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Box 1

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

U.S. Army; Life in the U.S. Army Cantonment; Camp Upton, Long Island, NY

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents From the Series: The bulk of the correspondence are letters written from Paul B. Hendrickson during his time in service in Quincy, Illinois April 1917-September 1917; Camp Logan, Houston, Texas September 1917-April 1918; and Europe (France and Luxembourg) May 1918-May 1919. Letters were written to his mother and father, and friend Cecil Francis Rife (whom he later married). There are also postcards purchased as souvenirs or sent as correspondence.
Dates: 1917-1925