TRANSCRIBED FROM THE PINE BLUFF DAILY GRAPHIC FEBRURARY 23, 1919 P. 14
Domfront, Orne, France, Jan. 18. 1919.
My dear mother:
I write you a few lines to let you hear from me. This letter leaves me well, in good health and nothing to worry about. The last time I wrote you I was on the western front but I wouldn’t tell you about it because it would worry you to think that I was in danger of getting killed any minute.
I was on the front three weeks and some more and all the time big shells roared over our heads. We all came out lucky for no one in our battery was hurt, captain, lieutenants sergeants, corporals and privates all escaped from danger. The kaiser sent his gas but Uncle Sam gave us a mask. We are going to bring our gas masks home for souvenirs.
The first night we were on the front, after we had got into position, Lieutenant Dwyer gave the command. “Fire,” and the command was executed. I fired the first shot into kaiser’s dug-out. The next morning Lieutenant Dwyer asked me, “What do you think that you done for them last night. Whitepann?” I told him that I hoped I tore up the kaiser’s dining room. I’ll tell you some more tbout it when come home. We move from place to place so often that I don’t get a good chance to write often.
Give my love to all my sisters and grandmother.
Your son,
LINNIE WITEPANN
Battery B, 349th F. A.,
American E. F. A. P. O. 766.
NOTES: His name is spelled Whitepann. He is writing to his mother, Mrs. Lucy Williams at 1217 W. Pullen Street in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He was died on February 17, 1935. His military headstone identifies him as a Pennsylvania soldier. He is a Pfc. In the 160th Depot Brigade. He is buried in the Miller Cemetery in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
TRANSCRIBED BY LARAE SHURLEY
Domfront, Orne, France, Jan. 18. 1919.
My dear mother:
I write you a few lines to let you hear from me. This letter leaves me well, in good health and nothing to worry about. The last time I wrote you I was on the western front but I wouldn’t tell you about it because it would worry you to think that I was in danger of getting killed any minute.
I was on the front three weeks and some more and all the time big shells roared over our heads. We all came out lucky for no one in our battery was hurt, captain, lieutenants sergeants, corporals and privates all escaped from danger. The kaiser sent his gas but Uncle Sam gave us a mask. We are going to bring our gas masks home for souvenirs.
The first night we were on the front, after we had got into position, Lieutenant Dwyer gave the command. “Fire,” and the command was executed. I fired the first shot into kaiser’s dug-out. The next morning Lieutenant Dwyer asked me, “What do you think that you done for them last night. Whitepann?” I told him that I hoped I tore up the kaiser’s dining room. I’ll tell you some more tbout it when come home. We move from place to place so often that I don’t get a good chance to write often.
Give my love to all my sisters and grandmother.
Your son,
LINNIE WITEPANN
Battery B, 349th F. A.,
American E. F. A. P. O. 766.
NOTES: His name is spelled Whitepann. He is writing to his mother, Mrs. Lucy Williams at 1217 W. Pullen Street in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He was died on February 17, 1935. His military headstone identifies him as a Pennsylvania soldier. He is a Pfc. In the 160th Depot Brigade. He is buried in the Miller Cemetery in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
TRANSCRIBED BY LARAE SHURLEY