Journal of Pfc. Roy H. Wilson, 1918-1919.

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Journal of Pfc. Roy H. Wilson, 1918-1919.

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The bulk of the Wilson Journal covers the time between March 1918 and February 1919, during Wilson's deployment with the 31st Infantry to Siberia. The journal entries occur several times per week and recap the day's events. Wilson's attention is most focused on the daily life of Army training and transport, including posts in San Francisco, Manila and Vladivostok, Russia. Journal entries written aboard the US Army Transports Sherman and Thomas provide insight into the regiment's through the Pacific. The journal also provides detail on Wilson's shore leaves at Honolulu, Guam and Nagasaki, and a description of the Hospital Ward in Vladivostok. Throughout his journal, Wilson is primarily interested in describing local conditions and geography.

.25 linear feet. One journal notebook.

Pritzker Military Museum & Library, Pritzker Military Library

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Pritzker Military Museum & Library, Pritzker Military Library

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United States. Army Transport Service

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United States. Army. 31st Infantry Regiment

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Wilson, Roy Henry, 1882-1966.

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Roy Henry Wilson (1882-1966) was born near Peoria, Illinois and farmed in Kansas, Montana and Oklahoma Territory. In 1918, Wilson enlisted as a private in the US Army at Camp Funston, Kansas. After an initial assignment to the 28th US Infantry at Fort McDowell on Angel Island near San Francisco, Wilson was transferred to Company H of the 31st US Infantry. On April 5, 1918 the 31st embarked to Manila, where the reorganized regiment was to be based. Wilson, by then part of the regiment's new Machi...