World War I American soldiers' correspondence and diaries, 1917-1945, (bulk 1917-1919).

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Auger, Greg N.,. World War I American soldiers' correspondence and diaries, 1917-1945, (bulk 1917-1919).

World War I American soldiers' correspondence and diaries, 1917-1945, (bulk 1917-1919).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32671821

Among the topics discussed in the letters and diaries of these American soldiers are training in U.S. camps; the voyage to England and German submarine attacks; channel crossing to France; general war news; leisure activities including visits on leave to French cities, Christmas and 4th of July celebrations; duties as soldiers; deaths of comrades; marches to the front; life at the front; the drive to Germany; armistice and the wait to come home. There are mentions of the Spanish influenza epidemic; duties as forward observer, platoon runner, and hospital anesthesist and medical instructor; a court-martial for refusal to obey orders; being struck by an artillery shell; trench life and trouble with vermin; guard duty; gas attacks; observation of aerial battles; reviews by General Pershing; and impressions of France and French civilians as well as of Luxembourg and Trier. Miscellaneous items include a sketch of artillery locations near [Herberviller?]; program for a play at the Stadt-Theater, Trier; minutes of meetings and by-laws of the Liberty Masonic Club of the 77th Division; photographs; four issues of the "Regimental News" of the 302nd Engineers Association; postcards; Christmas cards; a memorial card for Corporal Edward G. Franklin, killed in action in Germany, 1945; and other miscellany.

290 items.

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