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E. E. Odom, Lieutenant

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

At an English Officers Training School in Northern France, 1918 March 16-22

 Item
Identifier: U198.01.0001.0001.00001
Abstract

Typewritten transcribed letters from DU alumni Lieut. E. E. Odom to his wife, Olive, sent by Olive to Chancellor Buchtel in April 1918. Odom describes the experience of finishing officer training in France during World War I, especially the uncertainty of not knowing where he would be transferred. Odom details rumors that he heard about atrocities committed by German soldiers, and an attack by German soldiers on the trenches where he was stationed in Amiens.

Dates: 1918 March 16-22

Olive Odom letter to Chancellor Buchtel, 1918 April 22

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Identifier: U198.01.0001.0001.00002
Abstract

Handwritten letter from Mrs. Olive E. Odom to Chancellor Buchtel. Odom transcribed and sent Buchtel several letters from her husband, Lieut. E. E. Odom, detailing his experiences in training camp and on the front in France during World War I.

Dates: 1918 April 22

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