TRANSCRIBED FROM THE NEVADA COUNTY PICAYUNE JANUARY 16, 1919 P. 1
France, December 8, 1918,
Mrs. Inez Ingram,
Dear Sister:
Received your letter today: was glad to hear from you: was sorry to here that some of you are sick: hope this will find you better.
I am just fine and dandy. Arthur and Manuel are o.k. We are still together. We have just finished a seventeen day hike. We hiked about 160 miles. Gee. I sure did get tired of hiking. We are now at Nodsusine, France. I think we will be here for some time. I think probably we will spend Xmas here. I don't know when we will get t ocome. I hope it won't be long. I sure would like to be with you Xmas.
I haven't heard from Grover: have written him two letters. I don't guess he received them: I wrote you a letter 14th of November. I don't know whether you got it or not. I was up on the front the morning they ceased firing: I was under artillery fire from 6 a.m. until 11 a.m.There were shell bursting all around me, and pieces of shells flying over me. Gee, I thought my time had come: sure did hug the ground for almost five hours. I can't write everything I would like to, so when I get back I can tell you all about my trip. I do not think that will be very long. I have been to several places in France, but I haven't been to Paris yet. I sure would like to go to Paris before I come back. Well, I am getting cold and sleepy: I must go and crowd up in the hay-loft---ha, ha.
Answer soon from you loving Bud,
W. O. INGRAM,
Co. C, 306 Engrs., A.P.O. 791, A.E.F.
NOTES: William Oscar Ingram was born on November 8, 1888 and died on December 12, 1960. He is buried in the De Ann Cemetery in Prescott, Arkansas. His military headstone identifies him as an Arkansas Cpl. serving in Co. C 306th Engineers during World War I. Ingram was writing to his sister Hallie Inez Ingram.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON
France, December 8, 1918,
Mrs. Inez Ingram,
Dear Sister:
Received your letter today: was glad to hear from you: was sorry to here that some of you are sick: hope this will find you better.
I am just fine and dandy. Arthur and Manuel are o.k. We are still together. We have just finished a seventeen day hike. We hiked about 160 miles. Gee. I sure did get tired of hiking. We are now at Nodsusine, France. I think we will be here for some time. I think probably we will spend Xmas here. I don't know when we will get t ocome. I hope it won't be long. I sure would like to be with you Xmas.
I haven't heard from Grover: have written him two letters. I don't guess he received them: I wrote you a letter 14th of November. I don't know whether you got it or not. I was up on the front the morning they ceased firing: I was under artillery fire from 6 a.m. until 11 a.m.There were shell bursting all around me, and pieces of shells flying over me. Gee, I thought my time had come: sure did hug the ground for almost five hours. I can't write everything I would like to, so when I get back I can tell you all about my trip. I do not think that will be very long. I have been to several places in France, but I haven't been to Paris yet. I sure would like to go to Paris before I come back. Well, I am getting cold and sleepy: I must go and crowd up in the hay-loft---ha, ha.
Answer soon from you loving Bud,
W. O. INGRAM,
Co. C, 306 Engrs., A.P.O. 791, A.E.F.
NOTES: William Oscar Ingram was born on November 8, 1888 and died on December 12, 1960. He is buried in the De Ann Cemetery in Prescott, Arkansas. His military headstone identifies him as an Arkansas Cpl. serving in Co. C 306th Engineers during World War I. Ingram was writing to his sister Hallie Inez Ingram.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON