Diary of Sgt. 1st Class W.T.J. , 1918-1919.

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Diary of Sgt. 1st Class W.T.J. , 1918-1919.

W.T.J.'s entries note his work on trucks and automobiles, armistice celebrations, rats, fear of the flu, visits to Chateau-Thierry, the Spanish border and the coast, the Peace Conference, and assignment to Nantes before embarkation. There are comments about the French, drunken soldiers, an inspection by Pershing and Afro-American troops.

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