Papers, 1917-1919.

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Papers, 1917-1919.

Military journal (1918-1919, with edited transcript); history (and later copy) of Battery B, 308th Field Artillery Regiment, 78th Division, American Expeditionary Forces (1919); scrapbook of World War I memorabilia (1917-1919); and quadrant used by the unit.

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Rutgers University

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