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Clay County Veterans of the World War 1917 1918 Kansas WWI History Roster Photos

$ 104.8

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  • Condition: inscription inside cover - text unmarked - corners bumped/rubbed - binding slightly pulled between sig 1/2 - sewn binding all pages tight - ES11186HT
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  • Original/Reproduction: Original

    Description

    Clay County Veterans of the World War
    1917-1918
    Clay County Kansas
    Compiled and arranged by: Frederick W. Hood
    From the official reports of General John J. Pershing, Commander in chief-Colonel Leonard P. Ayres, Chief of Statistics Branch- and other reliable writers
    The Telescope Publishing Co.
    Belleville Kansas
    Unstated print date-245 page illustrated hardcover
    Inscription on ffep: property of William Hafner (listed on page 36) donated by his children Minnie Wayne & Lyle
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    Dedication: to the Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Army Nurses of Clay County, who served in the cause of our country, willing to give their lives for the freedom of the world from the most dreadful menace of all time, this volume is dedicated.
    Contents
    Introduction
    The great world war-the nations involved
    Extracts from president wilson’s address to Congress, calling for action against Germany
    State of war declared
    Plans for raising an army
    The first draft
    The army divisions
    Table of the divisions and their stations
    Clay county honor roll
    Our heroic dead
    Photographs of our servicemen
    Army nurse corps
    200 days of battle
    Employment of the American army in France
    The selective service
    Facts and statistics of world war
    The American legion
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