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Osborn, Ella Jane, 1881-1966 [Description of the trenches]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06570.05 Author/Creator: Osborn, Ella Jane, 1881-1966 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: circa 1918 Pagination: 2 p. ; Order a Copy

One document dated circa 1918. Osborn describes life in the trenches and the duties that soldiers perform when the fighting is slow.

Osborn, Ella Jane, 1881-1966

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