William Borden Cobb Papers,   1908-1934 (bulk 1918-1919)

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William Borden Cobb Papers,  , 1908-1934, (bulk 1918-1919)

William Borden Cobb Papers,   1908-1934 (bulk 1918-1919)

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William Borden Cobb of Goldsboro, N.C., served a sergeant in the Chemical Warfare Services section of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. Cobb was stationed in La Pallice and Saint Sulpice, France. When the war ended, he attended the American Expeditionary Forces University in Beune, France. Letters from William Borden Cobb to his parents William H. and Georgia Borden Cobb and to his brother Donnell B. Cobb provide detailed descriptions of military life in France away from the front including activities in Chemical Warfare Service camps, travels around France especially to Bordeaux and Paris, and experiences at the American Expeditionary Forces University in Beune. A few letters contain enclosures such as Cobb's records of military promotion and ephemera. There is also a very small amount of correspondence from Cobb and Borden family members. The Addition of March 2008 consists of a 1918 photographic portrait of William Borden Cobb in military uniform.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection