[WORLD WAR I]. A group of 3 items identified to African American Corporal Sherman Terry, incl. correspondence and real photo postcard.

Autograph letter signed by Terry to his mother and father in Cleveland, Ohio. Camp Sherman, Ohio. Undated [ca 14 November 1917]. 3pp, approx. 5 x 6 1/2 in. (toning, creasing). Accompanied by original mailing envelope with cancellation dated 14 November 1917. Terry writes his parents regarding his circumstances at Camp Sherman, stating in part: "Lots of white men have left the camp for Little rock Arcansas this week there is now colored doctors here and Lots more colored men. Our company has got a football team and they have got me in it...."

[With:] Incomplete letter (missing page, losses especially at top edge line) from Terry to unidentified recipient, also written from Camp Sherman. -- Real photo postcard showing two unidentified African American soldiers posed before a draped American flag and a sign "We Do We Go from here?" (soil, creasing, discoloration).

Sherman "Ernest" Terry, Sr. (1896-1967) enlisted on 27 October 1917 and served until his honorable discharge on 18 March 1919. He was initially part of the 8th Colored Detachment, 158th Depot Brigade, 83rd Division, then served with Co. C, 365th Infantry Division attaining the rank of sergeant. The 365th participated in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, a major Allied offensive and one of the deadliest campaigns in US Army history.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.