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Month: September 2018

A Badge of Honor

September 29, 2018May 2, 2019 / jpwest13 / Leave a comment

"Have seen dead + wounded until we don’t mind the awful sights any more.” Continue reading...

The Third Day

September 28, 2018May 2, 2019 / jpwest13 / Leave a comment

"We have suffered heavy losses in killed and wounded. Men are now at dressing stations that were wounded yesterday. Numbers of men who are wounded have had no attention and are still lying on the ground where they fell." Continue reading...

Days Two and Three

September 28, 2018May 2, 2019 / jpwest13 / Leave a comment

"Carried casualties all day under artillery fire. " Continue reading...

Vauquois Hill

September 26, 2018May 2, 2019 / jpwest13 / Leave a comment

"The big battle is on. Perhaps it will be the biggest of the war!” Continue reading...

Aubréville

September 25, 2018May 2, 2019 / jpwest13 / Leave a comment

“Had two men wounded. I + Cooper took them back to wait for the ambulance." Continue reading...

Litter Bearer

September 25, 2018May 2, 2019 / jpwest13 / Leave a comment

"Sgt. Harper made me a litter bearer.” Continue reading...

Last Day at Camp Marquette

September 24, 2018May 2, 2019 / jpwest13 / Leave a comment

"The men realized that at last they were to meet the acid test. Everywhere men could be seen reading over old letters from their sweethearts, mothers and wives. They wrote letters home, many being left in the Regimental Post office to be mailed only in case they did not return." Continue reading...

Leadership

September 23, 2018May 2, 2019 / jpwest13 / Leave a comment

Less than a week before joining more than a million soldiers in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the 70th Infantry Brigade and its regiments changed out several of its key leadership positions. Continue reading...

Logistics

September 22, 2018May 2, 2019 / jpwest13 / Leave a comment

"Because of the overcrowded condition the transports did not reach us until the 22nd and 23rd. Rations were short. The men were tired, cold, wet, hungry and rations were very short. " Continue reading...

Camp Marquette

September 21, 2018May 2, 2019 / jpwest13 / Leave a comment

"During the night, September 21st, the entire brigade marched northward, directly into the Argonne Forest, keeping carefully hidden from observation." Continue reading...

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