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Cpt. Francis M. Van Natter

“Disembarked at 7:45 A.M. – K. Co. finest troops to land on French Soil. Welcomed very pleasantly. Children along roads asked for pennies, women threw flowers from balconies on to us.”

Entry of June 26th, 1917 from the diary of
Cpt. Francis M. Van Natter, Co. G, 28th Infantry
From the Col. Robert R. McCormick Research Center

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