TRANSCRIBED FROM THE PINE BLUFF DAILY GRAPHIC SEPTEMBER 14, 1918 P. 3
Dear Jess,
Rec’d a letter from you Saturday, and I was some glad to hear from you. Guess it is some lonesome around the old village since all the young men departed and sure you miss us boys a great deal.
Jess please tell captain Hiisheim that I found Allen Hearin in the hospital Sunday and that he was getting along nicely and hopes to get out soon.
It was just by chance that I saw him one of the fellows from our camp camp was visiting that hospital and Allen told him to tell any man from Arkansas that Hearin of Pine Bluff, would like to see them and I knew there was only one Hearin boy from Pine Bluff over here. I went to see him on Sunday and you can’s imagine his joy when I walked in.
Please tell the Captain so he will tell Allen’s folks for he hasn’t heard from them since he has been over here. Also tell them not to worry about him, for he will be o. k. soon.
I am feeling fine, while we all like the U.S.A. best of all, none of us want to come home until this argument is finished.
If any one wants to write me my address is:
ELBERT B. REYNOLDS
Co. C, 57th Engineers
A.P.O. 702 A. E. F.
Via New York
NOTES: This letter was written by Elbert Bertrand Reynolds from France to Miss Jessie Williams. Reynolds was born in Ain, Arkansas (Grant County) on July 14, 1892 and died in El Paso, Texas on September 3, 1933. He is buried in the Alexandria National Cemetery in Pineville, Louisiana. His headstone identifies him as being a Sgt. First Class from Arkansas in the 124th Transportation Corps.
TRANSCRIBED BY ISAAC WOLTER
Dear Jess,
Rec’d a letter from you Saturday, and I was some glad to hear from you. Guess it is some lonesome around the old village since all the young men departed and sure you miss us boys a great deal.
Jess please tell captain Hiisheim that I found Allen Hearin in the hospital Sunday and that he was getting along nicely and hopes to get out soon.
It was just by chance that I saw him one of the fellows from our camp camp was visiting that hospital and Allen told him to tell any man from Arkansas that Hearin of Pine Bluff, would like to see them and I knew there was only one Hearin boy from Pine Bluff over here. I went to see him on Sunday and you can’s imagine his joy when I walked in.
Please tell the Captain so he will tell Allen’s folks for he hasn’t heard from them since he has been over here. Also tell them not to worry about him, for he will be o. k. soon.
I am feeling fine, while we all like the U.S.A. best of all, none of us want to come home until this argument is finished.
If any one wants to write me my address is:
ELBERT B. REYNOLDS
Co. C, 57th Engineers
A.P.O. 702 A. E. F.
Via New York
NOTES: This letter was written by Elbert Bertrand Reynolds from France to Miss Jessie Williams. Reynolds was born in Ain, Arkansas (Grant County) on July 14, 1892 and died in El Paso, Texas on September 3, 1933. He is buried in the Alexandria National Cemetery in Pineville, Louisiana. His headstone identifies him as being a Sgt. First Class from Arkansas in the 124th Transportation Corps.
TRANSCRIBED BY ISAAC WOLTER