TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT FEBRUARY 11, 1919 P. 2
I saw the war come to a close without getting a scratch. I went to the front line the 11th of October and was there when the last shot was fired.
I spent four days and nights in “No Man’s Land” with scarcely anything to eat and not a drop of water.
On the first day of November I started over the top with the boys and “Jerry” put over such a heavy barrage we were forced to go back to our positions, several getting wounded and gassed.
At one time I was so close to “Jerry” that we had to leave our machine gun and take our pistols.
What we have done is not bothering us now. The thing that is bothering us, though, is “When are they going to let us come back home.”
France is all right for those that love it, but give me Dixie all the time.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by W. S. Sadler to Harold Hamberg of Little Rock, Arkansas. Sadler had been employed as a cotton buyer for the Ad Hamberg Company of Little Rock, Arkansas, before joining the service.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT
I saw the war come to a close without getting a scratch. I went to the front line the 11th of October and was there when the last shot was fired.
I spent four days and nights in “No Man’s Land” with scarcely anything to eat and not a drop of water.
On the first day of November I started over the top with the boys and “Jerry” put over such a heavy barrage we were forced to go back to our positions, several getting wounded and gassed.
At one time I was so close to “Jerry” that we had to leave our machine gun and take our pistols.
What we have done is not bothering us now. The thing that is bothering us, though, is “When are they going to let us come back home.”
France is all right for those that love it, but give me Dixie all the time.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by W. S. Sadler to Harold Hamberg of Little Rock, Arkansas. Sadler had been employed as a cotton buyer for the Ad Hamberg Company of Little Rock, Arkansas, before joining the service.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT