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Arthur P. Terry Papers
Captain Arthur Palfrey Terry was Commander of Company B, 320th Infantry, 80th Division, which saw service in France during World War I. He arrived in France on May 30, 1918, and served there until late in 1919, taking part in the Battle of Meuse-Argonne and in the Commission to Negotiate Peace. The collection primarily consists of materials concerning his World War I career including a diary he kept while in France, a copy of a report on the Meuse-Argonne offensive, field orders, bulletins, correspondence, certificates, documents, maps, newspaper clippings, photographs and programs.
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Sometime in 1968, C. W. Bowman took care of a young Vietnamese boy. He picked him up off the streets in Saigon during the Tet offensive (January-September of 1968). The boy’s family had been killed and he was living on the street. Charles Bowman bought him a uniform and fed him at the Company area.
Scene along country road in northern France.
Factory under construction in northern France.
Wheat field in northern France. In the background, coal mine and huge slag heap.
Full coal cars in northern French coal mine.
Construction of exhibit barges and trailers for the mobile caravan exhibit prepared by the Visual Information Unit of the Information Division, ECA/OSR, Paris.
Scene along the road in northern France.
Construction of exhibit barges and trailers for the mobile caravan exhibit prepared by the Visual Information Unit of the Information Division, ECA/OSR, Paris.
Collection Number: 9 UL
Date: 1917 - 1919
Collection Size: .75 lf
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