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Letters From a Soldier to Coach Highlight Wartime Life
A wartime correspondence from Sergt. S. M. Swenson at Camp Zachary Taylor Kentucky and a follow up from Camp Taylor discusses training, coal shortages, and daily life in the Field Artillery Officers Training School. Swenson reflects on basketball, football, and college connections while noting military duties, weather, and assignments for Franklin College affiliations.
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Thurber
Franklin College
Swenson
Engineers’ Corps
Franklin
Des Moines
Indiana
Purdue
Sam
Field Artillery
Fort Harrison
Army
Jane
Fam
Fam. L
DePauw
Wabash
Pstre
Patton
Marine Service
Ferrol Rudd
Gerald Truman
Merritt Webb
Opdl
Mary Ebelt
Muncie
David Forsyth
Franklin High School
Forsyth
Noble Carter
Norman Holler
Clarence Mitchell
Fbwo
Hazel Greenwood
Washington, D.C
Daviess County
Grevteude Unversan
Roy Hunter
Columbus
Gliades Smart
Southport
Hunter
Glee Club
Smart