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Peterson, Peter, 1887 - 1960

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Peterson, Peter, 1887 - 1960. Letters, 1918 - 1919

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 0138
Abstract The Peter Peterson collection contains letters written by Peterson during his enlistment in World War One as a Private. Peterson served in various military outposts throughout France as a United States Army medic. The letters were written to relatives in Mapleton, Minnesota. In the correspondence, Peterson detailed living conditions and experiences in Camp Dodge, Iowa, Fort Ripley, Kansas, Camp Kearny, California, Camp Merritt, New Jersey, and Benjamin Harrison, Indiana between April 1918...
Dates: 1918-1919