TRANSCRIBED FROM THE PULASKIAN SEPTEMER 6, 1918 P. 1
France
June 18
I will answer your most highly appreciated letter which I received some days ago. I am better now, but the Boches put a trade-mark on me which I will always remember. The shrapnel and bullets were raining down on us, but they were getting more back than they were putting over. I would like to tell you more, but am afraid that it would not go through. I was wounded on the arm. I wrote you the day before I was hurt, and left it where I was standing. I have met brother Raymond once since we came over and think I shall see him again soon. He was as happy as ever and nothing seems to worry him. This is sure a pretty country, and makes me think of old Austin. I am always glad to hear from any one in the good old U.S.A., especially Arkansas.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by William Hiram Roberts to his Uncle J. T. Haynie. Roberts was born on February 24, 1893 and died on October 23, 1975. He is buried in the Sixteenth Section Cemetery in Austin, Arkansas. His military headstone identifies him as a Sgt. serving in the Army during World War I. He enlisted on July 21, 1914 and was discharged on August 26, 1920. He departed Brest, France on January 24, 1919 onboard the Celtic. He arrived in New York, New York on February 2, 1919. He was serving as a Sgt. in Co. L 30th Infantry Saint Aignan Casual Company. A letter written by his brother Raymond Roberts is also posted on this site.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON
France
June 18
I will answer your most highly appreciated letter which I received some days ago. I am better now, but the Boches put a trade-mark on me which I will always remember. The shrapnel and bullets were raining down on us, but they were getting more back than they were putting over. I would like to tell you more, but am afraid that it would not go through. I was wounded on the arm. I wrote you the day before I was hurt, and left it where I was standing. I have met brother Raymond once since we came over and think I shall see him again soon. He was as happy as ever and nothing seems to worry him. This is sure a pretty country, and makes me think of old Austin. I am always glad to hear from any one in the good old U.S.A., especially Arkansas.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by William Hiram Roberts to his Uncle J. T. Haynie. Roberts was born on February 24, 1893 and died on October 23, 1975. He is buried in the Sixteenth Section Cemetery in Austin, Arkansas. His military headstone identifies him as a Sgt. serving in the Army during World War I. He enlisted on July 21, 1914 and was discharged on August 26, 1920. He departed Brest, France on January 24, 1919 onboard the Celtic. He arrived in New York, New York on February 2, 1919. He was serving as a Sgt. in Co. L 30th Infantry Saint Aignan Casual Company. A letter written by his brother Raymond Roberts is also posted on this site.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON