Paul Eliot Green papers, (#3693)
Subtitle: Selected letters, 1917-1919
Contributors: Green, Paul, 1894-1981; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Correspondence; Officers; Soldiers; Military life; World War, 1914-1918; American Personal narratives; Campaigns; United States. Army
Other titles: Selected letters, 1917-1919; North Carolinians and the Great War.
Description: Joining the army at age 23, Green served with the 105th Engineers, 30th Division. Letters to various family members during his years of service date from the summer of 1917 until June 1919 which include detailed descriptions of training camp life while he was based both at Camp Greene and Camp Sevier, South Carolina, his engineer's training, where he learned to build roads and bridges, and also describes the process of using a gas mask. During the summer of 1918, while in combat in France and Belgium, Green's letters are about the horror he witnessed on the front. After the war, he was stationed in Paris where he worked for the Engineer Purchasing Office and was also commissioned second lieutenant with the Chief of Engineers. He was particularly taken with life in Paris after the war, and his letters describe several French intellectuals who made a lasting impression on him.
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Includes images of the handwritten letters.

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection North Carolinians and the Great War.

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Transcribed from: Papers, 1880-1985. Transcribed from the manuscript. Call number SHC #3693 (Manuscripts Dept., Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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Paul Eliot Green (1894-1981), of Chapel Hill, N.C., was an author, Pulitzer prize-winning playwright, and humanitarian.