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Average weight, by States, at mobilization,1917-1918, and demobilization,1919
Average weight, by States, at mobilization,1917-1918, and demobilization,1919
Contributor(s):
United States. Army. Medical Department Love, Albert G. (Albert Gallatin), 1877-1964 Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944
This table showed the variation in the average soldier's weight between entering military service and discharge, according to state of origin. Page 122 of The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War. Vol. 15 (Statistics), part 1 (Army Anthropology). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1921-1929.
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