Papers, 1917-1919.

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Papers, 1917-1919.

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Correspondence, newspapers, and photographs documenting Hopkins' service with the United States Army Ambulance Service during World War I. Collection (1917-19) includes seventeen letters written in Europe or enroute to Europe. Letters describe monotony of sailing and combat activity. Eighteen photographs portray training in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Issue three of the unit-published newspaper, The Exhaust (1919) contains Hopkins' artwork and a biographical sketch.

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