Letters from Red
Cross
The family of John D. Mizelle had never received any
information other than the announcement from the war department that he had
been killed on Sept. 30th, until last week when the following
letters were received from the American Red Cross and a nurse in an English
hospital. It is indeed gratifying to the bereaved family to know how their
beloved son and brother died. The letters from the American Red Cross follows:
My dear Mrs. Mizelle,
It is with deep sympathy we are sending you the enclosed
letter. We hope it will bring you some comfort as it was written by one of our
Red Cross workers who was with Private Mizelle at the last.
We feel you would like to be assured that every respect was
according this soldier, he was buried with full military honors, and an
American woman went to the grave as a representative of his family. Fellow
soldiers formed an escort and stood at attention beside the flag draped coffin
while taps were sounded.
We know we can say nothing to lift the burden of your great
sorrow, but trust your pride in the knowledge that he did his share to help
bring this great struggle for liberty to a victorious end will be a source of
comfort to you.
The Red Cross extends its heartfelt sympathy to you in your
bereavement,
Very sincerely yours,
D.R. Castle Jr.
The following is the enclosure spoken of in the above
letter, as written by the English Red Cross nurse in attendance upon Private
Mizelle at the time of his death:
Private J.D. Mizelle was admitted here (receiving hospital)
on September 30th, and I regret to say that he died the same evening
at 8:45. He was very seriously wounded in the head and was unconscious at the
time, so he did not suffer. I hope that it will comfort you a little to know
that he died here, and not in enemy hands. He has been buried in the military
cemetery near here.
With deepest sympathy,
(Sister) A.S.
McMillian
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