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Fraizer, Claude M. Arizona Volunteer Infantry Band photographs, ca. 1916-1919.

Title: Arizona Volunteer Infantry Band photographs, ca. 1916-1919.

Summary: Photograph album pages, a typescript of Karl Goetz' diary, and biographical information about Claude M. Fraizer and his service in World War I with the U.S. Army 1st Arizona Volunteer Infantry Band and the 158th Infantry Band. The diary, kept by Karl D. Goetz from July 30, 1918 to May 3, 1919, provides an irreverent account of military life as his unit was traveling across country en route to France and during their service in France. He gives a very brief background sketch of most of the men in his unit; most of them were from Arizona. Some of their names were Dick Clogsdale, Herbert Clark, Alva Hult, John McKinley, Guy Maktima, Charles Law, Claude Pommel, and Billy Moore. Some were Native Americans, others were former Bisbee miners referred to by Goetz as the "Loyalty League." The photographs depict military activities and exercises and fellow soldiers; the images are mostly unidentified but appear to be taken in Arizona, California, and possibly Kansas. There is also one small panorama of the 1st Arizona Infantry Band, probably taken at Naco, Arizona in 1916.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft. (1 box)

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