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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Maps, Undated

 Subcollection
Identifier: 1992.004.4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Consists of manuscripts, letters, photographs, artifacts and ephemera.

Dates: Undated

Unknown soldier, US Army 5th Infantry Division WWI diary, 1917-1918

 Item
Identifier: 2009-031
Scope and Contents

1915 pocket diary, repurposed as a journal by an unknown soldier in the US Army 5th Infantry Division. Very brief entries describe his division's constant movement through France, the soldier's experiences being shelled by the Germans, snipers, dead Frencgh civilians in the streets, gas alarms while in the field, sleeping in holes in the ground, meals eaten, etc. Although each entry is marked with day and date, they are often not correct when compared to a perpetual yearly calendar.

Dates: 1917 - 1918

Unknown soldier WWI diary, 1918

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-029
Scope and Contents

Pocket journal or notebook kept by an unidentified AEF Field Artillery soldier/officer, Company A, 114th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, while in France, 1918.

Handwritten contents include: various lists of names of section members, men on specific details, surnames, supplies; disciplinary actions taken; daily schedules and routines; diagrams of manuevers; etc.

Dates: 1918

WWI photographs: France, 1918

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-009
Scope and Contents 92 photographs in a Ward's Album for Unmounted Photographs, No. 1743. Almost all of the photographs are captioned in the image; possibly translations into less than perfect English. Some of the smaller photos have been pasted in. A good number of the photos appear to be press photographs rather than snapshots taken by a serviceman. Pictures include a German 3-seated bombing plane captured by the French after landing due to engine trouble; a picture of a German bomber causght...
Dates: 1918