9.28.1918 WWI US ARMY LETTER, OHIO SOLDIER GEORGE C. FIKE, FRANCE MEUSE ARGONNE

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9.28.1918 WWI US ARMY LETTER, OHIO SOLDIER GEORGE C. FIKE, FRANCE MEUSE ARGONNE
9.28.1918 WWI US ARMY LETTER, OHIO SOLDIER GEORGE C. FIKE, FRANCE MEUSE ARGONNE
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DETAILED WORLD WAR I U.S. ARMY LETTER BY OHIO SOLDIER GEORGE C. FIKE ON SEPT. 28, 1918 DESCRIBING WHAT HE WITNESSED IN FRANCE DURING THE FIRST PHASE OF THE MEUSE – ARGONNE OFFENSIVE
.  ONLINE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT GEORGE C. FIKE (BORN 9/9/1889 SMITHVILLE, OH - DIED 7/2/1969 ORRVILLE, OH) SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN COMPANY E, 308
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AMMUNITION CORPS AND HAILED FROM NORTH EASTERN OHIO.  FIKE’S UNIT SUPPLIED AMMUNITION TO THE FRONT LINE IN THE LARGEST MILITARY OFFENSIVE IN U.S. HISTORY.
FIKE RECOUNTED PERSONAL EVENTS IN THE 2 DAYS LEADING UP TO THE START OF THE BATTLE AND, BY HIS DESCRIPTION, IS COMPOSING THE LETTER AS THE BATTLE PROGRESSES AROUND HIM.  (THE FIRST PHASE OF THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE LASTED FROM 9/26/1918 TO 10/4/1918.)  THE TYPESCRIPT LETTER IS ON 3 SHEETS OF PAPER WITH PAGE DIMENSIONS OF 14” X 8-1/2”.  CONDITION:  FOLD LINES, LIGHT FINGER BENDS, TONING, STAINS, EDGE BUMPS, LIGHT SOILING.
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