TRANSCRIBED FROM THE NEWARK JOURNAL JANUARY 10, 1918 P. 5
“Headquarters American Expeditionary Forces, Somewhere in France.”
Dec. 1, 1917
Dear Brother:
How are you getting along? Fine, I hope. I am fine and in the best of health. I am still with headquarters and with my Dear friend Capain Patton. He is the best man in the army. But I think the Captain and myself will leave here soon and go to a school the first of next month, a tank school.
You people over there don’t know anything about this place. You all don’t realize what hard times are. But some time you will see me coming home very happy. The Germans will never win. The French are certainly fine people. I have one of the best girls in France. She is coming home with me after the war. She is certainly a nice little girl; will be 23 the 6th of April. She is going to send you this letter and I hope you will receive it all right. My little Suzy received a letter from sister. I was glad that sister wrote her for she was left alone like us kids were. She is going to write to you and I want you to write her a nice letter for she is a fine girl and is good to me. She didn’t know one word of English when I first met her, but she is getting along fine; she writes to me every day.
I will close hoping to receive a letter from you soon. May God be with you.
Your loving brother,
Roscoe Williams
NOTES: Written to his brother, H. V. Williams. He was born on March 5, 1886 and died on September 28, 1929. He buried in the Oaklawn Cemetery in Batesville, Arkansas.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON
“Headquarters American Expeditionary Forces, Somewhere in France.”
Dec. 1, 1917
Dear Brother:
How are you getting along? Fine, I hope. I am fine and in the best of health. I am still with headquarters and with my Dear friend Capain Patton. He is the best man in the army. But I think the Captain and myself will leave here soon and go to a school the first of next month, a tank school.
You people over there don’t know anything about this place. You all don’t realize what hard times are. But some time you will see me coming home very happy. The Germans will never win. The French are certainly fine people. I have one of the best girls in France. She is coming home with me after the war. She is certainly a nice little girl; will be 23 the 6th of April. She is going to send you this letter and I hope you will receive it all right. My little Suzy received a letter from sister. I was glad that sister wrote her for she was left alone like us kids were. She is going to write to you and I want you to write her a nice letter for she is a fine girl and is good to me. She didn’t know one word of English when I first met her, but she is getting along fine; she writes to me every day.
I will close hoping to receive a letter from you soon. May God be with you.
Your loving brother,
Roscoe Williams
NOTES: Written to his brother, H. V. Williams. He was born on March 5, 1886 and died on September 28, 1929. He buried in the Oaklawn Cemetery in Batesville, Arkansas.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON