Letter from John C. Taylor to his parents
- Title
- Letter from John C. Taylor to his parents
- Description
- Letter home to his parents from John Clayton Taylor, written while serving aboard USS Plattsburg. Taylor writes from Cowes, Isle of Wight, after having just returned from Paris, France. He briefly describes his visit to Paris and Château-Thierry. Taylor joined the U.S. Navy in 1917 with the rank of assistant surgeon, where he served aboard USS Plattsburg, a hospital ship that made eleven trips from Europe to the United States.
- Date
- December 17, 1918
- Original Format
- letters
- Extent
- 21cm x 32cm
- Local Identifier
- 0442-b1-fc
- Creator(s)
- Subject(s)
- Taylor, John Clayton, 1888-1921--Correspondence
- World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives
- Europe--Description and travel
- Spatial
- Location of Original
- East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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Military History: World War I
- Location of Original
- John Clayton Taylor Papers from the East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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