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Char don Boys Write At Sea
Content describes S L Cheney and Tom Fletcher writing from the steamer Orduna on May 17 1917 en route to war service with the U S Army. They detail training by the vanguard of troops in New York and on shipboard life with a mixed group of college and high school men, officers and nurses. Cheney cites hopes for Chardon area prosperity and mentions Thomas L Fletcher in England en route to France.
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Jefferson Gazette
Ashtabula
Ohio
Gazette
S. L. Cheney
Priscilla Buckley
Baraboo
Oberlin
Tom Fletcher
Orange Pomeroy
Orduna
Cleveland
Army of the
United States
New York
Army Hospital Corps
Tom
Orange
Chardon
L. Fletcher
Thomas L. Fletcher
Lakeside Hospital
England
France
Pierce
The
Highland Hotel
Thomas Fletcher
Blackpool
Liverpool
Atlantic City