TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ARKANSAS GAZETTE NOVEMBER 18, 1918 P. 2
Dear Mother and Homefolks:
How are you all this lovely Sabbath afternoon? Fine I hope, I am fine and dandy. Have been back from the Verdun front a few days in the hospital resting up a bit from the nervous strain of the war. We are in a very beautiful city, and gee, everything is lovely. Lots of grub to eat and Red Cross nurses to talk to, so you see we are having a time. I was promoted to corporal about 2 months ago and was also recommended for a D. S. C. medal by my company commander, but don’t know whether I shall get it or not, for you know it takes a good deal to win one.
Well I believe it will be over pretty soon, so we can all come back home and lead lives of peace, for I believe the boches have got all they want. Gee! won’t it be grand when peace is declared?
I have not been paid in six months, but still have some money in my pockets. When I sign the payroll and get mine I am going to send most of it home and start a little bank account. Well, it’s supper time and I’ll close and get my chow. Bye, bye, with best wishes, from your loving son, Corp. William D. Husbands, Base Hospital, No. 27., A. E. F.
NOTES: This letter was written by Corp. William Husbands to his mother Mrs. Joe Husbands of Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Husbands was recommended for the DSC for his actions in combat. He was born July 28, 1898 and died February 15, 1948 at Terrance, California. He is buried in the Pacific Crest Cemetery at Redondo Beach, California.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT.
Dear Mother and Homefolks:
How are you all this lovely Sabbath afternoon? Fine I hope, I am fine and dandy. Have been back from the Verdun front a few days in the hospital resting up a bit from the nervous strain of the war. We are in a very beautiful city, and gee, everything is lovely. Lots of grub to eat and Red Cross nurses to talk to, so you see we are having a time. I was promoted to corporal about 2 months ago and was also recommended for a D. S. C. medal by my company commander, but don’t know whether I shall get it or not, for you know it takes a good deal to win one.
Well I believe it will be over pretty soon, so we can all come back home and lead lives of peace, for I believe the boches have got all they want. Gee! won’t it be grand when peace is declared?
I have not been paid in six months, but still have some money in my pockets. When I sign the payroll and get mine I am going to send most of it home and start a little bank account. Well, it’s supper time and I’ll close and get my chow. Bye, bye, with best wishes, from your loving son, Corp. William D. Husbands, Base Hospital, No. 27., A. E. F.
NOTES: This letter was written by Corp. William Husbands to his mother Mrs. Joe Husbands of Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Husbands was recommended for the DSC for his actions in combat. He was born July 28, 1898 and died February 15, 1948 at Terrance, California. He is buried in the Pacific Crest Cemetery at Redondo Beach, California.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT.