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Preferred Citation

Claude Tate Diary, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased in September 2011

Scope and Contents

Diary, circa 1918, of Claude Tate of Xenia, Illinois. Tate was a corporal in the 26th Infantry Company of the 1st Infantry Division of the United States Army during World War I. Includes names and addresses of friends and fellow soldiers, places to which he traveled, and the text of a prayer entitled "The Doughboys Prayer."

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• World War, 1914-1918