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Soldier letter recalls brutal front lines in World War I
Joseph Kroeger of Company D 327th Infantry writes his brother about long trains from Camp Gordon to England and France, days in Cehpy and Mandra, then Toul and Mooroun Hill, the Verdun front, and shell holes versus trenches, ending near the Swiss border hopeful for home soon. He notes good weather turning rainy and no snow yet.
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Joseph Kroeger
A. G. Kroeger
State Street
Camp Dodge
France
Dodge
Camp Gordon
Camp Upton
New York
Liverpool
England
English Channel
Mandra
Toul
Mooroun Hill
Pontamoosone
Mooroun
Verdun
Champlett
Switzerland