TRANSCRIBED FROM THE LOG CABIN DEMOCRAT OCTOBER 31, 1918 P. 6
My Dear Mother:
I have been in the army four months, and I have seen many places and many people, but I am ever thinking of you and the other home folks, and my many friends back there. It is the thought of home and loved ones that causes men to put their best into this mighty game of war.
Everywhere I go I hear that the war is rapidly being won by the allies. We are here to make a great sacrifice if it is needed but we are depending on help from home. Liberty loans, the Red Cross and Y.M.C.A. are among the things that are winning the war.
I am in the hospital now. Have been here 11 days with the mumps. I think that I am well. Will leave the hospital tomorrow.
Since I have been in France I have seen many things that I would like to tell you about, but as short letters are the rule I’ll wait till we meet again. I have marched in review before the president of France. There were some soldiers in the march, and the president said great things about the United States soldiers.
It is our hope to return to the U.S.A. and tell of the wonders that we are seeing.
I hope you all are enjoying the best of health. Write me a letter and tell me lots of news. How about crops and horses?
Good luck to you.
Your same baby boy, as he has ever been.
Private Virgil Langford.
Co. 3, J. A.R.D. from Camp Pike
A.E.F. Sept. 27, 1918.
P.S.—Mother, I am wearing a pajama suit very much like those you made before I left home. I have a Red Cross hand bag also. Never feel that the Red Cross work is no good. The boys are proud of the Red Cross.
Virgil.
NOTES: Langford was born in Faulkner County, Arkansas on September 6, 1889 and died on August 2, 1980. He is buried in the Little Rock National Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas. His military headstone identifies him as a Pvt. serving in the US Army during WWI.
TRANSCRIBED BY LINDA MATTHEWS
My Dear Mother:
I have been in the army four months, and I have seen many places and many people, but I am ever thinking of you and the other home folks, and my many friends back there. It is the thought of home and loved ones that causes men to put their best into this mighty game of war.
Everywhere I go I hear that the war is rapidly being won by the allies. We are here to make a great sacrifice if it is needed but we are depending on help from home. Liberty loans, the Red Cross and Y.M.C.A. are among the things that are winning the war.
I am in the hospital now. Have been here 11 days with the mumps. I think that I am well. Will leave the hospital tomorrow.
Since I have been in France I have seen many things that I would like to tell you about, but as short letters are the rule I’ll wait till we meet again. I have marched in review before the president of France. There were some soldiers in the march, and the president said great things about the United States soldiers.
It is our hope to return to the U.S.A. and tell of the wonders that we are seeing.
I hope you all are enjoying the best of health. Write me a letter and tell me lots of news. How about crops and horses?
Good luck to you.
Your same baby boy, as he has ever been.
Private Virgil Langford.
Co. 3, J. A.R.D. from Camp Pike
A.E.F. Sept. 27, 1918.
P.S.—Mother, I am wearing a pajama suit very much like those you made before I left home. I have a Red Cross hand bag also. Never feel that the Red Cross work is no good. The boys are proud of the Red Cross.
Virgil.
NOTES: Langford was born in Faulkner County, Arkansas on September 6, 1889 and died on August 2, 1980. He is buried in the Little Rock National Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas. His military headstone identifies him as a Pvt. serving in the US Army during WWI.
TRANSCRIBED BY LINDA MATTHEWS