Armed Forces
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Ben Byrnes collection of Earl Ceedric James WWI letters, 1917-1921
Collection
Identifier: 2010-037
Scope and Contents
Letters and photographs from Earl C. James to his mother, Emily James, and sisters Gwynneth James and Daisy James, describe basic service training at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, and his service overseas, where he was assigned to Battery F 5th, Field Artillery. Photocopied correspondence between the U. S. Army and the James family discusses the soldier's death 1919 April 21 and return of his body from Germany to the United States. Earl Jones was killed in a motocycle accident, in Simmern,...
Dates:
1917-1921, undated
Ben Byrnes collection of Rumsey Bissell Marston WWI letters, 1918-1919
Collection
Identifier: 2010-022
Scope and Contents
This collection contains twelve letters written by Rumsey Bissell Marston just prior to and during his deployment to France and Great Britain during WWI to his father, mother, brother and sisters. Additional items in the collection are: his military service record, a photograph, a drawing, and the envelopes in which the letters were sent.
Dates:
1918 - 1919