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Depew’s World War Sailor Heroic Journey Across Front Lines
Albert N. Depew enlists in the U S Navy serves four years and rises to chief petty officer. He then sails to France joins the Legion fights at Gallipoli and in No Man’s Land. After capture by a German raider he endures camps in Germany and Tours to freedom in Switzerland before returning to New York.
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Albert N. Depew
United States Navy
Dardanelles
Brest
New York
Murray
Zepps
Baron Munchausen
Yurning
Henry Ford
Cape Helles
Garley
Leutenants
Gallipoli
Straits
Gibraltar
Malta
England
Joe
Lizzie
Gallipolis
Togo
Beyery
Gaba Tepe
Majestic
Aearbey