Robert March Hanes papers (#4534). Diary, 30 April-2 December 1918
A short diary documenting Hanes's activities at the front during World War I. He served as Captain of Battery A, 113th Field Artillery, 30th Division, and recorded in the diary his journey across the Atlantic, training for combat in France, and actual fighting conditions along the front. He included descriptions of several military maneuvers, among them the Argonne Drive against the Germans, detailing the use of infantry, camouflaging of guns, endless marching at night through rain and mud, the use of spy balloons, and other details of combat at the front.
"A short diary documenting Hanes's activities at the front during World War I. He served as Captain of Battery A, 113th Field Artillery, 30th Division, and recorded in the diary his journey across the Atlantic, training for combat in France, and actual fighting conditions along the front. He included descriptions of several military maneuvers, among them the Argonne Drive against the Germans, detailing the use of infantry, camouflaging of guns, endless marching at night through rain and mud, the use of spy balloons, and other details of combat at the front."@en
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