TRANSCRIBED FROM THE JONESBORO EVENING SUN JANUARY 30, 1919 P. 1
The Germans claim to be starving, but it is not true. If they are starving now, there must have been untold luxuries before the war, for from all appearances they certainly have plenty in this section of the country. Some articles are expensive now, but Germany has not felt the war as has France. The people here treat us with unconcern, with here and there a touch of hospitality hard to understand. In Bendorf there are many soldiers released from the army, and even they hold the Americans in respent.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by John B. Landrum serving with the army of occupation in Bendorf, Germany to his mother, Mrs. J. V. Landrum of Paragould, Arkansas. He was described as medium height and slender build with brown eyes and hair. He was born in Paragould on May 9, 1896 and died on December 22, 1991. He is buried in National Memorial Park, Falls Church, Virginia.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT.
The Germans claim to be starving, but it is not true. If they are starving now, there must have been untold luxuries before the war, for from all appearances they certainly have plenty in this section of the country. Some articles are expensive now, but Germany has not felt the war as has France. The people here treat us with unconcern, with here and there a touch of hospitality hard to understand. In Bendorf there are many soldiers released from the army, and even they hold the Americans in respent.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by John B. Landrum serving with the army of occupation in Bendorf, Germany to his mother, Mrs. J. V. Landrum of Paragould, Arkansas. He was described as medium height and slender build with brown eyes and hair. He was born in Paragould on May 9, 1896 and died on December 22, 1991. He is buried in National Memorial Park, Falls Church, Virginia.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT.