Letters of the Malone family [manuscript], 1917-1953 (bulk : 1917-1919).

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Letters of the Malone family [manuscript], 1917-1953 (bulk : 1917-1919).

Letters from Dumas, Miles, and Kemp Malone to their parents concerning their experiences in the service during World War I and other letters. Dumas Malone, a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps, writes about signaling, training, rifle drill, visits to Randolph Macon Woman's College, to Philadelphia and to New York with future architect Henry Johnston Toombs. Miles Malone, a second lieutenant with the Allied Expeditionary Forces, describes the 23rd Infanatry's arrival in France and march through France, Belgium and Luxembourg to Germany, patrol duty in a neutral zone the decoration of the 23rd for Soissons, being billeted in German homes and travelling to an Army football game. Kemp Malone writes about choosing between the National Guard and the Army and publication of an article. Three later letters, 1948-1953, mention his work as a philologist.

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American historian and editor. From the description of Address books [manuscript] ca. 1925-1934. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647963645 Historian, biographer, University of Virginia professor. From the description of Papers of Dumas Malone [manuscript], 1913-1986. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647816236 Professor of History at the University of Virginia; Editor of the "Dictionary of American biography," and biographer of ...