Gary Alonzo Barranger
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Gordon Luck Letter to Leonora Fetters
Collection
Identifier: SC 01407
Content Description
Seven page letter from Gordon Luck to his love interest, Leonora. Luck is a Private in the Army working at General Field Hospital #16 in France. Luck is a doctor who dispenses medications within the hospital. In his letter he informs Leonora that he was promoted to First Class Private which will increase his pay by $3.60 per month. Luck reports on his work, dealings with colleagues, and discourages Leonora for wanting to be in the war as it is not as glorious of an endeavor as she may...
Dates:
1917 November 11
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Porter Wilson Letter to the Black Steel and Wire Company
Collection
Identifier: SC 01408
Content Description
Three page letter from Private Porter Wilson of the 34th Engineers in France to the Black Steel and Wire Company inquiring about the status of his job or the possibility of getting a new one from them upon his return from active service in the war.
Dates:
1919 March 3
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
World War I Postcards and Newspaper Clippings
Collection
Identifier: SC 01405
Content Description
10 postcards and eight newspaper clippings relating to World War I. The postcard images include uniformed men carrying artillery over a pontoon bridge, Battalion Drill at Camp Warden McLean in Chickamauga Park, Chattanooga, TN, Night Time at the U.S. General Hospital No. 12, formerly Kenilworth Inn, in Asheville, NC, The Salvation Army making doughbuts under bombardment of German guns along the front lines in France, an image of an unidentified US battleship, a war carnage scene from the...
Dates:
1917-1919
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
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- Subject: World War, 1914-1918--France X