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Railway Artillery Unit Heads to Devens for Firing Practice
Boston July 16 two battalions of the 424 Railway Artillery Regiment, largely New England men, will arrive at Devens around August 1 for two weeks of firing practice. The unit, armed with eight inch guns on railway trucks, ranges up to 12 miles. They served in France including the Argonne and St Mihiel and were decorated with the Croix de Guerre. The regiment is part of the 30th Railway Artillery Brigade and carries the oozie finch insignia.
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Boston
Mass
New England
Devens
Walter J . Banders
Sanders
Maine
Leutenant
424 Railway Artillery
France
Argonne
St. Mihiel
30Th Railway Artillery Brigade
Steinbloch