Oral history interview with Jesse P. Flowers [sound recording], 1983 June 6

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Oral history interview with Jesse P. Flowers [sound recording], 1983 June 6

Jesse Flowers was drafted in 1918 and sent to Camp Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky. He was transferred to Fort Benjamin Harrison in Lawrence, Indiana and later to Camp Mills in New York from there he sailed from New Jersey to Brest, France.

1 sound disc (59 minutes) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

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