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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1919
Page
3
Lt. Pat O'Brien recounts his escape from German lines after being shot down with the Royal Flying Corps. He describes capture, arduous escape across Belgium Luxembourg and Holland, his journey aided by locals, a presentation to King George V, and his return to Momence Illinois after a remarkable war odyssey.
In a wartime memoir passage, Lieutenant Louis Grand recalls a festive sea voyage banquets in London after release, a telegram declaring his safe return, and his decision to leave London for home due to overindulgent meals. He meets Lieutenant Lascel les aboard the crossing, who initially mistakes him for Pat O'Brien.
Italian troops totaled about 5.5 million with nearly 1.5 million casualties and 50 000 deaths in combat. Italy built vast industries and roads and carried aid to the Balkans and France while taking roughly a million Austrian prisoners. The nation endured severe economic strain as it supplied war, sustaining heavy military losses yet aiding Allied victory across multiple theaters.
Italy faced a severe wartime burden as emigration reduced male numbers from 30 million to 17 million, leaving few adults to support 820 children per town. Despite labor shortages and limited colonial aid, Italy mobilized, sent workers to France, and financed war through large loans, with total state expenditures from 1914 to 1917 around 8.8 billion and a major loan in October 1917 raising about 1.5 billion.
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