TRANSCRIBED FROM THE GRAVETTE NEWS HERALD FEBRUARY 7, 1919 P. 1
Bordeau, France, Jan.6.
Dear Home Folks:
Will send this letter by one of the boys who sails for U.S. tonight. We are loading 350 this evening and have 17,000 more to load before we leave. I see some awful sights among the wounded men. Thousands were shot that you people at home have no idea of… It rains all the winter here; the tide comes up around our building; but have a fine place and only about 100 of us here. It is tough to see the boys going home and you can’t go too. They are sending artillery home first. Will have a bookful to tell you.
Jesse M. Passwaters
NOTES: Jesse Merritte Passwaters was born on November 4, 1896 in Kansas and died on December 9, 1963 in Ouachita County, Arkansas. He is buried in the Stephens Cemetery in Stephens, Arkansas. His military headstone identifies him as a WWI Pvt. serving in the 58 Evac. Ambulance Company.
TRANSCRIBED BY ISAAC WOLTER
Bordeau, France, Jan.6.
Dear Home Folks:
Will send this letter by one of the boys who sails for U.S. tonight. We are loading 350 this evening and have 17,000 more to load before we leave. I see some awful sights among the wounded men. Thousands were shot that you people at home have no idea of… It rains all the winter here; the tide comes up around our building; but have a fine place and only about 100 of us here. It is tough to see the boys going home and you can’t go too. They are sending artillery home first. Will have a bookful to tell you.
Jesse M. Passwaters
NOTES: Jesse Merritte Passwaters was born on November 4, 1896 in Kansas and died on December 9, 1963 in Ouachita County, Arkansas. He is buried in the Stephens Cemetery in Stephens, Arkansas. His military headstone identifies him as a WWI Pvt. serving in the 58 Evac. Ambulance Company.
TRANSCRIBED BY ISAAC WOLTER