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Marines in France Highlight Letters From Home and Training
A Potatello correspondent reports Corporal Allan Trapp in France in the Headquarters Detachment of the 1st Rifle Battalion U S Marines noting a raise to corporal and a six dollar monthly bump. He describes a French mascot child and praise from General Pershing. The piece also covers Karl Munson’s letter home from Caisson 17th Am Tr Co F and J R Spritzer’s Camp Lewis update noting rain, forests, and army life building discipline and fitness.
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Allan Trapp
W. E. Trapp
France
Det
1St Rep. Bn
U. S. Marines
Quartermaster’s Department
O.K
Billy
Marine Corps
Fred Stuart
General Pershing
Walter Peck
Allan
Karl Munson
Caisson
Am. Tr. Co. F
Ogden
Utah
J. Munson
Corey Brothers
Mackay Dam
117Th
F. D. French
Nevada
No Man's Land
Dora
Earl