TRANSCRIBED FROM THE SOLIPHONE OCTOBER 2, 1918 P. 4
With the American Expeditionary Force,
Sept 8, 1918.
If you will give room in your paper for a few lines from faraway France, I’ll just attempt a few lines this time. As I sit here—this Sunday it is raining, the first rain we have had since I arrived here. I have seen only a few of the large cities. They are quite interesting, and, oh! so many interesting things!
When I arrived my eyes met lots of beautiful scenes, and I just wished for some of my friends. One other Greene county boy—Burch Barbee —is in this same service, and, believe me, he is a dandy fellow. Got acquainted with him at Camp Pike. I had a copy of the Daily Press one day last week, sent me by my father, Joe A., dated July 16, and it was interesting, too. Also a friend sent me some clippings from the good old paper. Other Greene county boys were with us, but they have been transferred to other offices. Chas. Wright and Irving S. Burton were two of them. We have quite a job working mail, but we don’t mind that.
We have good amusements in the evening, such as baseball, minstrels, and the like. Now, you can imagine how you would be among a bunch of good looking girls (or, rather, “Madamoiselles). I am not much on speaking French, but we learn it fast. After all, give me one from the old U. S. We have a good many English girls in our office also.
Would be glad to hear from anyone at any time.
PVT. CARL MACK THOMPSON,
Postal Clerk Det. M.P.E.S., C.P.O., American Ex. Forces.
NOTES: Carl Mack Thompson was born in Walcott, Arkansas on June 15, 1896 and died in Brooklyn, New York on July 30, 1944. He is buried in the Linwood Cemetery in Paragould, Arkansas.
TRANSCRIBED BY LINDA MATTHEWS
With the American Expeditionary Force,
Sept 8, 1918.
If you will give room in your paper for a few lines from faraway France, I’ll just attempt a few lines this time. As I sit here—this Sunday it is raining, the first rain we have had since I arrived here. I have seen only a few of the large cities. They are quite interesting, and, oh! so many interesting things!
When I arrived my eyes met lots of beautiful scenes, and I just wished for some of my friends. One other Greene county boy—Burch Barbee —is in this same service, and, believe me, he is a dandy fellow. Got acquainted with him at Camp Pike. I had a copy of the Daily Press one day last week, sent me by my father, Joe A., dated July 16, and it was interesting, too. Also a friend sent me some clippings from the good old paper. Other Greene county boys were with us, but they have been transferred to other offices. Chas. Wright and Irving S. Burton were two of them. We have quite a job working mail, but we don’t mind that.
We have good amusements in the evening, such as baseball, minstrels, and the like. Now, you can imagine how you would be among a bunch of good looking girls (or, rather, “Madamoiselles). I am not much on speaking French, but we learn it fast. After all, give me one from the old U. S. We have a good many English girls in our office also.
Would be glad to hear from anyone at any time.
PVT. CARL MACK THOMPSON,
Postal Clerk Det. M.P.E.S., C.P.O., American Ex. Forces.
NOTES: Carl Mack Thompson was born in Walcott, Arkansas on June 15, 1896 and died in Brooklyn, New York on July 30, 1944. He is buried in the Linwood Cemetery in Paragould, Arkansas.
TRANSCRIBED BY LINDA MATTHEWS