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    • Southern France, April 1919 [part 2]

      Posted by Joel C. Swisher on April 14, '19

      [Continued from part 1] From Lourdes we went to Toulouse and spent a couple of hours there. It is a large town but had dirty streets. I did not think much of it. There were…

    • April 13, 1919, To Helen E. Clement, Oxford Pennsylvania, Etat Unis

      Posted by Joel C. Swisher on April 13, '19

      Am in the heart of the Pyrenees on the Spanish boundary. This is the bridge between France and Spain. The X marks the line. I crossed the line a few feet this afternoon. Am having…

    • Southern France, April 1919 [part 1]

      Posted by Joel C. Swisher on April 9, '19

      [Ed. Note: The first page of this letter is missing, and the last page ends abruptly in the middle of the page. Possibly he never finished and mailed it, but brought it home with him….

    • Brest, April 5, 1919

      Posted by Joel C. Swisher on April 5, '19

      Dear Folks, Am sending you an actual photograph of General Pershing and Major Gen. Harbord, Commander of S. O. S. taken at Tours, France recently. The last few days have been much like spring. I…

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