Letters From the Front

Dated: September 4, 1918

France

4-9-18

Dear Folks at Home:-

     You will be anxiously waiting for particulars since you were notified that I have been wounded.

     Well to sum the whole thing up in a nutshell there is no cause to worry at all because all my “wound” is, is a hole in the muscle of my left arm.  It is about the size of a 10 cent piece and was caused by a small piece of shrapnel.  My arm is a little stiff and makes it rather awkward in dressing etc. but otherwise it is fine as it hardly pains at all.

     In fact as one of the fellows here said mine is the kind of “Blighty” you dream about.

      I am at one of the Base Hospitals here and they certainly use us right here.  It is indeed a luxury to get between white sheets again and have a good sleep after what we have been through this last month.

     The doctor had a look over me this morning and marked my ticket for “Blighty” so I expect to leave for England either tonight or tomorrow morning.

     I am not sending any address now but will write as soon as I get settled down in a hospital in England.

     I am truly thankful to be alive today and I consider myself very lucky to be getting out of it at this time.  I don’t know how the other fellows are but they were O.K. when I left.