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[Postcard from Benjamin Etter to Frank Etter - November 1918]

Postcard from Benjamin Etter to Frank Etter in Dallas County, Iowa, sent in care of Harry Keller, discussing daily life in Camp MacArthur. The front of the postcard depicts field artillery at Camp MacArthur, Waco, loaded on wooden wagons with a company of soldiers organized behind the artillery.

Date: 1918-11-XX

Creator: Etter, Benjamin

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Magazine-Projectile

Patent for a new type of projectile that includes an initial explosion followed by multiple other explosions from smaller bombs contained inside the larger projectile. The projectile is described as a "novel and improved instrument of destruction" (lines 10-11).

Date: November 5, 1918

Creator: Saladiner, Joseph M.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Postcard from B. to J. C. K. Poore - May 24, 1918]

Postcard sent from a soldier named "B." in Camp MacArthur, Waco, to J. C. K. Poore in Colebrook, New Hampshire, describing the scene depicted on front of the postcard and expresses uncertainty about how much longer he has to stay .The front of the postcard depicts a field artillery range in Camp MacArthur with artillery batteries laid out at center left next to a large encampment with large patches of bushes along the grass plain.

Date: May 24, 1918