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1915

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David Pirmann said:
Pier A headhouse on River Street, Hoboken NJ - compare this LOC HABS/HAER photo of it in its final days www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/item/nj1014.photos.112...
Art Siegel said:
Probably this occasion on November 13, 1919: "NATION HONORS MEN KILLED IN RUSSIA; Funeral Services Held in Hoboken for 103 Soldiers Slain Fighting Bolsheviki. WADSWORTH PRAISES DEAD Coffins Draped In American Flag and Covered by Wreaths of Flowers." query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F05E3DB1F3BEE... The article describes the bodies being brought from Archangelsk, Russia aboard the army transport Lake Daraga to Pier 4 in Hoboken, NJ, a funeral ceremony on the pier, then a procession to a mortuary where the bodies could be claimed by families.
Art Siegel said:
See also chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1919-11-13/ed-... The New York evening world account., with photos. The article identifies the five men standing under the gate in this photo, military chaplains, by name.
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