TRANSCRIBED FROM THE SCOTT COUNTY ADVANCE REPORTER OCTOBER 17, 1918 P. 1
Sept. 15, 1918
Hello Mama and family:
I will answer your letter that you and Katie wrote together. Was glad to hear from you all and you all was well. I can’t say that I am well this time for I have got a machine gun bullet through the left shoulder, but no bones broken at all. I got four of the Germans after I was shot. When they saw me they hollowed “Kamerad” and threw up their hands and asked me if I wanted a souvenir to carry back to the states and I told them that I had one already.
Say, don’t you all be uneasy about me for I am in the hospital and they sure do take care of us so I will write often while I am her, for I know you will be uneasy about me. I sure hated to leave the boys for we were doing some real good work when I left. Had lots of prisoners alright and one of them told me that the Americans didn’t fear nothing at all. I told him we came over to get them when we were over the top.
Well, mamma, don’t be uneasy about me for I sure will be taken care of and I will write often as I can. This paper has been over the top alright.
By bye, for this time. Best love to all
Roy D. Self,
Co. B, 11th Inf., A. E. F.
NOTES: Roy Dennis Self was born on November 17, 1894 in Waldron, Arkansas and died on January 2, 1984. He is buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Green Ridge, Arkansas. His military headstone identifies him as Pvt. serving in the US Army during WWI. He enlisted on October 2, 1917 and was discharged on February 25, 1919. He departed Hoboken, NJ on April 24, 1918 onboard the Leviathan. He was serving as a Private in Co. B, 11th Infantry.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON
Sept. 15, 1918
Hello Mama and family:
I will answer your letter that you and Katie wrote together. Was glad to hear from you all and you all was well. I can’t say that I am well this time for I have got a machine gun bullet through the left shoulder, but no bones broken at all. I got four of the Germans after I was shot. When they saw me they hollowed “Kamerad” and threw up their hands and asked me if I wanted a souvenir to carry back to the states and I told them that I had one already.
Say, don’t you all be uneasy about me for I am in the hospital and they sure do take care of us so I will write often while I am her, for I know you will be uneasy about me. I sure hated to leave the boys for we were doing some real good work when I left. Had lots of prisoners alright and one of them told me that the Americans didn’t fear nothing at all. I told him we came over to get them when we were over the top.
Well, mamma, don’t be uneasy about me for I sure will be taken care of and I will write often as I can. This paper has been over the top alright.
By bye, for this time. Best love to all
Roy D. Self,
Co. B, 11th Inf., A. E. F.
NOTES: Roy Dennis Self was born on November 17, 1894 in Waldron, Arkansas and died on January 2, 1984. He is buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Green Ridge, Arkansas. His military headstone identifies him as Pvt. serving in the US Army during WWI. He enlisted on October 2, 1917 and was discharged on February 25, 1919. He departed Hoboken, NJ on April 24, 1918 onboard the Leviathan. He was serving as a Private in Co. B, 11th Infantry.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON