This collection contains correspondence from PFC Lewis D. Harbison, AEF during the First World War era. Also included are photographs, photocopies with transcriptions, and one letter from the US Department of the Interior regarding Harbison's time at the Grand Canyon.

Private First Class Lewis Dwight "Jack" Harbison, American Expeditionary Force (4/29/1889 - 5/4/1969) was born in Mountain Home, Texas and was the youngest of five children. He was drafted in February 1918 and trained at Camp Cody in Deming, New Mexico with Company D 133rd Infantry, 34th Infantry Division. He arrived overseas in England October 2, 1918 and stayed at a rest camp until moving to France, transferring to Company L 164th Infantry, 41st Infantry Division, or the "Sunset" Division. He returned home February 26, 1919 aboard the USS President Grant from Brest, France to New York and was stationed at Camp Dix before being sent to a camp in the southwest to be discharged. His trip home was discussed as he enjoyed to ride with music and women and boxing, as well as an adventure to save a distressed two-mast ship called the Polarbear that ran into weather trouble.

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