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- GLC#
- GLC02679.11-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 23 October 1917
- Author/Creator
- Dawes, Charles G., 1865-1951
- Title
- to my dear mother
- Place Written
- Paris, France
- Pagination
- 5 p. : Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 29 cm
- Primary time period
- Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
- Sub-Era
- World War I
He describes his trip to the Belgian Front. He met with the French minister of finance during an air raid. They enjoyed a wonderful evening. Belgium is a small country but they are standing up to Germany none the less. He got to visit the trenches and witnessed firing between the Germans and the Belgians. Letter has been damaged by the censors.
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