANSCRIBED BY AYLA SOULARIE AND RANDY WALKER
Some where in France with the A.M.E.F.
Mrs. R. L. Horn
Rison AR.
My dear mother
Only a few lines to my sweet mother to let you know how everything is in France. Will say we have a lovely fall in France but how the leaves are beginning to burn golden brown reminding us that winter will soon be upon us. But we must take the dark days with the bright ones you know.
But I try to live up to the motto of the sun dial record only the bright ones, I have found out since I have been in Europe that it makes life easier don’t you think so?
Well the people of France treat us kindly on account of the difference in our language they can tell us little but they always have a smile for us and silence is golden you know.
It is certainly remarkable how these French hold up under the strain of four years of this cruel war when nearly every one has lost some loved one. But they bear their burden bravely.
Thank God that you can live in the dear old U.S.A. where the foot of the Hun has never been feft for the crimes that he commited in France is beyond pardon and only time can heal that wound. Today we learn that he has accepted President Wilsons peace terms but we soldiers think that is some of his trickery so he can get a rest for his armies that we have neat the H—L out off but we are going to finish him settle with him something he started but he cant stop.
We learn that the people of America are behind us in the Fourth Liberty Loan anb America we thank you beyond words.
Tell my friends in America I am thankful to them for the support they are giving us boys in the A.M.E.F.
Well I am closing for want of something to say.
From your loving son.
Corp. John D. Huntley.
Co. B. 525. Engr AM. E. F. France
P.S. I would appreciate in hearing from any of my friends in America.
NOTES:
TRANSCRIBED BY AYLA SOULARIE AND RANDY WALKER