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Albert Beveridge: Why this avoidable sickness, this needless suffering, this frightful waste?

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Why this avoidable sickness, this needless suffering, this frightful waste?
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Albert Beveridge
Republican · Indiana

Editor's note · Context

Beveridge expresses frustration over the avoidable suffering and waste experienced by soldiers during the war.

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