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Department de Ville de Paris (France) (search for this): chapter 18
to have a rest. On the 4th of July we had a Regimental Field Day at Meaux. We didn't get any dinner until about 4.00 P. M. The next day we received orders to roll our packs and be ready to leave immediately. The Germans were marching on to Paris, coming through Meaux. We were piled into trucks and rushed up towards Vaux where the oncoming Germans were marching triumphantly toward Paris over the Paris Metz road. There was another division ahead of us, and on July 1st and 2d the Second AParis over the Paris Metz road. There was another division ahead of us, and on July 1st and 2d the Second American Division, with the 5th and 6th Marines and the 9th and 23d Infantry, had stopped the Germans and had made history in Belleau woods and the Bouresches and at Vaux. One impression I would like to correct, the 9th and 23d Infantry did just as much as the Marines in stopping the Germans at Belleau and Vaux, but from reports one would think the Second Division was composed solely of Marines. On the 8th and 9th of July we relieved a company of the 23d Infantry. They were telling us to ke
France (France) (search for this): chapter 18
ench camp about a mile from the city. Along the streets the people very generously showered us with apples, grapes, oranges, peaches and all kinds of fruits and good things. From St. Nazaire we entrained and our destination was Neuf Chateau, a small town nestling in the foothills of the Vosges mountains. But not our luck to be quartered in the city; we had to hike five kilometers, with our new packs on our backs, out to a very small village having one street, a condition famous in rural France. This village was called Villars; here we spent about four months in training. Villars was a beautiful place surrounded by sharply rising hills, which at some places were almost mountains. We had our quarters in an old plaster-made grain-mill, and there two hundred and fifty men lived for four months. It was a long, narrow building about two hundred feet long and fifty feet wide. There were two floors, one hundred and twenty-five men on each floor. A small stream flowed through the vi
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 18
With company E, 101st Infantry, in the world war. Read before Medford Historical Society May 17, 1926, by William F. Shine. E Company of the old Fifth Regiment Infantry, Lawrence Light Guard, of Medford, Mass., was called out shortly after war was declared by the United States, on April 6, 1917, against Germany—this war caused by that most inhuman act on the high seas, the sinking of the Lusitania by a German submarine. The company was quartered in pyramidal tents on the armory grounds. One company street of about sixteen tents, each tent housing a squad of men, eight in number. My tent was headed by Corporal Frank Hurley, and later by Corporal William Harris, who, sad to relate, was blown to pieces by a large shell which exploded just as Corporal Harris and several other members of the company reached a shell hole. Captain Magee commanded the company. He was one of the finest, most considerate men I have ever served under. He was loved by every man in the company and
Meaux (France) (search for this): chapter 18
or a rest. We rode on flat cars back as far as the city of Toul and then hiked seven days, about eighteen kilometers a day. On the second of July we arrived at Meaux and went to a small town nearby where we were going to have a rest. On the 4th of July we had a Regimental Field Day at Meaux. We didn't get any dinner until aboMeaux. We didn't get any dinner until about 4.00 P. M. The next day we received orders to roll our packs and be ready to leave immediately. The Germans were marching on to Paris, coming through Meaux. We were piled into trucks and rushed up towards Vaux where the oncoming Germans were marching triumphantly toward Paris over the Paris Metz road. There was another divMeaux. We were piled into trucks and rushed up towards Vaux where the oncoming Germans were marching triumphantly toward Paris over the Paris Metz road. There was another division ahead of us, and on July 1st and 2d the Second American Division, with the 5th and 6th Marines and the 9th and 23d Infantry, had stopped the Germans and had made history in Belleau woods and the Bouresches and at Vaux. One impression I would like to correct, the 9th and 23d Infantry did just as much as the Marines in stoppin
Brest (France) (search for this): chapter 18
he boys were killed here at Verdun. Irving Woodside was killed in Death valley. Abe Grant, Thomas Brogan and Ralph Schofield were killed here also. Lieutenant Sullivan was killed standing alongside of me, talking to me. What wonderful news! The Armistice was signed. We were on a hill overlooking Death valley and we nearly went wild with joy. A ten-day hike started from Verdun with fourteen men left in Company E. Many had been wounded and some killed. Some few had gone on furlough as soon as the Armistice was signed. We sailed from Brest, March 28, 1919, and arrived at Boston on April 6, 1919, and, believe me, it was good to see home once again after eighteen months in foreign lands fighting one of the fiercest, bloodiest wars the world has ever seen. We were discharged on April 28, 1919, and immediately came home, civilians once again, but patriots for all time, inspired by our service, under the starry banner of the Red, White and Blue, for the freedom of the world.
