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Jensen Brothers

The letters below were written by Andrew and Halvor Jensen to their sisters Kriste and Martha (letter of June 23, 1919) and their parents. Andrew Jensen was born April 21, 1887, one of five children born to Halvard and Jacobina Jensen, of Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. The family emigrated from Norway to North Dakota where Halvor was born May 21, 1891 in the town of Milnor. In total, Halvard and Jacobina had 14 children.…

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Alfred Otto Veigel

Alfred Otto Veigel was born January 5, 1900 in Belleville Illinois, the child of German immigrants. At the time of his enlistment he resided in Belleville and was employed at the American Battery and Carbon Works. Together with his friend Raymond Yaekel, he enlisted in the army on May 4, 1918. He from New York to Europe on July 14th where he served in the 62nd Engineers on a medical detachment, and in the 86th…

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