Lucille MacCraken Murphy papers, 1918 [manuscript].

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Lucille MacCraken Murphy papers, 1918 [manuscript].

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Collection consists of letters from members of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during World War I and a newspaper clipping. Some of the letters are from Sergeant John Lee Lindstrom to his parents and fiancee. They deal primarily with Lindstrom's survival after his ship, the TUSCANIA, was sunk by a U-boat in the Irish Sea. Included are descriptions of the attack, the loss of life, rescue by British destroyers, and the gradual reassembly of survivors in Ireland, Scotland, and England. Other information relates to camp life, the lack of mail service, relations with the British and French, some of the first women nurses in the Army, YMCA activity, speeches to and field trips for the troops, and a dispute between Michigan and Minnesota over Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The clipping, from a Marquette, Mich., newspaper, pertains to the rescue of Lindstrom and another Marquette man.

0.108 cubic feet (5 items)

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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