TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ASHLEY COUNTY EAGLE JUNE 20, 1918 P. 1
France, May 21, 1918.
Dear Aunt and All:
How is everybody getting along by now? I’m o.k. I got your letter several days ago but have been too busy to write to anyone, this is the first that I have attempted to write for nearly a month. I am just back from the front. Sure was some exciting, but still it could be worse it’s not so awful bad.
The sector we had was in a strip of woods. The trenches were about three or four feet deep, and the Germans had a trench about a hundred yards from ours, and to cap the climax “old Fritz” had a machine gun directly in front of us and when he couldn’t think of anything else to do he would turn that loose. The bullets pat pat pat around pretty close. It is an awful nuisance to us for “Fritz” to have it so near but none of us have gone over to argue about it yet. (We don’t want to insult him you see).
I had my first taste of the trenches in January, but that was in a quiet sector. I have seen lots of air battles and a few ‘Boche’ planes brought down.
Tell Clarice that I will write her next time. I got a letter from Blanche today, also got one from Aunt Myrtle and Mabel. Tell them I’ll write when I get a little more time.
I’ve gotten one of the Eagles so far. Tell Willie I got the chaps picture. Mama, this is the answer to your letter too.
Your nephew,
Clifton.
NOTES: This letter was written by Private Clifton M. Jordan to his aunt, Mrs. Florence Selman.
TRANSCRIBED BY LARAE SHURLEY
France, May 21, 1918.
Dear Aunt and All:
How is everybody getting along by now? I’m o.k. I got your letter several days ago but have been too busy to write to anyone, this is the first that I have attempted to write for nearly a month. I am just back from the front. Sure was some exciting, but still it could be worse it’s not so awful bad.
The sector we had was in a strip of woods. The trenches were about three or four feet deep, and the Germans had a trench about a hundred yards from ours, and to cap the climax “old Fritz” had a machine gun directly in front of us and when he couldn’t think of anything else to do he would turn that loose. The bullets pat pat pat around pretty close. It is an awful nuisance to us for “Fritz” to have it so near but none of us have gone over to argue about it yet. (We don’t want to insult him you see).
I had my first taste of the trenches in January, but that was in a quiet sector. I have seen lots of air battles and a few ‘Boche’ planes brought down.
Tell Clarice that I will write her next time. I got a letter from Blanche today, also got one from Aunt Myrtle and Mabel. Tell them I’ll write when I get a little more time.
I’ve gotten one of the Eagles so far. Tell Willie I got the chaps picture. Mama, this is the answer to your letter too.
Your nephew,
Clifton.
NOTES: This letter was written by Private Clifton M. Jordan to his aunt, Mrs. Florence Selman.
TRANSCRIBED BY LARAE SHURLEY