Papers, 1917-1951.

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Papers, 1917-1951.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37488252

Collection consists of Wren's wartime letters home, numerous official papers, newspaper clippings about Wren and the 167th regiment, a map of Chatteau Thierry, and words to the song, "The Doughboy."

40 items.

Auburn University.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7393678

Auburn University.

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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 167th

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Sources: History of the 167th Inf. Regt., 4th Alabama. Amerine, William H., 'Lest We Forget: The Record of Alabama's Own (n.p., n.p., n.d.). Hayes, John B., Heroes Among the Brave (Loachapoka: Lee County Historical Society, 1973). The history of the 167th may be said to begin on 1911 July 15. On that date the 4th Ala. Inf. Regt. officially became a part of the U.S. National Guard. From 1875 until 1911 the 4th Ala. Inf. Regt. had served...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Wren, Edward Reuben, b. 1893.

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Wren attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University), 1914-1916, in the two-year agriculture course. He enlisted in the 167th Alabama Infantry Regiment in World War I, rising to Second Lieutenant and receiving a number of decorations. From the description of Papers, 1917-1951. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 37488252 ...