Ex gunner recalls life in the U S Navy and clashes at sea
An American Navy veteran recounts early life at sea from Walston Pennsylvania to the whaler Therious, then on the Southern Down and U S S Des Moines, detailing bootleg rough turns with a marine, rapid rank rise to chief petty officer and gunner, and pride in U S gunnery superiority.
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Walston
U.S. Navy
E Cablu
Therius
Boston
Newfoundland
Liverpool
Hermanian
Europe
New York
United States
Heigt
Navy
Rome
U.S. S. Des Moines
P. O
War Witness from a Navy Vet to the French Front
A former chief petty officer recounts four years in the U S Navy and a plan to reenlist after the 1914 outbreak. He joins five companions to sail from Boston to St Nazaire aboard the Virginian, witnesses a German prisoner and a French camp, and reflects on family ties to Alsace and the evolving view of German atrocities. He notes his mother's peril at the border and his brother’s death, then contemplates joining the Foreign Legion despite his grandmother’s pleas.
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U. S. Navy
Navy
Belgium
Alsace
Clervieux
Algace
Nazaire
France
Fritz
Ike
Banover
Germany
St. Natalie
New York
U. S
807
Boston
Sam Murray
Ed Brown
Tin Miyne Mitchell
Murray
Brown
Pennsylvania
Flynn
Mitchell
Mureny
St. Nazaire
St Nazaire
Vienna
Pari
Brandenburg
Foreign Legion
Cassard
Enlisting for the Foreign Legion during World War I
A narrator recounts enlisting in the Foreign Legion at St Nazaire after traveling from home, facing passport doubt, passing an English exam, and receiving a gunner commission dated January 1 1816. He describes life aboard French ships, cultural differences, awards for marksmanship, and the impact of leaving family. He urges women to cheer their loved ones with a smile to help them endure war.
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Murray
Brown
Foreign Legion
Legion
Alsating
Forme
la Legion
Legion Quires
Map
Limeya
Legioonairea
Brest
John
States Counter
Fritz
Aunie
Hue
Ming
Spezia
Italy
Italan
Avidtore
On the Flandera front with the legion detachment
A narrator recounts fourteen days on leave then joining a legion detachment heading to the Flandera front. Travel from Brest via La Havre and St. Pol to Bergues, then to Dixmude by truck. They carry no rations but eat at railway stations while French girls serve meals at booths, a sight that inspires resolve to fight for them.
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Legion
Flandera
Brest
la Havre
St. Pol
Bergues
Berguey
Dixmude
Anita Sees Very Heavy Rainfall Reaches Town
Fragmentary OCR reports Anita being visited by very heavy rainfall on a June day. Details are unclear due to damaged text but indicate meteorological event affecting the area with possible local impact.
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Anita
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Foreign Legion OF France
Nedly and Britany Co
Sant' * de Geange
Ier
Kultur
Preison Camps
Navy Uremen
Ltt
Jetloy
Brig
Gunner Depéw
St. Naanire
Milan
Sud
America
Berlin
Don ‘Wag
Talafa
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