Depew in War Service from Navy to Gallipoli Front
Albert N. Depew, a chief petty officer and gunner, enlists in the navy, later joins the Foreign Legion, serves at Flanders and Gallipoli, earns the Croix de Guerre, endures POW camps aboard the Moewe and Yarrowdale, and returns to New York aboard the Georgia.
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U.S. Navy
Foreign Legion of France
Cassard
Albert N. Depew
United States Navy
Dardanelles
New York
Georgia
Yarrowdale
Moewe
Depew
Germany
Gallipoli Front Diary of an Anzac Soldier
In the Gallipoli campaign narrative, a soldier recalls marching under artillery fire, Turkish prisoners in a barn, and brutal trench assaults. He describes Anzac and British troops, the Anzac tactics at Suvla Bay, the zeroth attack timing, and the harrowing moments rescuing wounded comrades while enduring thirst, shelling, and stoic front-line camaraderie.
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Suvla Bay
Gaba Tepe
Dardanelles
Sedd-el-Bahr
Murray
Igy
Zero
Hue
Gallipoli
Drea
Phillippe Pierre
Phillippe Vlerre
Galbey
Chapter XIII Battle Prep With Wire Cutters and Bayonets
A wartime scene describes a night before an anticipated attack. The order requires wire cutters ready and bayonets used only for the initial assault, as the unit prepares to strike. The excerpt centers on Limeya Anzacs and Pollus with officers directing tactical steps.
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Limeya
Anzacs
Pollus
Croix de Guerre Chapter in Extreme Fire at Sedd el Bahr
The chapter describes three weeks on the shore under heavy bombardment at Sedd el Bahr. The narrator recalls constant shelling, deafening noise, thirst and fatigue, with a company section trapped in a shell hole near the communication trench awaiting shells. The text ends as the author notes continuation next week.
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Phillippe Pierre
Garley
Garby
Gaba Tepe
Sedd-el-Bahr
Veveral
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Gunner Depew
By Albert NR. Depew
Pyright
Roilly and Britton Co
George Kiatthew Adams
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France
Foreign Legion
Depew Ia
Legion
Flanders
No Man's and
Dixmude
No Man's Land
Georgie
Swinemunde
Neustrelitz
Dulmen
Westphalia
Tore
Mr. Gerard
Depuw
Strandenburg
Hell Hole
Gerard
United States
Bienes Alture
Retee Tle
Rorschach
Switzerland
Univ
America
Spellbound
Fies Sollee
V” Beach
Constantinople
Fritz
Red Cross
Brown
Bordeaux
Old
Missouri
Royal Naval Division
X” Beach
Limeys
Limey
Phillippe
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