Remsen P. King World War I Papers and Correspondence, 1918

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Remsen P. King World War I Papers and Correspondence, 1918

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This collection contains three folders with documents from Remsen P King's WWI service. The first folder contains eight photos of himself and other soldiers at a base in England. It also contains nine postcards sent to his mother from various places in France, such as; the Puy-de-Dome, le Rochefort Montagne, Clermont-Ferrand, and l'Auvergne. The second folder contains a cross of service medal awarded to him posthumously by the United Daughters of the Confederacy on November 11, 1932. It also contains an order from August 10, 1918 that reassigns King and tells him to return to the United States, a letter regarding his transportation arrangements to his mother's house, a mimeographed copy of a telegram listing reassignments, and King's official assignment to the Fifteenth Field Artillery Camp Bowie, Texas. The third folder of the collection contains twenty six letters and postcards King wrote to his mother and sister while in Europe. The correspondence consists of details of his camp life, a course he is taking on gas warfare, his job of censoring other soldier's letters, his health and safety, and details on his trips to Paris and the French Countryside. Also included in this folder is a newspaper clipping describing the Army versus Navy baseball game and the fourth of July celebrations in London and Paris.

55 items (3 folders)

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7129485

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces

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