Letter, 23 Oct. 1918, France, to Mrs. Retta Boatwright, Ridge Spring, S.C.
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Gomillion, Millage J
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Letter from Gomillion, an African American soldier, to members of the Benjamin Boatwright family, his former employers; topics include his training at Camp Jackson (Columbia, S.C.), and service in the trenches of France during World War I.
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- African American Soldiers
- African American Troops
- African Americans
- Boatwright Family
- Correspondence
- Description And Travel
- France
- Gomillion, Millage J
- History
- Participation, African Americans
- Saluda County
- Soldiers
- South Carolina
- United States
- United States. Army
- World War, 1914 1918
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