Gilbert T. Shilson papers, 1919, 1929

Start Over Collection Gilbert T. Shilson papers, 1919, 1929

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Member of Co. K, 339th U.S. Infantry who served in the Allied intervention in Russia, 1918-1920, the "Polar Bear Expedition." Collection includes citation from French government for bravery in combat in 1918; and photographs.

A photocopy of a citation for bravery from the French government and photographs taken at the ceremonies at White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery during which the bodies of American soldiers returned from Russia were reinterred.

Papers and Photographs

Papers 1919 and Photographs, 1929, 1919-1929

5 items

Folder 1

Postcard, photograph of ceremony at Polar Bear Memorial

Postcard, photograph of ceremony at Polar Bear memorial

Photograph, "Governor Fred Green with members of the Commission which had been sent to Russia to bring back the remains of the Polar Bears who had died there. December 1929"