TRANSCRIBED FROM THE SPRINGDALE NEWS NOVEMBER 1, 1918 P. 1
Somewhere in France, Sept. 9 1918.
Dear Father:
Will try and write you a few lines this evening. I am well and hope you are all the same.
I have been having some time. Harold Long of Fayetteville is with me. We have been on four fronts, the Toul, the Alsace, Marne and Chateau Thierry. I suppose you read about the drive at Chateau Thierry.
What are you doing for yourself? Has sister’s school started yet? O say, I got my Liberty bond paid, you ought to get it before long. Have you got my insurance papers yet? How is Grandpa getting along? Is Grandma still with you? Was Isom Pace and the Cooper boys home this summer? Well news is short so I will close for this time, hoping to hear from you soon. Be sure and make no mistake in address.
As ever, your son,
Byron Smith
Bat. B, 147 F.A., A.P.0. 734, A.E.F
P.S. Send me Troy Brown’s and John King’s addresses if you can. Yes, I celebrated my birthday at the front.
NOTES: Byron Thomas Smith was born in Hindsville, Arkansas on December 13, 1899 and died on February 9, 1993. He is buried in the Swan Hill Cemetery in Ada, Oklahoma. His military headstone identifies him as a Private serving in the US Army during World War I. He enlisted on October 1, 1918 and was discharged on December 14, 1918. He was writing to his father Alfred T. Smith.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON
Somewhere in France, Sept. 9 1918.
Dear Father:
Will try and write you a few lines this evening. I am well and hope you are all the same.
I have been having some time. Harold Long of Fayetteville is with me. We have been on four fronts, the Toul, the Alsace, Marne and Chateau Thierry. I suppose you read about the drive at Chateau Thierry.
What are you doing for yourself? Has sister’s school started yet? O say, I got my Liberty bond paid, you ought to get it before long. Have you got my insurance papers yet? How is Grandpa getting along? Is Grandma still with you? Was Isom Pace and the Cooper boys home this summer? Well news is short so I will close for this time, hoping to hear from you soon. Be sure and make no mistake in address.
As ever, your son,
Byron Smith
Bat. B, 147 F.A., A.P.0. 734, A.E.F
P.S. Send me Troy Brown’s and John King’s addresses if you can. Yes, I celebrated my birthday at the front.
NOTES: Byron Thomas Smith was born in Hindsville, Arkansas on December 13, 1899 and died on February 9, 1993. He is buried in the Swan Hill Cemetery in Ada, Oklahoma. His military headstone identifies him as a Private serving in the US Army during World War I. He enlisted on October 1, 1918 and was discharged on December 14, 1918. He was writing to his father Alfred T. Smith.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON