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Tragic Tommys Trumpeter Tale of a Homing Yank
A long illustrated piece recounts Tommy Atkins a Cockney trumpet major who joins the U S Army in Cuba during the Spanish American War. He endures frontline peril loses his lips to a shell but saves the day prompting a captain to urge him back to service with the mud pluggers. He stays with the unit and remains devoted to battle and duty.
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Tommy
United States
Rave
Corman
Drave
Toumay
Hingland
Wadsworth
Staten Land
Admisston
Ani
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Toramy
Smalte
Hingdand
Kward
Fellin
Vatc Wien
Triampet
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Tomy
Vice Finess
Miles Wen
Geronimo
Pecos Bill
General Shafter
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