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Preferred Citation:

Mary Roche and George B. Roche Postcard, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

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Accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in December 2012.

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Scope and Contents

Postcard, 1918, written by both Mary Roche and George B. Roche. Mary Roche originally sent the postcard to George, a solider in France during World War I, on May 24 1918. The postcard includes a poem entitled "To My Lad in Khaki." On 4 July 1918, George Roche wrote a note to Mary on the same postcard and sent it back to her.

Related Material

Armed Conflicts & the Military in the Special Collections Research Center

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Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Postcards
• World War, 1914-1918
• World War, 1914-1918--France