Absalom Bear - Military Personnel File
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G.W. LaMountain Letter - February 23, 1921
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Thomas Washington letter to Absalom Bear - January 12, 1921
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Thomas Washington letter to Absalom Bear - January 12, 1921
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Absalom Bear letter to the Bureau of Navigation - August 7, 1921
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Absalom Bear letter to the Bureau of Navigation - August 7, 1921
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G.W. LaMountain Letter - December 10, 1921
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Absalom Bear Report of Changes - April 8, 1919
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Absalom Bear Check Card - July 3, 1919
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Individual Equipment Record - n.d.
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Individual Equipment Record - n.d.
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Absalom Bear Transfer slip - July 9, 1919
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Absalom Bear Transfer slip - July 9, 1919
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Absalom Bear letter to Commanding Officer, Medical Department - July 23, 1919
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Absalom Bear Transfer Slip - July 19, 1919
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A.T. Long letter to Absalom Bear - February 8, 1924
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Enlistment and Examination - September 19, 1919
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Enlistment and Examination - September 19, 1919
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Absalom Bear Transfer Slip - September 6, 1919
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Receipt of Award Slip - December 13, 1921
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K.P. Williams letter to the Zone Supply Officer - August 29, 1919
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Absalom Bear Transfer Slip - September 19, 1919
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K.E. Hintze letter to the Commanding Officer - September 5, 1919
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J.R. Barry letter to Absalom Bear - June 3, 1922
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Press Item - September 22, 1919
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Letter to the Commanding Officer, Marine Barracks - September 22, 1919
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Absalom Bear Location Card - February 8, 1924
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Assistant Secretary of the Navy letter to Absalom Bear - February 11, 1922
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John A. LeJeune Citation for Absalom Bear - December 31, 1918
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P.M. Bannon letter to the Navy Department - October 10, 1919
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Absalom Bear letter to the Bureau of Navigation - September 19, 1919
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Soldier Application Card - n.d.
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Soldier Application Card - n.d.
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Absalom Bear Transfer Card - March 31, 1918
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W.C. Braisted letter to the Bureau of Navigation - February 24, 1919
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Logan Feland Wrapper Endorsement - January 14, 1919
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Thomas Boggs Memorandum - July 29, 1917
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J.A. Ulio letter to Commanding General, 2nd Division - December 4, 1918
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Absalom Bear Service Record - July 3, 1917
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Absalom Bear Service Record - July 3, 1917
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Absalom Bear Service Record - July 3, 1917
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Absalom Bear Service Record - July 3, 1917
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Absalom Bear Service Record - July 3, 1917
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Absalom Bear Service Record - July 3, 1917
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Absalom Bear Service Record - July 3, 1917
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Absalom Bear Service Record - July 3, 1917
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Absalom Bear Service Record - July 3, 1917
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Absalom Bear Service Record - July 3, 1917
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Absalom Bear Service Record - July 3, 1917
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Absalom Bear Service Record - July 3, 1917
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Absalom Bear Service Record - July 3, 1917
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Absalom Bear Service Record - July 3, 1917
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Absalom Bear Service Record - July 3, 1917
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Absalom Bear Service Record - July 3, 1917
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Absalom Bear Transfer Slip - July 18, 1919
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A.T. Long letter to Absalom Bear - February 16, 1924
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K.E. Hintze letter to the Commanding Officer, Marine Barracks - October 7, 1919
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K.E. Hintze letter to the Commanding Officer, Marine Barracks - October 7, 1919
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Beneficiary Card - July 14, 1924
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Compensation Sheet - December 1, 1924
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Application for Adjusted Compensation for Service - September 19, 1924
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Application for Adjusted Compensation for Service - September 19, 1924
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Receipt - n.d.
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Jenkins telegram to the Bureau of Navigation - September 2, 1919
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Jenkins telegram to the Bureau of Navigation - September 2, 1919
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Enlistment Slip - July 3, 1917
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Absalom Bear Transfer Slip - April 17, 1917
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Absalom Bear Transfer Card - July 19, 1919
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Absalom Bear Transfer Slip - August 2, 1919
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Absalom Bear Change of Rating Slip - February 1, 1918
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Information Slip - n.d.
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K.E. Hintze letter to Commandant, Marine Barracks - October 4, 1919
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Honorable Discharge Certificate - September 19, 1919
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Bureau of Navigation letter to Commandant, Naval Training Station - January 28, 1918
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Shipping Ticket - September 4, 1919
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Shipment Form - July 3, 1917
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Shipment Form - July 3, 1917
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J.R. Barry letter to Absalom Bear - June 3, 1922
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Absalom Bear Transfer Slip - October 14, 1917
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Absalom Bear letter to the Navy Department - February 27, 1921
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| Title | Absalom Bear - Military Personnel File |
| Creator | Unknown |
| Source | Bear, Absalom; Correspondence, Award Certificates, Check Card, Equipment Record, Transfer Slip, Examinations, Telegrams, Press Items, Qualification Card, Memorandums, Service Record and Other Papers Relating to Service of Enlisted, 7/03/1917-2/16/1924; Na |
| Description | <p>Military record file for Absalom Bear containing Absalom's enlistment records, service history, certifications for awards, transfer documents, and correspondence. Bear enlisted in the United States Navy on July 3, 1917 and later served with the 5th Marine Regiment. Absalom Bear was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and French Fourragere for his heroic efforts in battle. He evacuated wounded men under heavy shell and machine gun fire and moved them to a safe place until they were able to be evacuated.</p> |
| Subject LCSH | World War; 1916-1924--Fourragere; Distinguished Service Cross; Navy; Hosptial Corps; World War--St. Etienne, France; Brest, France; Argonne Forest, France; World War, 1914-1918--Medals |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Contributing Institution | National Archives and Records Administration-National Personnel Records Center (St. Louis) |
| Rights | Documents in this file are in the public domain. |
| Language | English |