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Miscellaneous war artifacts

 Item — Box 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Lieutenant Colonel Edward C. Van Haaften papers, 1917-1946, include letters by Edward C. Van Haaften during his World War I Army service, as an electrician, 102nd Aero Squad, American Expeditionary Forces; French motor repair manual; a letter written after active duty in World War II; numerous photographs from both World War I and World War II.

Dates: 1917-1945

Paul Hohendorn, World War I German soldier’s photograph album 3, 1914-1918

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Images depict the medical unit and their operations, visiting military officials, and local civilian life. Photograph album belonged to Sergeant (later Lieutenant) Paul Hohendorn, a medical officer on the Eastern Front in World War I.

Dates: 1914-1918

Paul Pommer, World War I German soldier’s scrapbook, 1914-1918

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Identifier: exwsPommerBk04
Scope and Contents Scrapbook belonged to Paul Pommer, a resident of Hesse, Germany, and documents his time as a German soldier in the first World War. Pommer received troop training in Darmstadt with the Reserve Infantry Regiment 118, 2nd Company, 7th platoon, advanced training at Camp Wegscheide in Bad Orb, mobilized to Friedberg, spent time in France or Belgium, then joined the spring offensive where he was wounded on March 28, 1918. First in "kriegslazarett" or battlefield hospital in Brussels, then moved...
Dates: 1914-1918

Pictures, mostly World War I

 File — Box 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Lieutenant Colonel Edward C. Van Haaften papers, 1917-1946, include letters by Edward C. Van Haaften during his World War I Army service, as an electrician, 102nd Aero Squad, American Expeditionary Forces; French motor repair manual; a letter written after active duty in World War II; numerous photographs from both World War I and World War II.

Dates: 1917-1945

"The Americans come! (An episode in France)", 1918

 Item — Box 1: Series Vocal_sheet_music_001, Folder: Am-As, Object: 6
Identifier: Vocal_sheet_music_001
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"The Americans Come (An Episode in France in the Year 1918)" is a World War I song written and composed by Fay Foster. The song was first published in 1918 by J. Fischer & Bro., in New York City. The sheet music cover depicts soldiers marching with a city and battleship on the left and a bombed city on the right.

Dates: Publication: 1918

World War I German soldier’s photograph album 2, approximately 1911-1918

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Scope and Contents World War I era photographs, most likely belonging to Ludwig Koch, whose card is pasted to the last page and reads, "Ludwig Koch, Secondlieutenant, im K. 3., Feld-Artillerie Regiment, Königin Mutter." The subjects of the images are varied, including: young men in uniform; captured artillery; German soldiers in France; group portraits of sailors, officers, nurses, and convalescing soldiers; infantry units; family or friends in civilian clothing; military cemeteries; training exercises; and...
Dates: approximately 1911-1918

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photograph albums 4
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World War, 1914-1918 2
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