TRANSCRIBED FROM THE DREW COUNTY ADVANCE APRIL 8, 1919 P. 3
Co. B. 335th Labor Bat.A. E. F., Mch. 2, 1919
William Harris,
Monticello, Ark.
Dear Professor:
I wrote to you a time ago but I did not receive an answer from you so I decided to write to you again. I am well and hope you and all the family are the same. I am now at Gievres, France the great supply depot in France. Samuel and Erskine are here with me. We are getting along nicely, just a bit homesick, that’s all. We all are hoping to come home before July, but you never can tell. I am in charge of the clerical work in my company now. You must pardon my errors in this as I am new at the job.
I heard that Herman had gone to Tuskegee or Tougaloo, which?
Give my best wishes to all of the boys and girls under your supervision and make good soldiers out of them.
Well, I guess you all are interested in the League of Nations now. However, I am most interested in the Peace. Home, Sweet Home, would look mighty good to me.
Hoping to hear from you in short, I shall close.
Yours truly,
G. M. Johnson
NOTES: Sgt. Johnson was the son of Nancy Brandon, who owned a hotel and restaurant that served African American citizens in Monticello, Arkansas.
TRANSCRIBED BY SHANNON SOUTHARD
Co. B. 335th Labor Bat.A. E. F., Mch. 2, 1919
William Harris,
Monticello, Ark.
Dear Professor:
I wrote to you a time ago but I did not receive an answer from you so I decided to write to you again. I am well and hope you and all the family are the same. I am now at Gievres, France the great supply depot in France. Samuel and Erskine are here with me. We are getting along nicely, just a bit homesick, that’s all. We all are hoping to come home before July, but you never can tell. I am in charge of the clerical work in my company now. You must pardon my errors in this as I am new at the job.
I heard that Herman had gone to Tuskegee or Tougaloo, which?
Give my best wishes to all of the boys and girls under your supervision and make good soldiers out of them.
Well, I guess you all are interested in the League of Nations now. However, I am most interested in the Peace. Home, Sweet Home, would look mighty good to me.
Hoping to hear from you in short, I shall close.
Yours truly,
G. M. Johnson
NOTES: Sgt. Johnson was the son of Nancy Brandon, who owned a hotel and restaurant that served African American citizens in Monticello, Arkansas.
TRANSCRIBED BY SHANNON SOUTHARD