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Robert J. Franklin Papers
Robert J. Franklin (1892-1968) served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 80th Division, 317th Regiment in France during WW I. In 1918 he became an instructor in La Valbonne until his discharge in 1919. The collection consists of Franklin’s notes on his WW I French experience, including discussions of air raids and troop movements; combat training notes made by Franklin; military orders; and newspaper clippings on the “Lynchburg boys”.
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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: 8 SC
Date: 1916 - 1919
Collection Size: 8 ff
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