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* US National Archives, [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/46701878 ID 46701878]: handwritten notes about his military career.
 
* US National Archives, [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/46701878 ID 46701878]: handwritten notes about his military career.
 
* US National Archives, [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/51459466 ID 51459466]: letter from Harry Truman to Bess Wallace, dated 19 December 1918, near Verdun.
 
* US National Archives, [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/51459466 ID 51459466]: letter from Harry Truman to Bess Wallace, dated 19 December 1918, near Verdun.
 
You can help transcribe Truman's notes about his artillery training as part of the [http://americanhistory.si.edu/topics/world-war-i/pages/social-media-day World War I Social Media Day] on Tuesday April 11th 2017.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 10:52, 11 April 2017

129th Field Artillery Regiment, US
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Country: United States
Service: US Army
Branch: National Guard
Type: Artillery
Specific type: Field artillery regiment
Full size: 1,500
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Name1: 129th Field Artillery Regiment
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Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical and Administrative
Parent unit: 60th Field Artillery Brigade, US
Parent level: Brigade
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Personal narratives

Verne Chaney

  • US National Archives, ID 17343226: memoirs of Sergeant Verne Chaney, commander of #3 Section, D Battery, 129th Field Artillery Regiment.

Harry S. Truman

Future US President Harry S. Truman served as a captain, commanding D Battery of this regiment in France in 1918.[1]

  • US National Archives, ID 46752351: "Fire and Orientation", notes by Harry Truman about his artillery training. You can help transcribe this document as part of the World War I Social Media Day on Tuesday April 11th 2017.
  • US National Archives, ID 46701878: handwritten notes about his military career.
  • US National Archives, ID 51459466: letter from Harry Truman to Bess Wallace, dated 19 December 1918, near Verdun.

Related media

  • US National Archives, ID 530949: photo of officers of the regiment, including Harry S. Truman, in France, March 1919.

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References

  1. Wikipedia: Harry S. Truman