Box 1

Letters sent to his mother, father and sister, 1905–1919, during active duty as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy, 1905–1908, and with the U.S. Army in France and Germany during WWI, 1917–1919. Letters describe a train trip across country to Bremerton, WA where he was on USS Ranger which went to the Philippines, then in USS Elcano and USS Galveston in China and Japan; WWI letters describe his work with the Sanitary Corps in hospital units, his wounds and recovery; Photographs of the Philippines, China, Japan, Vladivostok, Russia, Hawaii, and Guam, Copy of photo of Lt. Leith, ca. 1917

Letters sent to his mother, father and sister, 1905–1919, during active duty as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy, 1905–1908, and with the U.S. Army in France and Germany during WWI, 1917–1919. Letters describe a train trip across country to Bremerton, WA where he was on USS Ranger which went to the Philippines, then in USS Elcano and USS Galveston in China and Japan; WWI letters describe his work with the Sanitary Corps in hospital units, his wounds and recovery; Photographs of the Philippines, China, Japan, Vladivostok, Russia, Hawaii, and Guam, Copy of photo of Lt. Leith, ca. 1917

Letters sent to his mother, father and sister, 1905–1919, during active duty as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy, 1905–1908, and with the U.S. Army in France and Germany during WWI, 1917–1919. Letters describe a train trip across country to Bremerton, WA where he was on USS Ranger which went to the Philippines, then in USS Elcano and USS Galveston in China and Japan; WWI letters describe his work with the Sanitary Corps in hospital units, his wounds and recovery; Photographs of the Philippines, China, Japan, Vladivostok, Russia, Hawaii, and Guam, Copy of photo of Lt. Leith, ca. 1917

Letters sent to his mother, father and sister, 1905–1919, during active duty as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy, 1905–1908, and with the U.S. Army in France and Germany during WWI, 1917–1919. Letters describe a train trip across country to Bremerton, WA where he was on USS Ranger which went to the Philippines, then in USS Elcano and USS Galveston in China and Japan; WWI letters describe his work with the Sanitary Corps in hospital units, his wounds and recovery; Photographs of the Philippines, China, Japan, Vladivostok, Russia, Hawaii, and Guam, Copy of photo of Lt. Leith, ca. 1917

Letters sent to his mother, father and sister, 1905–1919, during active duty as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy, 1905–1908, and with the U.S. Army in France and Germany during WWI, 1917–1919. Letters describe a train trip across country to Bremerton, WA where he was on USS Ranger which went to the Philippines, then in USS Elcano and USS Galveston in China and Japan; WWI letters describe his work with the Sanitary Corps in hospital units, his wounds and recovery; Photographs of the Philippines, China, Japan, Vladivostok, Russia, Hawaii, and Guam, Copy of photo of Lt. Leith, ca. 1917

Letters sent to his mother, father and sister, 1905–1919, during active duty as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy, 1905–1908, and with the U.S. Army in France and Germany during WWI, 1917–1919. Letters describe a train trip across country to Bremerton, WA where he was on USS Ranger which went to the Philippines, then in USS Elcano and USS Galveston in China and Japan; WWI letters describe his work with the Sanitary Corps in hospital units, his wounds and recovery; Photographs of the Philippines, China, Japan, Vladivostok, Russia, Hawaii, and Guam, Copy of photo of Lt. Leith, ca. 1917