TRANSCRIBED FROM THE GRAVETTE NEWS HERALD JUNE 21, 1918 P. 2
Friend Lewis:
I have at last been assigned to a company to train for overseas duty; and army life is getting better every day. We have plenty to eat and nothing to do but work and drill—what more could one ask.
I am trying for a transfer to the aviation but suppose I should be satisfied with this; it is better pay and great work. Our company is made up of Oklahoma mechanics and drivers and a better bunch will never go across after the Huns. Please forward this week’s News Herald to me.
Max A. James
Prov. Am. Co. C M. O. T. C.
Fort Riley, Kan.
NOTES: This letter was written by Sgt. Max Alvin James to the editor of the paper, Herbert P. Lewis. He was born on August 1, 1894 and died on December 13, 1945. He is buried in the Maysville Cemetery in Maysville, Arkansas. His military headstone identifies him as a Sgt. In the Medical Department in WWI from Oklahoma.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON
Friend Lewis:
I have at last been assigned to a company to train for overseas duty; and army life is getting better every day. We have plenty to eat and nothing to do but work and drill—what more could one ask.
I am trying for a transfer to the aviation but suppose I should be satisfied with this; it is better pay and great work. Our company is made up of Oklahoma mechanics and drivers and a better bunch will never go across after the Huns. Please forward this week’s News Herald to me.
Max A. James
Prov. Am. Co. C M. O. T. C.
Fort Riley, Kan.
NOTES: This letter was written by Sgt. Max Alvin James to the editor of the paper, Herbert P. Lewis. He was born on August 1, 1894 and died on December 13, 1945. He is buried in the Maysville Cemetery in Maysville, Arkansas. His military headstone identifies him as a Sgt. In the Medical Department in WWI from Oklahoma.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON