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The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
https://www.theworldwar.org/learn/about-wwi/june-28-1914#:~:text=At%20around%2011%20a.m.%20today,named%20Gavrilo%20Princip%2C%20was%20apprehended. -
Germans began a naval blockade of Great Britain on February 18th, 1915
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August 1st, 1916 Leo Joseph Bailey spent the whole day working, and he had to unload lumber all day long
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This battle ended with 550,000 French and 450,000 German casualties
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Leo Joseph Bailey spent a week moving his camp to a new camping area where they had to cut the grass and dig ditches. They started on July 25th, 1917 and got settled into their new camp area on August 1st, 1917.
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On October 1st, Leo Joseph Bailey received a piece of mail and found out about the death of little John Jr.
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"My twenty-third birthday occurs next week. Despite your two additional years, you may yet outlive me." (Letter to sister, 11/22/1917)
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After several months, he was classified as fit for light duty behind the lines and transferred to Prisoner of War Escort Company 85.
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