TRANSCRIBED FROM THE LITTLE RIVER NEWS MAY 24, 1919, P. 4
April 25, 1919.
My Dear Mother:
I got your letter some few days ago, of the 18th of March, and was sure glad to hear from home again, and to know all was well. I am feeling fine only it is so dry here. It has not rained now in almost 1 week, and the sand is almost over our shoes, and when the wind blows it fills our eyes full of dirt. I do not think that we will be here very much longer. I think that about the last of June I will be in the United States, the country I want to die in, and I expect to get back to my dear old mother some of these days, but the song that the band played when I was leaving New York I believe is the truth. It played the Yanks are Coming and that we would not come back until it is over over here, but I think that it is almost over and that will be a happy day for me to get back and enjoy the life of being at home again. I am in the K.C. Hall this afternoon. The K. of C. are much better than the Y.M.C.A. the boys around there are back except me and I will be back soon. I am sending you a couple of my pictures but they are not very good, but maybe you can tell what they are, also my platoon. We are standing atoot stept.
Well, Matre, tell all hello and give them my love. Your son that loves you.
Rollo Medley.
NOTES: Rollo Silas Medley was born on June 6, 1893 in Texarkana, Arkansas and died in Little Rock, Arkansas on January 31, 1990. He is buried in the Little Rock National Cemetery. His military headstone identifies him as a PFC 5VC Battery 13 Field Artillery during World War I. He departed New York, NY on August 13, 1918 onboard the Armagh. He was serving as a Pvt. in Camp Pike July Automatic Replacement Draft Co. 12 Infantry. He departed Brest, France on July 7, 1919 onboard the Imperator. He arrived in Hoboken, NJ on July 13, 1919. He was listed as a Pvt. serving in the 331st Infantry.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON
April 25, 1919.
My Dear Mother:
I got your letter some few days ago, of the 18th of March, and was sure glad to hear from home again, and to know all was well. I am feeling fine only it is so dry here. It has not rained now in almost 1 week, and the sand is almost over our shoes, and when the wind blows it fills our eyes full of dirt. I do not think that we will be here very much longer. I think that about the last of June I will be in the United States, the country I want to die in, and I expect to get back to my dear old mother some of these days, but the song that the band played when I was leaving New York I believe is the truth. It played the Yanks are Coming and that we would not come back until it is over over here, but I think that it is almost over and that will be a happy day for me to get back and enjoy the life of being at home again. I am in the K.C. Hall this afternoon. The K. of C. are much better than the Y.M.C.A. the boys around there are back except me and I will be back soon. I am sending you a couple of my pictures but they are not very good, but maybe you can tell what they are, also my platoon. We are standing atoot stept.
Well, Matre, tell all hello and give them my love. Your son that loves you.
Rollo Medley.
NOTES: Rollo Silas Medley was born on June 6, 1893 in Texarkana, Arkansas and died in Little Rock, Arkansas on January 31, 1990. He is buried in the Little Rock National Cemetery. His military headstone identifies him as a PFC 5VC Battery 13 Field Artillery during World War I. He departed New York, NY on August 13, 1918 onboard the Armagh. He was serving as a Pvt. in Camp Pike July Automatic Replacement Draft Co. 12 Infantry. He departed Brest, France on July 7, 1919 onboard the Imperator. He arrived in Hoboken, NJ on July 13, 1919. He was listed as a Pvt. serving in the 331st Infantry.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON