Distinguished Service Medal certificate
View Full Item in Tennessee State Library & ArchivesDistinguished Service Medal certificate issued to Gen. George H. Harries for his work as a member of Inter-Allied Commission for Repatriation of Allied Prisoners of War. Signed by Robert C. Davis, Adj…
Postcard of soldiers hiking at Camp Gordon sent by Pvt. Joseph W. Knox to his mother
View Full Item in Tennessee State Library & ArchivesPvt. Joseph William Knox of Dyer, Tennessee, sent this postcard to his mother while en route from Camp Gordon, Ga. to Camp Merritt, N. J. He was tired of riding though every possible was done for thei…
Discharge Certificate of Charlie Martin Simmons
View Full Item in Tennessee State Library & ArchivesCharlie Martin Simmons was from Henderson, Chester County, Tennessee and served as a wagoner in Truck Co.C, 8th Corps Art. Park. The discharge certificate has his service record on the reverse. He was…
Telegram
View Full Item in Tennessee State Library & ArchivesA western Union Telegram reading ",11 nn 40 Govt WASHINGTON DC 504pm 11/9/ MR HENRY H PRING (crossed out and overwritten Ring) RFD 4 FRANKLIN TENN DEEPLY REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT IT IS OFFICALLY REPO…
Map of 82nd Division, Meuse Argonne Offensive, September 29 - November 2, 1918
View Full Item in Tennessee State Library & ArchivesProduced by the American Battle Monuments Commission in 1937, this map was found at the Alvin C. York site and may have belonged to York. It depicts the entire Argonne Forest sector over which the Ame…
Commission of John Walter Morris in the US Army Medical Reserve Corps
View Full Item in Tennessee State Library & ArchivesThis document commission's John Walter Morris into the US Army Medical Reserve Corps. Morris later deployed to Europe and was detached to the 42nd Royal Highland Regt., The Black Watch, a British unit…
Citation for Distinguished Service Cross
View Full Item in Tennessee State Library & ArchivesThis citation accompanied the Distinguished Service Cross medal awarded to Pvt. John M. Sullivan, Co. H, 28th Inf. Regt., 1st Div. "for extraordinary heroism at the Meuse River, France." Sullivan serv…
Certificate honoring 2nd Lt. Richard Spence King
View Full Item in Tennessee State Library & ArchivesA certificate honoring the memory of 2nd Lt. Richard Spence King of Haywood County, Tennessee signed by President Gerald R. Ford.
Red Cross letter and envelope
View Full Item in Tennessee State Library & ArchivesThis letter to Mrs. Henry Ring, Franklin, Tenn. From the American Red Cross provides information about Pvt. Frank Ring's wounds and subsequent death in a British hospital in France. The letter is acco…
Card from U.S. Department of Labor to [U.S.] Employment Service, Nashville
View Full Item in Tennessee State Library & ArchivesPostcard-size notice in form letter style, to John H. Roller, announces that Roller has been discharged from military service. It asks the Nashville office of the U.S. Employment Service to make "ever…
Certificate of recognition for WWI service of John C. Bowling
View Full Item in Tennessee State Library & ArchivesA memorial certificate of recognition signed by President Lyndon Johnson recognizing the service of John C. Bowling of Knoxville in World War I. These certificates were provided by the government upon…
Promotion document for Cpl. Spencer S. Ferguson
View Full Item in Tennessee State Library & ArchivesThis document recognizes the promotion of Spencer S. Ferguson from private to Corporal of Ordnance to date from July 1, 1920. The document was signed by General C. Williamson, July 19, 1920. Ferguson…
Frost, Oscar
View Full Item in Tennessee State Library & ArchivesUnited States. Army; Depot Brigade; 156th Regiment; 4th Training Battalion; Company 15 White
Frazier, Hilary Reid
View Full Item in Tennessee State Library & ArchivesUnited States. Army; Infantry; 30th Division; 117th Regiment; Company F White
Temple, John Jewell
View Full Item in Tennessee State Library & ArchivesUnited States. Army; Infantry; 22nd Regiment; Company D White
Whitson, Uncas
View Full Item in Tennessee State Library & ArchivesUnited States. Army; Howard University Training Detachment; 2nd Training Detachment Black