TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ROGERS DEMOCRAT DECEMBER 5, 1918 P. 1
October 20th
Somewhere on the Front:
Dear Grandmother:
I received your most welcome letter today and was glad to hear from you. I'll send you that souvenir as soon as we get some stamps. I am as well as can be expected now, only a little nervous at times, but shells don't often hit so close, but they do at times.
Am sorry that I can't tell you where we are but you can guess that I am in on the bend of the line somewhere. This makes the third big drive I have been in. Have been in German territory and in Alsace and am on ground held by the Boche since 1914 and we are still going; will soon be on the frontier. Was at LaCouritice last winter for a while; was also at Mount Richard for a while and have been all along the line.
The Boche sure like to have things nice. They built nice little huts for their officers and large underground caves for the men everywhere and they had the trenches made with concrete so they were very hard to get out and they put up quite a hard scrap. They try to make it hard for us by bombing and long range guns that we don't mind it much now; still I always look for a safe place. All of these places are full of couties and they are quite lively company.
Well Grandma I don't know much else to write this time; maybe the next time I write I can tell you where we are.
Your grandson
GEO. A. KENDALL.
NOTES: This letter was written by Corp. George Adkins Kendall to his grandmother Mrs. Caroline Gordon of near Rogers, Arkansas. He was born on June 23, 1893 in Nocona, Texas and died in 1987.
TRANSCRIBED BY LAEL HARROD
October 20th
Somewhere on the Front:
Dear Grandmother:
I received your most welcome letter today and was glad to hear from you. I'll send you that souvenir as soon as we get some stamps. I am as well as can be expected now, only a little nervous at times, but shells don't often hit so close, but they do at times.
Am sorry that I can't tell you where we are but you can guess that I am in on the bend of the line somewhere. This makes the third big drive I have been in. Have been in German territory and in Alsace and am on ground held by the Boche since 1914 and we are still going; will soon be on the frontier. Was at LaCouritice last winter for a while; was also at Mount Richard for a while and have been all along the line.
The Boche sure like to have things nice. They built nice little huts for their officers and large underground caves for the men everywhere and they had the trenches made with concrete so they were very hard to get out and they put up quite a hard scrap. They try to make it hard for us by bombing and long range guns that we don't mind it much now; still I always look for a safe place. All of these places are full of couties and they are quite lively company.
Well Grandma I don't know much else to write this time; maybe the next time I write I can tell you where we are.
Your grandson
GEO. A. KENDALL.
NOTES: This letter was written by Corp. George Adkins Kendall to his grandmother Mrs. Caroline Gordon of near Rogers, Arkansas. He was born on June 23, 1893 in Nocona, Texas and died in 1987.
TRANSCRIBED BY LAEL HARROD