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1st Lt. Daniel J. Birmingham (1)

"Trench work, hand grenades, rifle grenades, stokes mortars, machine guns, auto rifles; the practical and tactical use of these are the order of the day."

Letter of February 24th, 1918 from
1st Lt. Daniel Joseph Birmingham, 28th Inf., Co. M
Diary Courtesy of the
Col. Robert R. McCormick Research Center

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