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Shepp, William WWI diaries of soldiers in Company A, 7th Engineers, with vivid battle details

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06888 Author/Creator: Shepp, William Place Written: [various places] Type: Diary Date: 1917-1919 Pagination: 4 diaires Order a Copy

The dates of the individual volumes are as follows:
I. 3 June 1917-2 June 1918; II. 3 June-20 October 1918; III. 8 December 1918-12 April 1919; IV. ca. 20 April-5 August 1919.

Bound manuscripts housed in Primary: Range 3B, Shelf 1-2.

Shepp, William

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