debarkation

2 photos tagged debarkation, from 1 member of Flickr Commons.

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1910

1915

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Art Siegel said:
from the Catalogue of photographs and stereopticon slides , March 1 to June 1, 1918 By: United States. Committee on Public Information. Division of pictures. Published: (1918) "4098. THEIR FIRST MARCH ON FRENCH SOIL. Upon leaving their ships the boys of the American expeditionary forces march through the streets of the town to lose their sea legs." babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112069275524;view=1...
Art Siegel said:
From "Catalogue of official A.E.F. photographs", Published 1919 "4098. A.E.F., France. Debarkation of Rainbow Division, St. Nazaire. Col. William Kelly, Lieut. Col. Harold Hetrick, Chaplain Bell, Captian Elihu C. Church, regimental adjutant. One Hundred and Seventeenth Engineers, November 3, 1917." archive.org/stream/cu31924027944598#page/n153/mode/2up
Art Siegel said:
"Ultimately the 42nd, or as it was nicknamed, the Rainbow Division, comprised soldiers from twenty-six states and the District of Columbia." digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=10... see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd_Infantry_Division_(United_States)
Arden said:
Art Siegel: Thanks for the two captions. Interesting how the A.E.F. catalog offers much more information. We will add more details when we update.

Wystan said:
Fort Crockett, Galveston, was garrisoned in 1911 with Coast Artillery troops. Quarters quickly arranged for 4,000 artillerymen -- NYT, March 8, 1911: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A07EFDC1438E033A...