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Suzann B. Brainerd Collection
This small collection concerns First Lieutenant J.R. Lashbrooke, who served in the 17th Field Artillery, and other men and officers who served with the American Expeditionary Forces, France during World War I. The collection contains the Announcement of the Armistice, November 11, 1918, Combat Commendations, and intercepted German & French Communiques. Other items include memos, letters, passes, poems, newspapers, and photographs dealing with the activities of American servicemen in France during World War I. Some of the items in this collection are in very delicate condition.
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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: 269 SC
Date: 1917 - 1924
Collection Size: 3 ff
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