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Private Carroll Richardson’s World War I Letter From Paris Island
Private Carroll Richardson writes from Paris Island describing training, guard duties at the naval prison, and planned transfer toward France. He recounts travel by water and rail to New York Providence and Portsmouth, notes encounters with subs, reminisces about Boston and Bunker Hill, and comments on Liberty Loan efforts and life at the camp and in midshipman service.
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Kaiser Wil- Welnt
Bine
Virginia
France
Naval
Beadquar
Vislea
Portsmouth
N. H
Corfioral Black
Savannah
Georgia
New York
Providence
Rhode Island
Wm. Dawson
Boston
Paris Island
City of St. Louis
Corporal Black
Brooklyn
Navy Yard
Bunker's Hill
U.S
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