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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Carroll P. Crosby WWI diary, 1918
Item
Identifier: 2012-024
Scope and Contents
An original manuscript diary kept by Carroll P. Crosby, recording his service during World War I. Also includes his accompanying address book with the names and addresses of fellow soldiers, nurses, French civilians, and young French women, as well as notes. Crosby's account begins in January 1918 and continues until the end of the year, when he returned to the United States from France.Crosby was a PFC in Co. F, 101st Engineers. he describes a number of battles, in the...
Dates:
1918
George W. Sadlo WWI journal, 1918-1921
Collection
Identifier: 2011-018
Scope and Contents
Small journal, kept in a German pocket notebook, with handwritten entries by George W. Saldo while en route to and in France during the final months of the war; entries continue for several months following the Armistice. George W. Sadlo served as Musician 1st Class in the HQ Band GHQ (Chaumont, France), the 133rd Infantry Band, and the the 4th Infantry Band. Other items laid in includ 2 b/w snapshots of military bands on the march; postcard from Amra McDowell addressed to Geo. Sadlo...
Dates:
1918 - 1921