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Over There in the "Damned Old Band": The WWI Experience of Oscar Noble

Article describes the life and military career of Oscar Noble, who was part of the military band in his unit during World War I. Brad Agnew relates the experiences of the veteran through excerpts of the man's diary and letters home to his wife, Bertha.

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Source context

Downloaded visible Gateway metadata export for this military-band research row. Source: Chronicles of Oklahoma, 65(1), Oklahoma Historical Society, 1987, pp. 16-41 Collection code: CRNOK. Institution code: OKHS. Place/context: United States - Oklahoma Creation data: 1987-21 Creator: Agnew, Brad Physical description: 26 p. : ill. Provided by: Oklahoma Historical Society or visible Gateway partner; see item page. Identifier: 1987-v65-n01_a02 Subjects: Oklahoma -- History; United States. Army. Infantry -- History; soldiers; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918; Noble, Oscar; veterans; personal narratives; diaries; correspondence; Periodicals; histories. Search window: exact military-band-plus-Oklahoma advanced search.

Oklahoma connection

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People, groups, or instruments recorded

military band / band and instrumental music context

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  1. gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2031550/