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Sergeant Miller Recalls Overseas Trek Across France to Campicourt
Sergeant Barclay Miller of the 89th Division writes from Rampicourt Belgium recounting his voyage from Hoboken aboard the Mauretania, through Liverpool and La Havre, via Paris and various towns, to Lagney and finally Campicourt as World War I winds toward armistice. He notes censorship changes allowing publication, mentions friends Rich and Chick Denison, and reflects on life in Meuse Argonne and Meuse sectors amid air raids and shelling.
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Barclay Miller
James C. Miller
France
America
Rich
Washington
Rampicourt
Begium
Camp Mills
Long Island
New York
Hoboken
Cunard Line
Maureia
Lusitania
Shepard
Mauretania
Liverpool
England
Mersey River
Knotty Ash
Riverside
Southampton
English
la Havre
Lieut. Parrish
Paris
St. Lazare
Gare de al Est
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Chamumont
Lient
Parrish
Prescone-Lafancha
Denot
Prez-sous-Lafauche
Haute Marne
High Marne
la Fauche
Rimaucourt
Reynel
Sehnell
Macnear
Lagney
Reynes
Toul
Department of
Meurthe and Moselle
St. Mihiel
Brest
Euvezin
Flirey
Bouillonville
Ekuvezin
Pouillonville
Verdun
Andilly
Redcourt
Epinonville
Meuse-Argonne
la Grange Farm
Tailly
Army of Occupation
Stenay
Meuse
Crooked Creek
Campicourt
Belgium
Rhine River
Luxembourg
Altho
Altho Lagney
Salvation Army
Eurezin
Chick Denison
Stecay
Ray Guest
Field Hospital Co
Chick
Dale
Europe