TRANSCRIBED FROM THE MELBOURNE TIMES MAY 16, 1919 P. 1
Coblenz, Germany, Mch. 28, ‘19
Dear Mama:
I will answer your letter which I read last night. Was proud to hear from you and to know you were all well. This leaves me well and feeling fine, hope this will find you all still well your letters are making good time now. The one I got last night was only sixteen days coming.
I was proud to hear papa had bought me another mule. I thought when the Armistice was signed I would be at home by now, but I am still in Germany and may be here for some time yet, but hope to get home soon. They are asking for volunteers for the army of occupation and as soon as they get them the ones that want to go home will be discharged, so it depends on that how soon we will get to come home.
You all sure were lucky not to have the “Flu”; that and a gas wound was what I went to hospital with last October. Before I went to the hospital we had made a seven day hike to the front in the Argonne Forrest. Then I spent six days in the front lines before I took sick. During this time it was rainy, bad weather all time and during the six days I was in the front lines in the Argonne Sector it was one continuous battle; it seemed as though it was almost impossible for anyone to come out alike.
As I have mentioned my experiences in the Argonne Forrest I will tell you aboutu some of the other fronts I saw. I went to the Chateau Thieary the sixth of July and was in the lines until July the 29 was in several hard battles while on the front and in one of the worst barrages the Germans ever put over which was started the night of July the 14 when the Germans started for Paris, but when the River Marneinstead of finding Frenchmen on that side of the river as they expected they met the “Yanks” and in a short time the Germans were in a hasty retreat.
There are many other things I could tell about those places but will not take the time; I also was in the St. Mihel drive, which started September the 12th.
I dident intend to say anything about my experiences on the frant when I started my letter but probably you will like to know about it tell Ralph I said Ide like awfully well to see him; guess he is getting so large he doesn’t seem like a baby any more, does he? I will close hoping to see you all soon.
Lovingly,
Pvt. Lucious A. Jackson,
Co. B., 3rd Army, M. P. Bu.
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TRANSCRIBED BY DAVID COLLINS
Coblenz, Germany, Mch. 28, ‘19
Dear Mama:
I will answer your letter which I read last night. Was proud to hear from you and to know you were all well. This leaves me well and feeling fine, hope this will find you all still well your letters are making good time now. The one I got last night was only sixteen days coming.
I was proud to hear papa had bought me another mule. I thought when the Armistice was signed I would be at home by now, but I am still in Germany and may be here for some time yet, but hope to get home soon. They are asking for volunteers for the army of occupation and as soon as they get them the ones that want to go home will be discharged, so it depends on that how soon we will get to come home.
You all sure were lucky not to have the “Flu”; that and a gas wound was what I went to hospital with last October. Before I went to the hospital we had made a seven day hike to the front in the Argonne Forrest. Then I spent six days in the front lines before I took sick. During this time it was rainy, bad weather all time and during the six days I was in the front lines in the Argonne Sector it was one continuous battle; it seemed as though it was almost impossible for anyone to come out alike.
As I have mentioned my experiences in the Argonne Forrest I will tell you aboutu some of the other fronts I saw. I went to the Chateau Thieary the sixth of July and was in the lines until July the 29 was in several hard battles while on the front and in one of the worst barrages the Germans ever put over which was started the night of July the 14 when the Germans started for Paris, but when the River Marneinstead of finding Frenchmen on that side of the river as they expected they met the “Yanks” and in a short time the Germans were in a hasty retreat.
There are many other things I could tell about those places but will not take the time; I also was in the St. Mihel drive, which started September the 12th.
I dident intend to say anything about my experiences on the frant when I started my letter but probably you will like to know about it tell Ralph I said Ide like awfully well to see him; guess he is getting so large he doesn’t seem like a baby any more, does he? I will close hoping to see you all soon.
Lovingly,
Pvt. Lucious A. Jackson,
Co. B., 3rd Army, M. P. Bu.
NOTES:
TRANSCRIBED BY DAVID COLLINS