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Lyons, Curtis Blair (1894-1968) to Helen Lyons [incomplete]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07810.078 Author/Creator: Lyons, Curtis Blair (1894-1968) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa November 1918 Pagination: 2 p. ; 21 x 13.5 cm. Order a Copy

Writes to his wife about a problem with official paperwork regarding their daughter's monetary allotment from the army. Written on American Expeditionary Force letterhead. Last two pages of letter only.

Private Lyons was in the 307th Company, Tank Corps, American Expeditionary Forces and was part of the Polish Collegium.

Lyons, Curtis Blair, 1894-1968
Lyons, Helen, 1895-1990

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