Description
Kick, a Carlisle graduate, was reported to be “one of the first members of an American Indian unit to fall in action in the trenches of France.” He served with the Canadian Army and was injured several times. In June 1918, he was convalescing at Woodcote Park. From there, he wrote letters to the staff at Carlisle, although he apologised for not being able to “say too much about the war because we are not allowed to do so.” He also apologised for his writing, explaining that he was “using my hat for a desk.” He commented that the weather was “dandy” in this part of England and that he hoped to be back at the front soon, after some sick leave spent in Glasgow. He noted: “I’m proud of myself to be in this great struggle to and fore as many a time. I’m called a true Canadian, even if I do come from good old U.S.A.”
Bibliographic sources
http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/docs-ephemera/NARA_1327_b111_f4622.pdf