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Letters from Harry Humphreys in France Base Hospital No 36
A letter from Corporal Harry S Humphreys of Co D 151st Machine Gun Battalion describes frontline combat in Lorraine Verdun Champagne and the July 14 attack. He recounts near misses and heavy losses, then dysentery and hospital care, noting mail to his family and hopes to return to his unit.
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C. F. Humphreys
Harry
Co. D
William Harvey
Hershey
Lorraine
France
Verdun
Red Cross
H. S. Humphreys, Co. D
151St Machine Gun Battalion
American Expeditionary Force
New York