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JAugust 26, 1910, at the post
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>he Act of March 3, 1879.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1919
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FROM GEO. PARK
Neuwieb, Germany,
Dec. 22,1918.
r. Porter Best,
McCrory, Ark.,
ind Friend:
Well perhaps you will be sur
rised to hear from me at this
me nevertheless I sure have
ad some time since I saw you
st. Having stopped for a
w moments rest, I thought
erhaps you would like to hear
om across the sea. so here I
°me. I am not feeling the
e$t but hope this will find
ou enjoying life and the best
health. I have been on the
mve since I left there last
uly, leaving Camp Beaure
ard in a few days after I re
turned, landed after a three
ays ride in Camp Stuart, New
ort News, Via., boarded a ship
6th day of August. After
tee days out we were over
ken by a storm and you can
. lmma<sine how seasick we
After feeding the sea
. *or three o r four davs we
tioyed our trip fine. We
nded at Brest, France on the
. aind embarked the 19th
aing for a so-called rest
some four miles out, then
two days rest, they cali
it rest, I didn’t, we started
rav,am to the interior of
,~Ltce’ • j^er three or four
1 ude and hike we stop
d a small French town bv
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the name of Mehun, where we
enjoyed a short rest. There we
saw some old buildings built
as far back as 900. Well as we
were about to rejoice over
peace I woke up one morning,
the 17th of October, and to my
surprise found myself on a 12
mile hike to take a train for
the front line, after two days
ride in a box car, some 35 men
to the car, we stopped on an
old battle field in the Argonne
Forest. Well, believe me. that
was some wrecked country,
we then took up the rest of our
journey on hob nail special,
perhaps Vou don’t know what
that is. if you had been with
us you would have learned
soon. With a pack on our back
weighing some 60 pounds, rifle
and some other articles and a
pair of hob nail shoes and a
15 or 20 mile hike in front of
us for our days work, tnat s;
what we call the hob nail spec- ]
ial. Well we landed with Co. j
D. after a hard evening: and j
night the morning of the 21st.
After being bombed by an en
emy airplane but no one was j
hurt, we began to see real war.!
Our division was behind the |
lines for rest and we found
only heavy artillery and air
planes to bother us, so we rest
ed verv well until the morning
of November 2, when we found
ourselves again on the hobnail
special moving to the front.
We finally found the front line;
after experiencing some things!
too horrible to mention. The
next day firing ceased, and
God be with us, we did not see j
anv fighting except bv artillerv
Well there at the little French
village called Louppv, on the |
Verdun front, we relieved the j
5th division. After two days!
rest, we again boarded our hob (
nail special for a 200 mile hike j
across France, the southern j
part of Belgium, Luxemburg, |
at Echternach, we stopped to
spend our glorius Thanksgiv-;
ing. Well it sure was thanks
giving to us, nothing much to
eat but we were glad to get
rest. We enjoyed the day fine
on the first day of December,
we crossed the border into
Germany, and though it was a
long weary hike, sleeping in
barns on good hay, we all en
joyed it the best we could until
the 15th day of December, we
finished our journey. On the
18th we moved to the little
village of Neuwiab, Germany,
and here we are with nothing
to bother us as we found to our
surprise the German people to
be very friendly and as good
as they can be, therefore not a
thing to worry about except
our trip home and just when
we start I don't know, but as
you all know that is the trip
we think most about. Well I
could write seven more pages
but paper is one scarce article
and this is all I have. We are
now staying in a very comfort
able place, in an old German
house but not like the good
old U. S. A.
It anyone snouid asK you
what won the war, you can tell
them corn beef, hard bread
and Bull Durham. Of course
the boys did the fighting but
that was our backing.
Well, knowing this will not
reach you by Christmas, I will
wish you a happy new year.
We are thinking of having a
chicken or slung, we are unde
cided, but I rather think it will
be slung as we are used to that
and it won’t make us sick.
Well, hoping to see you
again soon, and would be glad
to hear from you, I am,
Your Friend,
Pvt. Geo. Park.
Co. D. 126 Inf 32 Div. A. E. F.
A. P. O. 734.
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The Home News asks its
many readers to contribute to
its memorial fund which will
be used to erect an appropri
ate memorial in the town of
McCrory to the memory of the
boys from Woodruff county
who gave their lives in the
great war against autocracy.
We shall publish the list each
week and the following sub
scriptions have been received:
MEMORIAL HONOR ROLL
W. B. Dougherty, .$50.00
Walter W. Raney, . 10.00
Mrs. J. A. Raney, . 5.00
T. E. Dye, . 5.00
Mrs. T. J. Comer, . 1.00
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