TRANSCRIBED FROM THE NEWPORT DAILY INDEPENDENT AUGUST 19, 1918 P. 1
July 31, 1918
Mrs. Julia Lavoy
Newport, Ark.,
Dear Mtoher:
I am getting along all right. I was wounded July 19th about 9 o’clock in the morning. I have four front teeth shot out and a broken jaw, also receiving a slight wound in the hand and in the back. The doctor says he can set my jaw until I will never know it was broken, as to my teeth, the dentist said he had plenty left. So you see it could have been much worse. In time of war we take life as it serves us and must be just as cheerful as we can—but I am glad indeed that I am living, for many went down in that battle. I will probably be home in three months. I may, however, recover sufficiently to do military duty again. Tell all my friends I am slightly disfigured, but still in the big game. Don’t worry about my condition, for I am receiving the best of attention—I want you to rest perfectly at ease.
This is the third letter I have written you since I was wounded, and I will continue to write just as often.
From you loving son,
E. W. Lavoy
NOTES: Elliot W. Lavoy was born on November 12, 1892 and died on October 25, 1969. He is buried in the Fairplay Cemetery in Benton, Arkansas. His military headstone identifies him as a Pvt. in Btyre E, 17th Fld. Arty.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON
July 31, 1918
Mrs. Julia Lavoy
Newport, Ark.,
Dear Mtoher:
I am getting along all right. I was wounded July 19th about 9 o’clock in the morning. I have four front teeth shot out and a broken jaw, also receiving a slight wound in the hand and in the back. The doctor says he can set my jaw until I will never know it was broken, as to my teeth, the dentist said he had plenty left. So you see it could have been much worse. In time of war we take life as it serves us and must be just as cheerful as we can—but I am glad indeed that I am living, for many went down in that battle. I will probably be home in three months. I may, however, recover sufficiently to do military duty again. Tell all my friends I am slightly disfigured, but still in the big game. Don’t worry about my condition, for I am receiving the best of attention—I want you to rest perfectly at ease.
This is the third letter I have written you since I was wounded, and I will continue to write just as often.
From you loving son,
E. W. Lavoy
NOTES: Elliot W. Lavoy was born on November 12, 1892 and died on October 25, 1969. He is buried in the Fairplay Cemetery in Benton, Arkansas. His military headstone identifies him as a Pvt. in Btyre E, 17th Fld. Arty.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON