Depew Navy career and perilous WWI odyssey from France to New York
Synopsis traces Albert N. Depew from enlisting in the U S Navy and becoming chief petty officer to serving in World War I. He joins the Foreign Legion, serves on the Cassard, fights in Gallipoli and on the Western Front, earns the Croix de Guerre, endures POW confinement aboard the Moewe and Yarrowdale, and is released in Switzerland before returning to New York.
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Foreign Legion of France
Albert N. Depew
United States Navy
Dardanelles
Brest
New York
Georgic
Interviewee recalls Ambassador Gerard aid among German camps
A prisoner recounts how Ambassador Gerard intervened to allow an interview, lifting spirits in German camps. He recalls the ambassador’s strong support for all prisoners and how news of his visit energized inmates before later suffering bayonet wounds during a march from Dulmen to Brandenburg.
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Dulmen
Depew
Germany
Mr.Gerard
Kaput
U.S. A
Brandenburg
Havel
Osnabruck
Kate
Slim
Hell Hole of Germany becomes camp tale and escape misadventures
A memoir excerpt details brutal camp conditions at Brandenburg including filth, forced inoculations, and barbed wire. The narrator befriends a sentry, helps in barracks, and recounts thefts of food, clashes with guards, and the escape of two comrades during roll call.
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Brandenburg
Hell Hole
Germany
Liverpool
Despair and Freedom on the Hospital Front
The narrator recalls harsh conditions at the hospital and failing morale at the old barracks. Few soldiers are sound, most have given up hope of survival, and even the display of courage hides neglect. Two Englishmen go mad and fight, a clash that lasts until others can separate them.
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Maine
Kate
Slim
Germany
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Nike
Nekinig
B. Wilen
Menor
Cambrian Range
Vineig
Thad
Fontaine
H. M
Hans
War era wheat trade shows record shipping to Allies
The article notes American wheat exports to Europe during wartime, detailing July to October shipments totaling 65,060,805 bushels and projecting over 237,500,000 bushels for the fiscal year if trends hold. It highlights shortages, consumption measures, and pledged aid to Allied bread rations amid a hard year and policy shifts.
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Transport Service
Harope
Rhondda
America
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Food Administration Cites Democracy’s Role in War Time
The Food Administration asserts democracy rests on individual initiative and self sacrifice in emergency. It states discipline can replace the old order and claims solving food problems benefits Americans and the Allies, proving faith in national character and defense without Prussianizing.
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God Administration
Food
Wheat Bonanza Sends 141 Million Bushels Abroad
An extraordinary export feat ships 141 million bushels of wheat to Europe, a peak achievement of the American food army during the war year.
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Europe
Greatest Opportunity for Women in Nation's War Effort
Fragmentary postal era prose extols women’s role in wartime service and peacetime virtues, praising the extraordinary chance for women to contribute to the war and humanity through simple, steadfast labor and moral resolve.
First Call to Food Army Speech Quoted in Hoover Note
Fragmentary historical note cites Herbert Hoover's August 10 1917 remark urging cooperation and sacrifice in populist wartime food drive. Text appears as garbled OCR with references to America flag and hidden surrender compulsion.
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America
Herbert Hoover
Fragments Reflect On Democracy And Voluntary Food Centre
A fragmented OCR snippet hints at themes of democracy and voluntary food centres. It references dating adventure and an established year, suggesting a historical note on civic aid and participation.
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