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Reverend Thomas S. ClineEntry/Object ID
2013.13.1.135Description
Clippings and memorabilia from World War I scrapbook compiled by Dr. Naaman H. Keyser, page 132.
A single newspaper clipping, undated and from an unknown newspaper, is glued to page 132. The headline at the top of the clipping announces "Chaplain Tells How Gun Just Missed Burial Party" and continues with "The Rev. Thomas S. Cline, of Grace Episcopal Church, Mount Airy, has just returned from France after nearly twenty months of service with the doughboys. He was the first chaplain with the National Army to go overseas. He received special mention in the citation which General Pershing gave the Twenty-first Division for heroic work done while burying 325 American soldiers under seven days' contiuous shell fire during the battle of Argonne Forest." Includes a photograph of Reverend Cline.
Pages are 7.5 x 10".Photograph Details
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