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War Letters From Private Harris Echo Front Life
Private Harris writes from October 1918 rest camp about front experiences in France. He recalls cold mud, shelling, dugouts, and a laundry list of daily grit, plus humor about cooties, bunkmates, and packing for return home with News from friends and letters from Sullivan County.
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Paddy Flynn
Waldorf Astoria
Bob
Sven
Steemin
Gabriel
Jang
Troyes
Everet Gardner
Whitey Filer
Charley Moore
Ashe
Pike’s Peak
Wes
Big John Yaden
Rosedale
Flynnn
P. Flynn
George Gillespie
Texas
Arizona
Montana
Flynn
George
Mhynn
Wilson
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Union
Herman Jewell
Turman Township
Infantry
Dough Boys
Sullivan Boy
Indiana
Circle
Indianapolis
Merom Chautauqua
Peck Walters
St. Petersburg
Fla
Peck
Cap. Beasley
Dad Crowder
Pvt
N. K. Harris
Bat. C
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France
Norman H. Hill