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Legionar ies Vow Vengeance in Warfront Tale
Albert N. Depew recalls his Navy service rising to chief petty officer first class gunner and joining the Foreign Legion in France. He describes hiding guns with Belgian civilians, the deadly trench fighting at Dixmude, and the 75mm and 14 inch guns, air observers, line advances, and a chaplain’s aid as casualties mount.
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U.75. Navy
Foreign Legion of France
Cassard
George Matthew Adama
Albert N. Depew
United States Navy
Navy
France
Foreign Legion
Flanders Front
Dixmude
Yellowstone
Warther