Somewhere in France
May 25, 1918
Dear Papa
Happy Birth Day to you.
And hope for you many more.
I hope when I shall have attained
your age I will be just as well
and energetic as you are. Well
came down to facts about this
war it seems as if we are in
for a good many more months
of it or at least that the way it
looks to me, but I am hoping
for the end to come soon so there
will not be so much butchering
of human life. It seems if the
Germans are doing the lowest tricks
that can be performed by humans.
Such as bombing Hospitals where
it is impossible for people to help
themselves. Enough to make
Jasper Harrell Burke served as a clerk for the Army Mechanical Repair Shops, American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I from January 1918 to June 1919. He enlisted as a private and was promoted to the rank of Sergeant by May 1919.
Description
Letter from Harrell Burke in Paris, France to his father in Arkansas.
Physical Description
Letter, 4 pages, 8" x 10.5"
Subjects
World War I; War; Soldiers; Correspondence; Family;
Letter, Harrell Burke to his father, J. Harrell Burke Papers, MS.0074, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas
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Somewhere in France
May 25, 1918
Dear Papa
Happy Birth Day to you.
And hope for you many more.
I hope when I shall have attained
your age I will be just as well
and energetic as you are. Well
came down to facts about this
war it seems as if we are in
for a good many more months
of it or at least that the way it
looks to me, but I am hoping
for the end to come soon so there
will not be so much butchering
of human life. It seems if the
Germans are doing the lowest tricks
that can be performed by humans.
Such as bombing Hospitals where
it is impossible for people to help
themselves. Enough to make
