ussrecruit
88 photos tagged ussrecruit, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.
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Recent uploads
The last upload was August 2024.
W.J. Reilly (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded August 2024
Perma_001084 Permann Collection Image from SDASM Archives uploaded November 2021
[Parade] (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded September 2016
French women on RECRUIT (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded September 2016
French women on RECRUIT (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded September 2016
French women on RECRUIT (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded September 2016
G. O'Hara (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded August 2016
G. O'Hara (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded August 2016
Lafayette Day (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded August 2016
Ensign H. Erlanger (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded July 2016
W.J. Reilly (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded July 2016
W.J. Reilly (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded July 2016
W.J. Reilly (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded July 2016
W.J. Reilly (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded July 2016
W.J. Reilly (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded July 2016
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W.J. Reilly (LOC)
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B-59 said:
See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/28245549231/
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Mr.TinMD said:
USS Recruit in Union Square, NYC?
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Seuss. said:
Building on the right with the "Guardian Life" sign is now the W Hotel-Union Square
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Vidiot said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattice_mast
Ensign H. Erlanger (LOC)
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Art Siegel said:
Probably recruiter "Ensign Harry Erlanger, 790 Riverside Drive, New York NY" aboard the recruiting vessel USS Recruit in Union Square in 1918. "USS Recruit, also known as the Landship Recruit, was a wooden mockup of a dreadnought battleship constructed by the United States Navy in Manhattan in New York City, as a recruiting tool and training ship during the First World War." books.google.com/books?id=VNFGAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA2-PA59&am... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Recruit_(1917)
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Art Siegel said:
Erlanger was court-martialed for bribery and acquited in 1919. books.google.com/books?id=zTNHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA24&dq...
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Art Siegel said:
Erlanger was court-martialed for bribery and acquited in 1919. However, his commission was revoked in October, 1919 as a result of the charges. query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F05E2DE1138EE... books.google.com/books?id=zTNHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA24&dq...