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Scope and Content
The Clyde Wilbur Russell collection consists of correspondence, military papers, and artifacts relating to the veteran’s service in the United States Army during World War I. Correspondence includes letters to his mother and father, his brother and sister (unidentified), and his brother Roy, written while he served with the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in France. Topics covered include training in France, excitement to experience combat, the experience of the Armistice, and the French people.