TRANSCRIBED FROM THE PULASKIAN FEBRUARY 14, 1919 P. 1
Dear Mother:
I will answer your most kind and welcome letter which I received yesterday. Was glad to hear from you all once more, but sorry to here of Jim’s death, did not expect such news as that. It seems as though every body has died since I left. I would liked to have been with you all but I was in France at the time.
I am in Philadelphia tonight. We left New York yesterday. We got back from France last Thursday. I was on liberty in New York on Sunday and sure had a fine time. I will be in Philadelphia tomorrow night for I want to have a good time while I am here. We will leave for France again soon.
You ask me if I am going to get out of the navy, I don’t believe I will, for I like the navy fine, although I am going to try to get on another ship. I want to be on a transport. Don’t know if I will get it or not.
The boy whose picture was taken with me is going out tomorrow. He lives in Little Rock. He will get home about Sunday.
You ask me if I got the Pulaskian. No I never have received a copy of it yet.
I will send you some of the little papers we have published on the ship so you can tell a little about where we have been.
Tell the children I will answer their letters, but can’t tonight, so I will close for this time.
This leaves me just fine and I hope it finds you all well, so answer soon, as ever your boy.
NOTES: The newspaper reports that this letter was written by Hamilton Wickett stationed on the USS New Hampshire in New York City to his mother Ada Snow of Jacksonville, Arkansas. A search shows that she does not have a son named Hamilton. It is believed that this letter was written by Harvey Wicket to his step mother Ada Snow.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON
Dear Mother:
I will answer your most kind and welcome letter which I received yesterday. Was glad to hear from you all once more, but sorry to here of Jim’s death, did not expect such news as that. It seems as though every body has died since I left. I would liked to have been with you all but I was in France at the time.
I am in Philadelphia tonight. We left New York yesterday. We got back from France last Thursday. I was on liberty in New York on Sunday and sure had a fine time. I will be in Philadelphia tomorrow night for I want to have a good time while I am here. We will leave for France again soon.
You ask me if I am going to get out of the navy, I don’t believe I will, for I like the navy fine, although I am going to try to get on another ship. I want to be on a transport. Don’t know if I will get it or not.
The boy whose picture was taken with me is going out tomorrow. He lives in Little Rock. He will get home about Sunday.
You ask me if I got the Pulaskian. No I never have received a copy of it yet.
I will send you some of the little papers we have published on the ship so you can tell a little about where we have been.
Tell the children I will answer their letters, but can’t tonight, so I will close for this time.
This leaves me just fine and I hope it finds you all well, so answer soon, as ever your boy.
NOTES: The newspaper reports that this letter was written by Hamilton Wickett stationed on the USS New Hampshire in New York City to his mother Ada Snow of Jacksonville, Arkansas. A search shows that she does not have a son named Hamilton. It is believed that this letter was written by Harvey Wicket to his step mother Ada Snow.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON