Brooks, Franklin V.

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Brooks, Franklin V.
8th California Infantry USV. Historian, Army and Navy Club of PGD in Manila, November 1899. "Resigned his commission as first lieutenant, when he learned his regiment would not be likely to get to the Philippines. He came to Manila, and is now editor and publisher of "The American" [a daily in Manila]." [PGD magazine 1899 p. 29] Served with Army in Philippine Insurrection, Chinese Boxer Rebellion, and WWI.
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