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Folder 1 Item 3 -- 1914 July Postcard from Villefranche, France.
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Marston, Frank A.
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Postcard, July 1914, from Villefranche, France, written to Mrs. Frank A. Marston, Pensacola, Florida from her son Frank A. Marston. Pictorial side of card features Nice--Palais de la Jetee at sunset.
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6602marstonf1item3c
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Folder 1 Item 4 -- Postcard from Naples, Italy.
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Marston, Frank A.
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Postcard from Naples, Italy addressed to Mrs. Frank A. Marston, Pensacola, Florida, from Frank A. Marston, date illegible. Notes visit to Pompeii and possible transfer to the U.S.S. Tennessee. on message side. Pictorial side shows Parco Margherita, Naples.
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Folder 1 Item 5 --Letter, 1918 February 6 Camp Greene, North Carolina.
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Marston, Frank A.
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Letter, typed, one page, from Frank A. Marston, 30th Infantry, Camp Greene, Charlotte, North Carolina, to "Mother, Father, and Sister" (Mrs. Frank R. Marston, Pensacola, Florida), February 6, 1918. Discusses status of his promotion request, status of his transfer request, and notes isolation of camp due to spinal meningitis outbreak in Charlotte.
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Folder 1 Item 6 Letter, March 28, 1918 from Camp Merritt, North Carolina.
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Marston, Frank A.
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Letter, typed, from Frank A. Marston, Camp Merritt, North Carolina to "Mother, Father and Sister" [Mrs. Frank A. Marston, Pensacola, Florida], March 28, 1918 (2 pp.) announcing his promotion, that their company (30th infantry) is leaving for the front (Western Europe) and his new address will be the 'American Expeditionary Force, France" and gives code words for future mail (safe, etc.); with three pages typed of orders for training cadets to prepare them for overseas duties (training pages)....
Show moreLetter, typed, from Frank A. Marston, Camp Merritt, North Carolina to "Mother, Father and Sister" [Mrs. Frank A. Marston, Pensacola, Florida], March 28, 1918 (2 pp.) announcing his promotion, that their company (30th infantry) is leaving for the front (Western Europe) and his new address will be the 'American Expeditionary Force, France" and gives code words for future mail (safe, etc.); with three pages typed of orders for training cadets to prepare them for overseas duties (training pages). Although the three pages titled "Preparations of 3d Battery for Overseas Duty" are not dated, they are included with this letter as the topic of the letter is that they are leaving for the front in World War I and it appears appropriate in the correspondence.
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Folder 1 Item 8 Letter 1918 July 11 from American Expeditionary Forces, France.
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Marston, Frank A.
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Manuscript, written letter, 1918 July 11, from Captain Frank R. Marston, Headquarters, 30th Infantry, American Expeditionary Forces, France to "Father, Mother and Sister" [Mrs. Frank A. Marston, Pensacola, Florida]. He mentions his new position as personnel officer for the regiment, the unrelenting paperwork and payroll verifications; notes lack of fighting but constant exchanges of bombardment at night; hopes to get leave to visit Uncle Oliver in England and see some of England and Scotland.
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