Four Pella Boys Recall Capture of German Guards
Andrew Van Zante Tunis Van Zante Ed Donni and H. E. De Reus, all of Pella, who served in the 90th Division, recount their World War I experiences. From Camp Dodge to Camp Mills and Liverpool, they endured rough seas, no lights, and crowded ships. In France they fought in the St Mihiel sector, describing brutal barbed wire, heavy artillery, and the first days of the push into German positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
90Th Division
Andrew van Zante
Tunis van Zante
Ed Donni
H. E. de Reus
Knoxville
Camp Dodge
Camp Travis
Texas
Texas-Oklahoma Division
No. 90
England
Camp Mills
88Th
Liverpool
English Channel
France
Ed Donai
90Th
St. Mihiel Salient
No-Man's Land
Mr. Donal
Mr. van Zante
Bocie
Andrew
van Zante
Ed Donal
Theerman
Coul
Donai
No-Man’s Land
Fey-en- Haye
Harry de Reus
Germany
Meuse-Argonne
Joblenz
World War I Times and Tax Notes
Andrew and Tunis van Zante recount wartime events from 1916 to 1919 including Petain’s advance with 12000 prisoners on the Aisne front and America firing first shots in France. The note mentions Italy’s Isonzo collapse, Austro-German outposts near Udine, Us thrift and war savings stamps drives, slogans on consuming less, and Oregon’s 1919 gasoline tax origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petain
Aisne
France
Udine
Oregon
Remarkable WWI Prisoner Capture and Gas Rescue Tales
Veteran Andrew Van Zante recalls in vivid detail a bold capture of German troops, praise for restraint, and harsh gas warfare that left 240 of 260 men gassed. Ed Donai and Tunis Van Zante describe brutal fighting, rescues, and a French village救 ordeal, while others recount encounters with civilians and prisoners amid the Meuse Argonne offensive.
Pella in the World War October 1917 items
In October 1917 Pella notes the three billion dollar Liberty loan drive launching with a letter from G H Van Den Berg of the Rainbow division now at Camp Mills New York. The Elite theatre screens Wom anhood The Glory of the Nation. Other items include boy letters published, a county fuel committee organized with P H Van Gorp as local chair, Pella and Lake Prairie voting dry, an arrest for distributing German language handbills, Liberty loan drives at schools, and $85 000 raised on the second Liberty Loan drive with several Pella boys promoted at Camp Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. van den Berg
Rainbow Division
Camp Mills
N.Y
County
P. H. van Gorp
Pella and
Lake Prairie
Jacob Heida
Platte
S. D
Heida
Pella
Camp Dodge
Germans Occupy Baltic Lands in Gulf of Riga
Chronology of The Great World War notes that on October 16 German forces occupy p lands of Runo and Adro in the Gulf of Riga, signaling a strategic advance in the Baltic region. The brief item records a territorial gain amid ongoing hostilities.
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Plands
Runo
Adro
Gulf of Riga
Also Mentioned on This Page
AEF
Ed Donat
St. Mihiel
Hindenberg
Vo A. m
Andrew and
Wilheim
van Veen-Van Hemert
The
Pella Dress Club
GMC
St. Mihiel Front
Jantzen
Mr. Farmer
Dick Leydens
Farm Bureau
Feeder Co
Franklin Street
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