Hoboken (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
t. The flash of lightning killed two or three men. When we became known as Company E, 101st Infantry, we were moved to Camp Maguiness, Framingham. On September 6, 1917, we broke Camp Maguiness and left for parts unknown. Packed in day coaches with our roll packs, we slept sitting down in our seats with our feet stretched out over the fellow opposite us. At daybreak, September 7, we took a river boat down the East river, past the famous Sing Sing prison at Ossining and down to Hoboken, N. J. As we left the river boat Bear Mountain, we marched down the pier. On our way we passed a giant steamship, which we later learned was the Vaterland, afterwards known as the Leviathan. Its sides loomed up like the sides of the Custom house when standing at its base. We were marched past this palatial boat and put on board one of the United Fruit steamers named the Pastores. After fourteen days on the sub-infested seas and getting quite seasick, we landed at St. Nazaire, France, Septe
Ossining (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
erfect cross on his wrist. The flash of lightning killed two or three men. When we became known as Company E, 101st Infantry, we were moved to Camp Maguiness, Framingham. On September 6, 1917, we broke Camp Maguiness and left for parts unknown. Packed in day coaches with our roll packs, we slept sitting down in our seats with our feet stretched out over the fellow opposite us. At daybreak, September 7, we took a river boat down the East river, past the famous Sing Sing prison at Ossining and down to Hoboken, N. J. As we left the river boat Bear Mountain, we marched down the pier. On our way we passed a giant steamship, which we later learned was the Vaterland, afterwards known as the Leviathan. Its sides loomed up like the sides of the Custom house when standing at its base. We were marched past this palatial boat and put on board one of the United Fruit steamers named the Pastores. After fourteen days on the sub-infested seas and getting quite seasick, we landed at St
Verdun (France) (search for this): chapter 18
all by ourselves. We captured about thirty prisoners and sent them back under guard. We stayed on the St. Mihiel sector for a week or two and then went over to Verdun, where we went over the top twice before the Armistice was signed. Quite a number of the boys were killed here at Verdun. Irving Woodside was killed in Death vVerdun. Irving Woodside was killed in Death valley. Abe Grant, Thomas Brogan and Ralph Schofield were killed here also. Lieutenant Sullivan was killed standing alongside of me, talking to me. What wonderful news! The Armistice was signed. We were on a hill overlooking Death valley and we nearly went wild with joy. A ten-day hike started from Verdun with fourteen meVerdun with fourteen men left in Company E. Many had been wounded and some killed. Some few had gone on furlough as soon as the Armistice was signed. We sailed from Brest, March 28, 1919, and arrived at Boston on April 6, 1919, and, believe me, it was good to see home once again after eighteen months in foreign lands fighting one of the fiercest, b
Toul (France) (search for this): chapter 18
woods about twenty kilometers away. Orders came in suddenly to roll our packs as soon as possible and leave on a forced march for an attack at Seicheprey. That was some hike! We had only two stops in the twenty kilometers, and we made the hike in record time. We did a trick in the lines at Shrapnel valley and another in Flirey in front of Mandres. On June 26, 1918, we were relieved by the Eighty-third Division and sent back for a rest. We rode on flat cars back as far as the city of Toul and then hiked seven days, about eighteen kilometers a day. On the second of July we arrived at Meaux and went to a small town nearby where we were going to have a rest. On the 4th of July we had a Regimental Field Day at Meaux. We didn't get any dinner until about 4.00 P. M. The next day we received orders to roll our packs and be ready to leave immediately. The Germans were marching on to Paris, coming through Meaux. We were piled into trucks and rushed up towards Vaux where the o
Vosges (France) (search for this): chapter 18
the streets the people very generously showered us with apples, grapes, oranges, peaches and all kinds of fruits and good things. From St. Nazaire we entrained and our destination was Neuf Chateau, a small town nestling in the foothills of the Vosges mountains. But not our luck to be quartered in the city; we had to hike five kilometers, with our new packs on our backs, out to a very small village having one street, a condition famous in rural France. This village was called Villars; here wed for four months. It was a long, narrow building about two hundred feet long and fifty feet wide. There were two floors, one hundred and twenty-five men on each floor. A small stream flowed through the village on its winding way down from the Vosges. In this stream we made our toilet morning, noon and night. Sometimes we took a bath in this stream. Of course taking a bath in a stream of icy water in November or December has its drawbacks. Therefore only a small number bathed in the strea
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