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Letters Home During World War I

Clip: Season 4 Episode 6 | 3m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

Letters from a soldier to his sweetheart back home reveal much about life at Camp Sherman.

Hundreds of men from Central Ohio's Jewish community became doughboys. Letters from one soldier to his sweetheart back home reveal much about life at Camp Sherman, a World War I training camp in Chillicothe. Photos: Courtesy of Columbus Jewish Historical Society

11/09/2017

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Clip: S4 Ep6 | 5m 13s | Jeff Darbee visits the Defense Supply Center Columbus to learn about local WWI industries. (5m 13s)

Columbus and World War I Preview

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From the Vault: World War I Posters

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This History of Camp Sherman in Chillicothe

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Clip: S4 Ep6 | 7m 16s | Learn about life at Camp Sherman, the large World War I training camp in Chillicothe. (7m 16s)

Web Exclusive: World War I Woodrow Wilson Living Photograph

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Clip: S4 Ep6 | 1m 56s | Go behind the scenes of the 1918 creation of a Woodrow Wilson living photograph. (1m 56s)

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