Mercy brings 400 wounded soldiers home from France
New York December 12 reports 400 disabled soldiers and marines arrived aboard the hospital ship Mercy from France. Among them are Boston and New England veterans including Lieutenant Kenneth Parsons and Corporal James Gallivan. Several officers and men are cited with injuries from Verdun, Belleau Wood, and Chateau Thierry. The ship carries the wounded and officers praise Boston’s scrappers while awaiting reunion with families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
France
United States
Mercy
Marlboro Street
Harvard
Leutenant
Sth
Champagne
Parsons
Camp Upton
Edward TH. Ford
Manchester
N. H
5Th Mariners
Belleau Wood
James J Gallivan
Dunham Park
South Boston
Gallivan
17Th Company
5Th Marines
Verdun
John A. Hughes
Marines
Hughes
Charlestown Navy Yard
Vera Cruz
Argonne
Oxford
9Th Infantry
Chateau Thierry
Kay
Maine
Richard Delory
E Battery
Seventh Field Artillery
Troy
McVay
Warships as Transports Bring Home U S Troops from France
The Navy plans to refit 14 battleships and 10 armored cruisers as troopships and deploy 44 transports to move the American Expeditionary Forces home from France. Crusiers and warships will carry thousands of soldiers and most ships will carry large sick bays to evacuate wounded and ill. North Carolina heads to Brest with 100 officers and 1600 men for demobilization. Standee bunks are being erected aboard ships set to sail soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Navy Department
France
Cruiser and Transport Service
Navy
Army Transport Department
North Carolina
Brest
Four Army Transports Sail From France With 9000 Men
War Department announced four Army transports carrying about 9000 troops from France. Ships H. R. Mallory Rappahannock Leviathan and Celtic departed with various units including hospital patients casu al and anti aircraft detachments. Rappahannock sailed December 6 others in early December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
France
War Department
H. R. Mallory
Leviathan
Celtic
Rappahanock
814Th
Mallory
Ord
Military units and detachments listed in wartime report
A roster lists units including detachment headquarters company and band, supply company and Batteries A and B of the 145th Field Artillery, 65th Field Artillery brigade headquarters and 921 sick and wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carleton Charron
Lakeview
Maass
Chateau Thierry
12Th Field Artillery
James J. Donnelly
Pawtucket
A. R. Madison
Phoenix
Nance
145T Field Artil
Leryegiment
65Th Field Artillery
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Post
Kenneth Parsons
Col. Logan
John A. Hurley
Washington, D. C
101St Infantry
Young Hurley
Walter C. Mahan
Colonel Logan
Hurley
1011St
Logan
John J. Shields
Charlestown
1011St Infantry
Old Ninth
Joseph Barnkes
Worcester
108D
Alfred Boettner
Lowell Street
Peabody
The
Lawrence
Sebastian Zappla
23D Infantry
Red Cross
Delory
Ernest Wood
South Barre
Mass
328Th Infantry
A. A. Connor
Suncook
N. i
209Th Infantry
Timothy Casey
Willimantic
James N. Cohen
Howard Street
Lowell
76Th Division
Camp Devens
L. 1284
Frank E. Ehrhardt
Harold Mellin
Newburg Street
Roslindale
78Th Regiment of Marines
N. Sailinger’s Guarantees
Minitary
Waltham, Elgin
Howard
Hamilton
Illinois
Hamilton, Waltham, Howard, Elgin
Waltham Or Elgin
Jewel Hamilton
Sallinge
Ss — i. Rest
Washington Street
Providence
Westminster St
Springfield
Main St
Theroz
XK Ray of Theroz
Basic Products Corporation
N. Y
Little Folks
Winter Street
Silk Courtesy
Nickerson
Madras
Ickerso the
Haberdasher
Uptown
Boylston St
Washington St
Little Folks’ Store
Coats
Dorothy Dodd
Temple Place
Serge
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