TRANSCRIBED FROM THE LITTLE RIVER NEWS JANUARY 29, 1919 P. 2
Frank Patterson Is Helping Keep Watch on the Rhyne.
The following letter to the News is from Frank Patterson of Oak Hill who is with the army of occupation on the Rhyne:
December 25, 1918.
Private Frank D. Patterson, Co. C. 8th M. G. Bn., 3rd Division, Little River county boy writes to home paper.
We boys eat lots of chow over here and Liberty bonds pay for it, so why should we worry. Well, today is Xmas, so we boys are feeling fine, for we ate a fine dinner today. But we did not have the big turkey that we have been used to on Xmas day, and there is also a six inche snow on the ground, so we have been having war with snow this morning. Well, the snow being on the ground did not bother our santa clause for he came around in his aeroplane and the chocolates and cigarettes he gave us were the best, and you must know that the Y.M.C.A. Man was with santa clause.
Well, I have been getting the News from home and I see quite a bit of interesting news, so I will try and send in a few lines from this country. I am near the Rhine river at a town by the name of Nickenich just a small village. Well, one of my comrades of Lockesburg just stepped in and he seemed as though he was enjoying everything with the best of life.
Well, I wish to say a few words in regard to the girls, the girls in this country sure are some pretty, but, ha! ha! not near as pretty as the girls back home. Well, we boys are patiently waiting for the time when we shall take the boats to leave this country, but we will gladly stop on the boat to go home. I will close for this evening wishing you all a happy New Year.
Pvt. Frank D. Patterson.
NOTES: This letter was written by Francis Dunn “Frank” Patterson of Oak Hill, Arkansas. He was serving in Co. C 8th Machine Gun Battalion 3rd Division. He was born in Little River County, Arkansas on December 4, 1896 and died on January 3, 1970. He is buried in the Ashdown Cemetery in Ashdown, Arkansas. He enlisted on March 17, 1917 and was discharged on September 9, 1919. He departed New York, NY on Junes 12, 1918 onboard the New York. He was serving as a Private in 154th Infantry Co. 8 Camp Beauregard June Automatic Replacement Draft. He departed Brest, France on August 12, 1919 and arrived in Brooklyn, NY on August 25, 1919. He sailed on the Pretoria. He was serving as a Private in Co. C 8th Machine Gun Battalion.
TRANSCRIBED BY LAEL HARROD
Frank Patterson Is Helping Keep Watch on the Rhyne.
The following letter to the News is from Frank Patterson of Oak Hill who is with the army of occupation on the Rhyne:
December 25, 1918.
Private Frank D. Patterson, Co. C. 8th M. G. Bn., 3rd Division, Little River county boy writes to home paper.
We boys eat lots of chow over here and Liberty bonds pay for it, so why should we worry. Well, today is Xmas, so we boys are feeling fine, for we ate a fine dinner today. But we did not have the big turkey that we have been used to on Xmas day, and there is also a six inche snow on the ground, so we have been having war with snow this morning. Well, the snow being on the ground did not bother our santa clause for he came around in his aeroplane and the chocolates and cigarettes he gave us were the best, and you must know that the Y.M.C.A. Man was with santa clause.
Well, I have been getting the News from home and I see quite a bit of interesting news, so I will try and send in a few lines from this country. I am near the Rhine river at a town by the name of Nickenich just a small village. Well, one of my comrades of Lockesburg just stepped in and he seemed as though he was enjoying everything with the best of life.
Well, I wish to say a few words in regard to the girls, the girls in this country sure are some pretty, but, ha! ha! not near as pretty as the girls back home. Well, we boys are patiently waiting for the time when we shall take the boats to leave this country, but we will gladly stop on the boat to go home. I will close for this evening wishing you all a happy New Year.
Pvt. Frank D. Patterson.
NOTES: This letter was written by Francis Dunn “Frank” Patterson of Oak Hill, Arkansas. He was serving in Co. C 8th Machine Gun Battalion 3rd Division. He was born in Little River County, Arkansas on December 4, 1896 and died on January 3, 1970. He is buried in the Ashdown Cemetery in Ashdown, Arkansas. He enlisted on March 17, 1917 and was discharged on September 9, 1919. He departed New York, NY on Junes 12, 1918 onboard the New York. He was serving as a Private in 154th Infantry Co. 8 Camp Beauregard June Automatic Replacement Draft. He departed Brest, France on August 12, 1919 and arrived in Brooklyn, NY on August 25, 1919. He sailed on the Pretoria. He was serving as a Private in Co. C 8th Machine Gun Battalion.
TRANSCRIBED BY LAEL HARROD