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2014.125.w.r
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Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: E. Gilliam First World War correspondence
Identifier/Call Number: 2014.125.w.r
Identifier/Call Number: 183
Physical Description:
0.025 Linear Feet
(1 Folder)
Date: 1919 February 22
Abstract: This collection contains one letter from E. Gilliam, AEF to his family from Flogny, France during the First World War.
Language of Material:
English
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Container: WWI 2
Container: 1
Container: 1
This collection is open for research.
[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], E. Gilliam First World War correspondence (2014.125.w.r), Center for American
War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
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collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
This collection contains one letter written by E. "E.G." Gilliam, American Expeditionary Force to his family during the First
World War. The letter was written Friday, February 22, 1919 from Flogny, France and the author, signed "E.G", refers to himself
as "Gilliam" on page six.
In the letter, Gilliam is cynical about the situation in Europe and in America. He mentions that no one knows when they will
be going home even though the war has been over for four months. He also expresses dismay that people back home are living
in increasing comfort while the two million men still abroad don't have basic necessities, and not to believe anything read
in the papers about the A.E.F.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War (1914-1918)
Correspondence -- World War, 1914-1918
World War (1914-1918) -- Homefront
Gilliam, E.