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Gentry Writes From Bitburg Germany April 1919
E S Albright and Vernon Kentucky are addressed as the writer recounts four months in Germany. He describes war aftermath, farming life and labor, sanitation issues, and village conditions around Bitburg. He details his roles with the 34th Ammunition Train and the 89th division, delivering daily papers, aiding canteens, and observing General Pershing’s inspection at Treves. He expresses homesickness yet notes historical Europe and a growing Masonic club in Bitburg.
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