TRANSCRIBED FROM THE MENA WEEKLY STAR NOVEMBER 28, 1918 P. 5
Red Cross Hospital
Staten Island, N.Y.
I had a hole through my foot, it shattered the bones and the doctors had to take pieces out. I suffered over a month with it, but it is healing up now fast and I can walk on crutches a little bit. Don’t think it will be long before I can walk, and I sure will be glad.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by William Lee Pannell to his father R. L. Pannell of Mena, Arkansas about his recovering from a wound received overseas. He was born in Virginia on April 11, 1887 an died on October 23, 1964. He is buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in West Orange, Texas. His military headstone identifies hm as a Pvt. serving in 127th Infantry in World War I. He departed Brest, France on October 27, 1918 onboard Mallory, HR, and arrived in Hoboken, NJ on November 8, 1918. He listed as serving as a Pvt. in 127th Infantry.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON
Red Cross Hospital
Staten Island, N.Y.
I had a hole through my foot, it shattered the bones and the doctors had to take pieces out. I suffered over a month with it, but it is healing up now fast and I can walk on crutches a little bit. Don’t think it will be long before I can walk, and I sure will be glad.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by William Lee Pannell to his father R. L. Pannell of Mena, Arkansas about his recovering from a wound received overseas. He was born in Virginia on April 11, 1887 an died on October 23, 1964. He is buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in West Orange, Texas. His military headstone identifies hm as a Pvt. serving in 127th Infantry in World War I. He departed Brest, France on October 27, 1918 onboard Mallory, HR, and arrived in Hoboken, NJ on November 8, 1918. He listed as serving as a Pvt. in 127th Infantry.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON