Up for bid on eBay is a wonderful handwritten diary of Corporal Richard W.P. Rose, a U.S. Marine who served during World War I.
The seller explains, "The archive goes from 1916 to 1918 when he was wounded in action and then died from his wounds later on. The first item is his personal diary from the year before the war up until he enlisted in the Marines and went and started off at Parris Island, South Carolina. He was a student at Columbia and then went to Detroit and worked in the car industry out there for several months. The second item is a 20 page letter from a young girl who was very important in his life, not sure if this was a girlfriend or sister, but it is quite long and detailed. It is written in response to hearing about his being wounded in action and all the excitement that it caused in their home town. Unfortunately it has written on the outside that Cpl Rose died in the hospital June 24, 1918, it was written by Capt James Tucker and is stamped Deceased and Verified."
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