OHIO STATEWIDE FILES - Letter to Miss Allie NELSON - WWI ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Antje Darling antje@plantel.com June 27, 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Note: I found the following letter in our family's scrapbooks Letter to Miss Allie NELSON, 1314 Oak-ave, Coshocton, from her brother Pvt. John Logan NELSON, Co. C, 136 M. G. B., A. E. F. October 6, 1918 Dear Sister: I was glad to receive your letter. I am in a rest camp now, but don't know how long I will be here as we move around from one place to another. I am well. It rains often and the weather is a little cold. We have just come from the front line trenches. I have been in one battle. We made a drive and the Germans went so fast that we could not catch them. Tell father that he has nothing on me as I know what it is to have shells bursting over my head and hear the machine gun bullets singing by. Another fellow and myself lay in a shell hole with the shrapnel flying all around us. After being relieved we got into trucks, rode all night and part of the next day. We passed thru tine(?) country. The crops are not all gathered yet. The people grow many grapes. The trucks took us as far as they could. There we rested in a big woods until evening when we started to hike. We walked over winding hills and roads and got very tired. Tell Nora I received her letter, and Blaine that I thank him for the present he sent me. Tell the folks I expect to be home one of these days. Tell father and mother not to worry about me. Hoping to hear from you soon I will close. Your brother, LOGAN.