TRANSCRIBED FROM THE GRAND PRAIRIE NEWS JANUARY 2, 1919 P. 1
France, November 24, 1918.
Mr. Louis Rabeneck, Sr.
Hello! Father,
Xmas gift to you. How are you? How is mama getting along? Hope you are all well. I am getting along very well. Hope my wife is all O. K. How are the people getting along, threshing rice?
I wish I could get to see brother Edwin. I think I will be home before so very long. I have not seen very much of France, on account of being sick, but as much as I have seen of France, it is a real nice country.
Now I will say something about my trip over here. We got on a small steamboat at City Point, Va., and sailed into Chespeak Bay to Newport News, Va., and got on an ocean liner and sailed for France, out in the broad ocean into the waves. When we got here, it seemed to me like if I was in a boat, rocking, that is, at first, but I guess it was on account of being sick. We were on the ocean twelve days.
I have not seen the front, but I bet it is a sight to see. I bet it will be a jubilee when the boys all come home.
Well, father, I have not got much to write. Can tell you more when I get home. I just wanted to remind you with a Xmas letter, as this is “Father’s Day” I am in Landealeau now. Arrived at the port of Brest.
Well, I will close. So, bye-bye. Tell my wife, hello! And tell everybody hello for me. Wishing you all a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year, and many more happier ones to come. I am, as ever, your son,
Almond F. Rabeneck
Camp Hospital, No. 46.
American P. O. No. 716 A.E. F France.
NOTES: Rabeneck was born on December 31, 1895 and died on March 11, 1989. He is buried in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
TRANSCRIBED BY SHANNON SOUTHARD
France, November 24, 1918.
Mr. Louis Rabeneck, Sr.
Hello! Father,
Xmas gift to you. How are you? How is mama getting along? Hope you are all well. I am getting along very well. Hope my wife is all O. K. How are the people getting along, threshing rice?
I wish I could get to see brother Edwin. I think I will be home before so very long. I have not seen very much of France, on account of being sick, but as much as I have seen of France, it is a real nice country.
Now I will say something about my trip over here. We got on a small steamboat at City Point, Va., and sailed into Chespeak Bay to Newport News, Va., and got on an ocean liner and sailed for France, out in the broad ocean into the waves. When we got here, it seemed to me like if I was in a boat, rocking, that is, at first, but I guess it was on account of being sick. We were on the ocean twelve days.
I have not seen the front, but I bet it is a sight to see. I bet it will be a jubilee when the boys all come home.
Well, father, I have not got much to write. Can tell you more when I get home. I just wanted to remind you with a Xmas letter, as this is “Father’s Day” I am in Landealeau now. Arrived at the port of Brest.
Well, I will close. So, bye-bye. Tell my wife, hello! And tell everybody hello for me. Wishing you all a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year, and many more happier ones to come. I am, as ever, your son,
Almond F. Rabeneck
Camp Hospital, No. 46.
American P. O. No. 716 A.E. F France.
NOTES: Rabeneck was born on December 31, 1895 and died on March 11, 1989. He is buried in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
TRANSCRIBED BY SHANNON SOUTHARD