Contains a detailed memoir recounting his military experiences. Discusses his induction, basic training (exercises, drills, etc ...), participation in his division's Army Band, and his general living conditions (medical care, dentistry, furloughs, maneuvers, and courting/marrying his wife) prior to his transfer to Europe. Also discusses his completion of Medical Corps School and his assignment to his division's medical attachment. Covers his participation in the European theater, mentioning his work as his unit's barber, company clerk, and ambulance driver. Describes life on the lines, including many close calls he had with enemy artillery and small arms fire while traveling between neighboring companies' headquarters. Also describes his involvement in the battles at Colmar and Metz. Discusses the war's end, the surrender, en masse, of German troops, and his discharge. Provides an account of his relationship with the LDS Church during the war, other LDS servicemen, and his opportunities to attend church services during both training and combat. Contains two letters written home to his family and one to his future parents-in-law asking for their daughter's hand in marriage. Also contains a photocopied military pay document. Photographs show Cluff with his wife, fellow soldiers, in military dress, and in his theater of combat.
