Thomas Estévez Terry collection, 1918-1919 : Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Collection Summary

Title	Thomas Estévez Terry collection, 1918-1919 : Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Inclusive Dates	1918-1919
Call No.	AFC 2001/001/281
Creator	Terry, Thomas Estévez, 1893-1969
Extent (diary)	2 diaries
Language	Collection material in English.
Location	Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadvhp.vh017005
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2015655284
Summary	The collection includes two diaries documenting Thomas Estévez Terry's service in the United States Army during World War I. The first diary contains daily entries documenting his deployment from Camp Merritt, New Jersey, to France in January of 1918, and concludes with a December 31, 1918, entry, written while he was with American Expeditionary Forces in Occupied Germany. The second diary begins in January of 1919 while he was still stationed in Occupied Germany and contains daily entries by Terry until his return to the United States in August 1919. Topics covered include travel to Europe, training, office duties in France and Germany, the current state of the war in 1918, German atrocities, and the Paris Peace talks of 1919.