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English: Title: [Letter from the American Red Cross to the Relatives of Our American Dead]

Creator: American Red Cross, National Headquarters
Date: March 29, 1920
Part Of: http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/search/collection/dgl/searchterm/A2010.0029c/field/all/mode/exact
Place: Washington, D.C.
Description: Letter from the American Red Cross concerning the photographing of the graves of the American dead overseas. The letter states that three copies of the photograph have been sent with this document and describes what to do in the event that the photograph sent is incorrect. This item is from the Horn Family Papers collection, which contains the family papers of Thomas Lora Horn, his wife Blanche, and their two sons in St. Louis, Missouri. Their son Leslie, a second lieutenant in the 110th infantry, 28th division, lost his life on October 1, 1918 at the Battle of Argonne during World War I. This collection includes materials regarding Leslie's death and Blanche's visit to his grave at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery in 1930 as part of the Gold Star Mothers and Widows Pilgrimage.
Physical Description: 1 sheet (1 page); 27 x 21 cm
File: a2010_0029c_4_10_opt.jpg
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  • American Red Cross, National Headquarters
  • Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial
  • United States Army, American Graves Registration Service
  • Leslie William Horn, 1893-1918
  • World War I
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  • World War 1
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  • WW1
  • Great War
  • First World War
  • 1st World War
  • World War, 1914-1918
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