TRANSCRIBED FROM THE SPECTATOR APRIL 11, 1918 P. 1
March 17th, 1916
Nevenahr, Germany
Co. L. 168 Inf. Rainbow Div.
A.E.F.
Mr. L. W. Plymale.
Dear Father and Mother:
I now drop you a few lines to let you hear from me. I am well and hope this will find you folks well. This is certainly a fine day the flowers are blooming here and it looks like spring.
We are still doing great duty and drilling a little the saying is now that we will sail for the states some time in April. And too, think it is a pretty sure thing if we do I will be home soon.
Well, Dad, I told you about visiting France. I went to Paris, Lyon and other places, sure enjoyed my trip fine.
I have seen many interesting things since I have been over here. I couldn’t of course begin to tell you by writing.
We are still on the Rhine river. I took a trip down the Rhine the other day to Cologne and had a nice time.
I saw Walter Standridge, today, and he is getting along fine. He said that Dover died the 7th of February with pneumonia. That is the first boy I have met since I left the States, that I knew.
So I will close for today, hoping that I will be in the States before I have time to hear from you again.
Bye bye
Pvt. Ben H. Plymale
NOTES: The letter is incorrectly dated 1916. At the time of the letter he was serving as part of the Occupation Army in Germany. He was writing to his parents, Wilburn and Elizabeth Plymale. Benjamin Hugh Plymale was born on January 11, 1890 in Franklin County, Arkansas and died on December 23, 1956. He is buried in the Holdenville Cemetery in Holdenville, Oklahoma. His military headstone identifies him as a Private in the US Army during World War 1. He departed New York, NY on August 24, 1918 onboard the Cedric. He was listed as a Private serving in the Camp Pike Automatic Replacement Draft Co. #7 Infantry. He departed Brest, France on April 18, 1919 onboard the Leviathan. He arrived in Hoboken, NJ on April 25, 1919. He was listed as a Private serving in Co. L 168th Infantry.
TRANSCRIBED BY SHANNON SOUTHARD
March 17th, 1916
Nevenahr, Germany
Co. L. 168 Inf. Rainbow Div.
A.E.F.
Mr. L. W. Plymale.
Dear Father and Mother:
I now drop you a few lines to let you hear from me. I am well and hope this will find you folks well. This is certainly a fine day the flowers are blooming here and it looks like spring.
We are still doing great duty and drilling a little the saying is now that we will sail for the states some time in April. And too, think it is a pretty sure thing if we do I will be home soon.
Well, Dad, I told you about visiting France. I went to Paris, Lyon and other places, sure enjoyed my trip fine.
I have seen many interesting things since I have been over here. I couldn’t of course begin to tell you by writing.
We are still on the Rhine river. I took a trip down the Rhine the other day to Cologne and had a nice time.
I saw Walter Standridge, today, and he is getting along fine. He said that Dover died the 7th of February with pneumonia. That is the first boy I have met since I left the States, that I knew.
So I will close for today, hoping that I will be in the States before I have time to hear from you again.
Bye bye
Pvt. Ben H. Plymale
NOTES: The letter is incorrectly dated 1916. At the time of the letter he was serving as part of the Occupation Army in Germany. He was writing to his parents, Wilburn and Elizabeth Plymale. Benjamin Hugh Plymale was born on January 11, 1890 in Franklin County, Arkansas and died on December 23, 1956. He is buried in the Holdenville Cemetery in Holdenville, Oklahoma. His military headstone identifies him as a Private in the US Army during World War 1. He departed New York, NY on August 24, 1918 onboard the Cedric. He was listed as a Private serving in the Camp Pike Automatic Replacement Draft Co. #7 Infantry. He departed Brest, France on April 18, 1919 onboard the Leviathan. He arrived in Hoboken, NJ on April 25, 1919. He was listed as a Private serving in Co. L 168th Infantry.
TRANSCRIBED BY SHANNON SOUTHARD