TRANSCRIBED FROM THE DAILY ARKANSAS GAZETTE DECEMBER 30, 1918 P. 2
I fought from August 23 until October 9, when I was gassed. The real big battle began September 12. I ‘beaned’ one Hun in one hole, three in another, and one in a tree, who shot my first aid pouch off my left hip. But I worked on his ‘meat house.” I can’t explain how mad I was to find one up in a tree. It sure is a funny feeling when a fellow goes over the top, yelling and shooting. I shot them as cool headedly as if they had been rabbits.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by Wayne C. Justice to his father Prof. C.B. Justice of Paragould, Arkansas. He was born on August 25, 1895 in Illinois and died on April 27, 1957 in Arizona. He was described as being of medium height and build with brown eyes and hair. He is buried in the East Lawn Palms Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona. His military headstone identifies him as a Pvt. Mo 350 Infantry. Serving in World War I.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT
I fought from August 23 until October 9, when I was gassed. The real big battle began September 12. I ‘beaned’ one Hun in one hole, three in another, and one in a tree, who shot my first aid pouch off my left hip. But I worked on his ‘meat house.” I can’t explain how mad I was to find one up in a tree. It sure is a funny feeling when a fellow goes over the top, yelling and shooting. I shot them as cool headedly as if they had been rabbits.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by Wayne C. Justice to his father Prof. C.B. Justice of Paragould, Arkansas. He was born on August 25, 1895 in Illinois and died on April 27, 1957 in Arizona. He was described as being of medium height and build with brown eyes and hair. He is buried in the East Lawn Palms Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona. His military headstone identifies him as a Pvt. Mo 350 Infantry. Serving in World War I.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT