TRANSCRIBED FROM THE PULASKIAN JANUARY 17,1919 P. 4
Rupt, France, Dec. 1, 1918,
Dear Father:
I thought I would drop you a few words to let you know I am fine and hope you all are the same. I have been on the firing line since the last time I wrote you.
We went up to the front line and were there three hours, and believe me it was three hours, too. The first big shell passed over us boys as we lay flat on the ground. You ought to have seen us. Then we got up again and continued the march at 11 a.m. on the 11th of November the guns quit firing, and then we came back to the reserve lines and stayed in the dug out for two weeks. There were all kinds of shell holes and in front of all the doors were all kinds of grave yards. Everywhere we stepped we stepped on one. Then we policed up that place and came here. We have been here one week today and have been policing for two days.
Father, I have told you all the news I know of about the war now. I will tell you where I am. I am in the 33d Division Company, D. 129th Inf. We boys are allowed to tell where we are now and maybe you can keep up with me by watching the papers.
I have not received a letter from home since I landed in France. Some of the boys have got some and I hope I will get some. How is everybody at home? You bet your boy would like to be there. How are the crops, and how did mine turn out? Well, I have told you al lthe news I know now. Will write more later on, so I will close for this time, hoping to hear from you soon and a long letter. God-bye.
Your loving son,
Luther.
Private L. Stuckey,
Co. D. 129th Inf.
A.P.O. 750
American E.F., France
NOTES: This letter was written by Luther Perry Stuckey of Jacksonville, Arkansas to his father Theophelus Stuckey. He was born in Pulaski County, Arkansas on March 25, 1896 and died on September 15, 1958. He is buried in the Harmony Cemetery in Faulkner County, Arkansas. His military headstone lists him as a Private serving in Co D 129th Infantry during World War I. He enlisted on June 28, 1918 and was discharged on June 7, 1919. He departed Brest, France on May 15, 1919 onboard the Leviathan. He arrived in Hoboken, NJ on May 22, 1919. He was listed as a Private serving in Co. D, 129th Infantry, 33rd Division.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON
Rupt, France, Dec. 1, 1918,
Dear Father:
I thought I would drop you a few words to let you know I am fine and hope you all are the same. I have been on the firing line since the last time I wrote you.
We went up to the front line and were there three hours, and believe me it was three hours, too. The first big shell passed over us boys as we lay flat on the ground. You ought to have seen us. Then we got up again and continued the march at 11 a.m. on the 11th of November the guns quit firing, and then we came back to the reserve lines and stayed in the dug out for two weeks. There were all kinds of shell holes and in front of all the doors were all kinds of grave yards. Everywhere we stepped we stepped on one. Then we policed up that place and came here. We have been here one week today and have been policing for two days.
Father, I have told you all the news I know of about the war now. I will tell you where I am. I am in the 33d Division Company, D. 129th Inf. We boys are allowed to tell where we are now and maybe you can keep up with me by watching the papers.
I have not received a letter from home since I landed in France. Some of the boys have got some and I hope I will get some. How is everybody at home? You bet your boy would like to be there. How are the crops, and how did mine turn out? Well, I have told you al lthe news I know now. Will write more later on, so I will close for this time, hoping to hear from you soon and a long letter. God-bye.
Your loving son,
Luther.
Private L. Stuckey,
Co. D. 129th Inf.
A.P.O. 750
American E.F., France
NOTES: This letter was written by Luther Perry Stuckey of Jacksonville, Arkansas to his father Theophelus Stuckey. He was born in Pulaski County, Arkansas on March 25, 1896 and died on September 15, 1958. He is buried in the Harmony Cemetery in Faulkner County, Arkansas. His military headstone lists him as a Private serving in Co D 129th Infantry during World War I. He enlisted on June 28, 1918 and was discharged on June 7, 1919. He departed Brest, France on May 15, 1919 onboard the Leviathan. He arrived in Hoboken, NJ on May 22, 1919. He was listed as a Private serving in Co. D, 129th Infantry, 33rd Division.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON