and Co.
K, 310th Infantry Regiment, 78th
Division Top
Left to Right, 150th Infantry Regiment Distinctive Unit
Insignia, 38th Infantry Division Shoulder Path in WWI Bottom: 310th Infantry
Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia; 78th Infantry Division
Shoulder Patch WWI
The diary
covers John Frank Stiehm's time in the Army when he left Camp
Shelby, MS, on September 12, 1918 for France and returned to the
U.S. upon his discharge on June 6, 1919. For clarification, WWI
was fought from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918; therefore,
John Frank only served 2 months in France and then the war ended.
He did, however, stay in France until May 1919. This diary is more
about one man"s day-to-day journey during his deployment to France
near the end of WWI and not at all about any type of bloody
warfare.