We Heard Them Say: World War I

Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, Jr. about his father WWI veteran James “Jim” Guy Tucker, Sr.

Alex Crawford interviews former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, Jr. about his grandfather. Captain James “Jim” Guy Tucker, Sr. served in 353rd Infantry in frontline combat during Meuse-Argonne Offensive, suffering injury from German shelling and gas attack on November 1, 1918

Creator: Jim Guy Tucker, Jr.

Interviewer: Alex Crawford, 12th grade, Little Rock Central High School

• Jim Guy Tucker, Jr. Interview Part 1
• Jim Guy Tucker, Jr. Interview Part 2
• Jim Guy Tucker, Jr. Interview Part 3
• Jim Guy Tucker, Jr. Interview Part 4
• Interview Transcript
• Young Historians Journal

Other resources:

• Arkansas Declaration of Learning teacher resources
• Primary sources: Arkansas and the Great War
• Video: Arkansas and the Great War, Camp Pike
• UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas Studies lesson plan

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Claudia Smith about her grandfather WWI veteran David Wesley Huett

Alex Crawford interviews Claudia Smith about her grandfather WWI veteran David Wesley Huett, PFC, 273rd Prisoner of War Escort Co., American Service Corps. of Conway County, AR.

Creator: Claudia Smith

Interviewer: Alex Crawford, 11^th grade, Little Rock Central High School

• Claudia Smith Interview Part 1
• Claudia Smith Interview Part 2
• Interview Transcript
• Interview Questions
• Young Historians Journal

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WWI soldier letter from Bernard Carlyle Bruce

Second Lieutenant Bernard Bruce of Sharp County, Arkansas wrote this letter in 1918 in France. The letter was published in&nbsp;the <em>Sharp County Record</em>&nbsp;(Evening Shade, AR) on August 02, 1918.

Creator: Bernard Carlyle Bruce, Second Lieutenant, 152nd Aero Squadron, United States Army

Student narrator: Jackson Clark, intern, Butler Center for Arkansas Studies