Philip C. Haag papers, 1917-1919.

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Philip C. Haag papers, 1917-1919.

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The Philip C. Haag collection contains the correspondence of brothers Philip and Harold Haag as they wrote to their Ohio family from January 1917 through March 1919. Nearly sixty letters are present; the majority were written by Philip while aboard the USS Wyoming, but four letters and two telegrams from Harold are also available.

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Southern Illinois University, Morris Library

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Southern Illinois University, Morris Library

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Haag, Harold

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Haag, Philip C.

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Philip Haag spent nearly all of World War I aboard the USS Wyoming as a member of the United States Marines. The exact date of his enlistment is unknown, but by August 1917 he was on board the battleship transporting soldiers between Norfolk, Virginia and New York. Philip and his shipmates crossed the Atlantic in February 1918 and remained near Scotland for several months. Once armistice was reached and censorship regulations abolished, Philip was able to inform his family of the Wyoming's warti...

Wyoming (Battleship)

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