Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-04-12
A JACKS0NIAN IN
The AVIATION SERVICE

Dear Friends:-Since | have been
in the service of Uncle Sam, have
thought many, many times that /
VI nld write to the journal. have
put it off from time lo time; | have
actually gone so far as to get my
pen end paper for the purpose of
writing, then something would di-
vert my attention from it.
Many people of Jackson and
!, Tran5ylvania counties and a mum
beI i'll f:;swcl know me person
ally |, is thi- .',rtion Of the pee
pie lat ] ,A;nI of most; it is 70 you.
chiefly, that ! .,.sh to write this
eveninh;it is you who bring before my
mental vis!is:: In:...y of the happy
scenes of the past and cause me to
live over again, in sweet remem-
brance, many of the lovely t;iper-
fences with you Tar Heels. l call
myself Tar Heel with great pride.
as think every North Carolinian
, should. and especially should those
;, of us who now wear the uniform.
!, take pride in the name, when we
consider its deriv;, ,ion ard mean
: ing aud then think of our present
. responsibility and how much the
= world is new depending on us as
soldie.-, 2s we pay our debt to hu-
,t m"rity by offering ourselves to up
. hold ,..e honor inherited by US from
- our noLle forefathers ard prove to
the world the truthiulness OF our
:, much prided reputation of being
-, friends to humanity and defenders
or and protectors of the weak and op
,ts pressed.
On vr:.e to my personal friends
,,v that they may know where ! all
III and what | am doing. There ar
ON many 10 whom l ould like to writ
,ot personally, but it would be too erea
IoI. 2 task, 20 write to all that way
- Then too, there are lnany who q
not know me personally but VIII
Op have a little corner in their heal
.,, for m2 is a soldier boy from Jaci
son coz. uty who is their represent;
,srs tive and who shlii soon so as sue
I'm. to pay the Huns a visit aid help
ntv nav them what is due them IN r
NH. turn for their inhuman n cruelty alll
,rh. 60 yirtuous women aid their whit
headed parents and neishbors.
con Probably the most interestl1
ride thing that can tell you is my e
" of pe,;ence ir the army My home
Wolf Mo'ntain, or rather that
,ork nv parents Eome, for my home
present is III one Of my uncles tel
vbo, or anywhere that he may see
a he for me to be. But after bl
RI a., v;sit TO-? BerliL. | hope,
home Shall automatically be sh
ed immediateIv 20 Jackson Coun
WAS in school at Drevard lnstlt
If Rreyard. when decided to
the y Wy. and on December
no was in Aseeville for that purp
jOO. but there changed my mind
ioined the Aviation Section OF
,nor; Army, after carefully conslde
,rean- both. |, with 95 other boys,
10Th sent to Fort Thomas. Ky. (abo'
A. e. miles south of Cincinnati, y
henry and there we took the oath on
,octed. ember 13. There | stayed
}. T. A. February 20. Thirty-one DAY
illwell. that time spent in quarantine
retary; measles, official ideas, etc. On
of the ruary 26 left Fort Thomas TO
Kelly Aviation Fields near
as rem Antonio, Texas. We. 86 OF us
ludents a lovely trip by way OF New VII
, spent. We reached camp on the aftel
las en- Of the 2Oth, when was sent Z
rs, and aO0 hundred miles north to
IN was Macarthur, where now am.
lall pox have seen more flying mac
7 made and cactus plants down here
le Jack all the June bugs and ca
plants that grow around home
We are here for only short
according to reports, Abo'
only thing we need before
II many across are the orders from