m a r k e r i c k s o n p a i n t i n g s Frank Severin Erickson Ernest Julius Erickson Andrew Anders Sebran Erickson American Expeditionary Force 1918 - 1919 Out West & North Dakota
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My grandfather Frank Severin Erickson received this letter from the writer Thomas M. Johnson dated November 1st, 1937 inquiring if Frank would help out with information for his book in progress on "The Lost Battalion." Frank obliged and sent him his recollections of his early October of 1918 days while he was serving with the American Expeditionary Force in the Argonne Forest in France.
As a runner / rifleman with the 308th Infantry - Company C, Frank would be
involved and witness life changing experiences that haunted him for years
after the war. In that and many other aspects of my grandfather's life I dedicate
these many pages to his memory and to his two brothers, Pvt. Ernest Julius
Erickson and Pvt. Anders "Andy" Sebran Filimon Erickson.
Frank was given credit in the book, "The Lost Battalion," cover attached below. |
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