Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Leo Joseph Bailey Collection

Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1914-1918
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: Company M, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Division; Prisoner of War Escort Company 85, Army Service Corps
- Location of Service: Fort Slocum, New York; Syracuse, New York; France
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
Leo Joseph Bailey was wounded at Belleau Wood while diving for his dugout during an artillery attack, and would spend two months recuperating in various hospitals. Despite his injury, he later looked back fondly on this period. In his memoir, he recalled sleeping in a bed for the first time in nearly a year, and awaking to clean linens and a hearty breakfast as “the ideal life of a soldier’s dreams,” even if his days were punctuated by the daily dressing of wounds. 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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About this Item
Title
- Leo Joseph Bailey Collection
Names
- Daughters of the American Revolution
- Bailey, Leo Joseph
- Redmond, Margaret
State of Birth
- PA
Headings
- - Bailey, Leo Joseph
- - World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Status
- Veteran
Service History
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World War, 1914-1918
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: Company M, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Division; Prisoner of War Escort Company 85, Army Service Corps
- Location of Service: Fort Slocum, New York; Syracuse, New York; France
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Dates of Service: 1917-1919
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: Veteran
Materials
- Photograph: Digital print [4 items] -- Photograph (collected 1919 - 2010)
- Manuscript: Memoirs [2 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1922 - 2003)
- Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [2 items] -- Mixed (handwritten and typewritten documents) (collected 1919 - 1921)
- Photograph: Original photographic print [14 items] -- Photograph (collected 1917 - 1919)
- Manuscript: Correspondence [36 items] -- Mixed (handwritten and typewritten documents) (collected 1917 - 1968)
- Manuscript: Clippings [4 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1968 - 2008)
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Speech (collected 05/15/1987)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/76979
Cite as
- Leo Joseph Bailey Collection (AFC/2001/001/76979), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- image
- video