Letter by Harry Waldron to Rebecca Waldron
Title
Letter by Harry Waldron to Rebecca Waldron
Creator
Waldron, Harry
Subject- LOC
Veterans -- Illinois ; World War , 1914-1918 -- Correspondence ; United States . Army . American Expeditionary Forces -- Biography
Subject [IDA]
Military Veterans World War I
Description
Typed letter from Harry Waldron to his mother Rebecca Waldron , in Clinton , Illinois . Waldron had been wounded while serving in the United States Army in France and was recovering at the base hospital at Camp Sherman , Ohio . The letter was given to the Clinton Morning Journal for publication and contains editor's marks . See also DeWitt County War Service record 6-4_WWI-6-2010-74_005
Contributing Institution
Vespasian Warner Public Library District
Date
3 Mar 1919
Type
text
Format
2 typed pages + 1 typed envelope
Identifier
5-1_WWI-5-le-2010-118
Language
English
Transcript
[Red cross logo in upper center] AMERICAN RED CROSS U.S . ARMY BASE HOSPITAL CAMP SHERMAN , OHIO RED CROSS HOUSE Mar , 3 . 1919 191 Ward.4 . Dear Fother and Mother . I thought that I would answer yoyr kind and welcome letter which I just received and I was glad to hear from you once more . Well Mother I am as well as could be expecid . I was aloude to get up yestarday but I went back to bed I did not stay up verry long . Tell Grove that if he wants me to write him A letter he will have to write me and give me his adress For I do not know where he is at. I received the stampes and cigerets that you sent and I thank you very much for them. I am going to have another opration just as soon as I get over this last one . Well mother we are having some very nice weather here and I hope that the weather will change there soon I guess that I know what the weather is when you have them blisiders . I got another letter from Aunt Nancy Henderson yestarday and A nice box of chicken and it was just fine . I injoyed [Page 2] [Red cross logo in upper center] AMERICAN RED CROSS U.S . ARMY BASE HOSPITAL CAMP SHERMAN , OHIO RED CROSS HOUSE _______191 it better than any thing I have had for some time . Well Mother I think that I will have some money for you when I get home uncle sam now owes me rate at two hundred dollars and we are to receive sixty dollars extra oay that sounds good to me . I think that I can use it I think that I will have to see A doctor when I get back home if I ever expect to get my health back again . Ican not eat any thing I am nothing but skin and bones now.I am as weak as A cat now . Well Mother I cannot think of nothing else to write at this time so I will have to close . So I will close for this time . Hoping to hear from you soon . I remain as ever your son . Harry . E . Waldron . Good-By.xxxxxxxxx Address Harry.E.Waldron Base Hospital . Ward.4 . Camp Sherman Ohio . [Envelope] AFTER TEN DAYS RETURN TO [Red cross logo] AMERICAN RED CROSS U.S . ARMY BASE HOSPITAL CAMP SHERMAN , OHIO FROM Harry.E.Waldron Ward.4 . SHERMAN BR. CHILLICOTHE , OHIO MAR 3 1919 [stamp in the upper center] U.S . POSTAGE 3 CENTS 3 [stamp in upper right-hand corner] MRS REBECCA WALDRON . CLINTON . ILL . (ROUTE 4.)
Coverage- Geographical
United States -- Illinois -- DeWitt County -- Clinton ; France ; Ohio
Coverage-- Temporal
1910s (1910-1919)
Rights
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Collection Name
DeWitt County World War I Collection
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