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Capt Fred G. Coxen's Journal
Non-fiction story of the early battles of World War I based on my grandfather's war journal. The reddish brown military ledger was near the bottom of the tattered box which contained documents and memorabilia that once belonged to my paternal grandparents. Carefully moving items out of the way I found the 6x9 inch journal and gently lifted it from its hiding place.
I was consumed with the rea…
Contributeurs
- Frederick L Coxen
Créateur
- Frederick G. Coxen
Thème
- World War I
- Artillery
- Trench Life
- Première Guerre mondiale
Type d'item
- Book
- Livre
Date
- 1914-08-05
- 1915-05
- 1915-05
- 1914-08-05
- 1915-05
- 1914-08-05
Contributeurs
- Frederick L Coxen
Créateur
- Frederick G. Coxen
Thème
- World War I
- Artillery
- Trench Life
- Première Guerre mondiale
Type d'item
- Book
- Livre
Date
- 1914-08-05
- 1915-05
- 1915-05
- 1914-08-05
- 1915-05
- 1914-08-05
Institution partenaire
Agrégateur
Licence du support dans cet enregistrement (sauf indication contraire)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Date de création
- 2014-04-19 03:53:10 UTC
- 2014-04-19
- 2014-04-19
Période
- europeana19141918:timespan/c64fd560f47a6d97aca9d9ca1e4b4b9a
Lieux
- Western Front
Provenance
- INTERNET
Source
- UGC
Identificateur
- 157376
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/15138/attachments/157376
Langue
- English
- eng
Fait partie de
- EnrichEuropeana
Pays fournisseur
- Europe
Nom de la collection
Première publication sur Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:45:31.788Z
Dernière mise à jour de l'Institution partenaire
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z
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- Non-fiction story of the early battles of World War I based on my grandfather's war journal. The reddish brown military ledger was near the bottom of the tattered box which contained documents and memorabilia that once belonged to my paternal grandparents. Carefully moving items out of the way I found the 6x9 inch journal and gently lifted it from its hiding place. I was consumed with the realization I was holding a piece of history in my hands but more than that, I was holding a piece of my grandfather's life. That is important to me because during his life I never got to know him as a person. He and my grandmother visited during the summer, but even then my grandfather was not a warm fuzzy and therefore he remained a mystery. This all changed after I transcribed his journal. Through his written words I came to realize the amazing man I called grampy. As a bonus I discovered the horrors of a war I knew so little about. In America WWI is called the forgotten war because it was over shadowed by WWII and we did not get involved until late in the war therefore it did not impact our daily lives.