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War diary dispatch from France recounts daily life and frontline duties
Pvt N Earris T Battery C 127th Field Artillery writes from France about guard duty, hay field work with French farmers, river crossings, discipline tales, and a Fourth of July in a war zone. He notes letters, censorship, transport to the front, and glimpses of civilian life amid army routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
Autiers
Pil
Davy Crockett
Davy
O'Grady
Indiana
Maryland
Feg
State Statistician
Bob
Gaybrean
Jug
Jug” Smith
Norman H. Hill
Reville
Henry B. Hill
Wop” Lagona
Nig’’ Foreman
Woodrow” Wilson
Loggins
Rube
Sweyla
Bobby Wallace
Smith
Jug’ Smith
Corpora Smith
Holts
Sith
Smith, Wallace
Yours Truly
Viner Walker
Comet Base
Wein
C. Dener
France
Ed Chambers
Paris
Chicago Tribune
Wilbur M. Claggett
Sullivan Ind
Sullivan
Corporal Claggett
Pershing
Berlin
Marion
Sumter
Putnam
Wayne
Lee
Grant
Garfield
Jackson
Wheeler
Thomas
Miles
Paddy Flynn
Tarrytown
Hudson
Paddy
Buck Miles
Buck Creek
Pvt. N. OR. Tarris