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A photograph of Claude E. Schroder who was born August 23, 1900 in St. John, Kansas. He was 17 when he enlisted in the U. S. Army and served in the 137th Infantry Headquarter Company during World War I. Schroder trained at Camp Daphne in Oklahoma and fought in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. He was in France when the Armistice was signed on November 11, 1918 and returned to the United States in April 1919. Schroder came home to St. John, Kansas where he married and had six children.
Date: Between 1917 and 1918
Item Number: 219921
Call Number: B Schroder, Claude E. *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 219921
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1910s
Military - Equipment - Uniforms
Military - Service - Army - Infantry
Military - Wars - World War I
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Type of Material - Photographs
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