Americans in Montdidier sector under German pressure
In March 1919 notes recount the German breakthrough pushing through the Allied line, the Twenty-Sixth Division moving up behind, and our battalion marching to Toul then north to Montdidier. Refugees stream from villages as bombardments begin. decorations are awarded to Lieutenant Holmes and Sergeant Murphy while fraternities of officers adapt to a shifting front and the haunting image of war’s toll persists alongside springtime France.
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Germany
Russia
Romania
Belgium
Serbia
Montenegro
Albania
Italy
France
Toul
Cary
Q. M
Hjalmar Erickson
de la Gare
Seventh Field Artillery
Col. Erickson
Chaumont En Vixin
Chaumont
Montdidier
Thes
D Company
Dabney
Louisville
Holmes
Murphy
Gustafson
Only Two Men Remain Missing In U. S. Army
Washington August 27 Only two men of the thousands of the American Expeditionary Force who went into battle against the Germans remain unaccounted for according to a casualty list issued by the War Department. The previous list showed more than 100 missing in action. Total casualties now are placed at 291 732 with 77 422 deaths from all causes.
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Washington
War Department
Garvan seeks order to buy German dyes in Paris
Francis P. Garvan alien property custodian asked President Wilson to issue an executive order enabling him to send an agent to Paris to purchase from the reparations commission a six months' supply of German dye stuffs. The move aims to tide over American manufacturers until German secret formulas now held by the alien property custodian can be used commercially.
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Washington
Francis P. Garvan
Wilson
Paris
Reparations Commission
Roosevelt Honors Bryan and Ford in War Zone Critique
Lieut Col Roosevelt condemns Bryan and Ford for their perceived inaction and ease while disaster and death threaten the country. He questions how they remain citizens despite failing to serve during hard times and laments the harm caused to nationmen and women.
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Paris
France
Bryan
Ford
Montdidier
Roosevelt
Lieut Col
Voices and mischief aboard the battalion moving train
The account recalls officers singing after meals and a supply officer seizing gear for the battalion. Sergeant Wheeler detains tethered mules from a green regiment, then warns their owner and returns one mule. The unit boards a military train, faces a schedule mix up, travels southwest, and ends at a station where a French guard identifies their regulating stop as the American officer awaits.
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Wheeler
M. P
Miss Emily Hubeny Tells How Cutiura Healed Pimples
Miss Emily Hubeny of Rolling Stone Minnesota describes two months of heat pimples on hands face and neck with severe itching and sleep loss. She credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with relief after four cakes of Soap and three boxes of Ointment and notes complete healing.
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Emily Hubeny
Cutiura
Rolling Stone
Minn
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Twenty-sixth Infantry
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G. P. Putnam's Sons
Hell
Maron
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Vicks Vaporub
U. S. Army
Korn
Betsy Ross
Holsum Bread
H. Korn Baking Co
Heidbreders
Tan Aemes
Eme
Bioca
Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States
Quincy Railway Co
Clough-Reihm
Quincy
Clough-Reihm Co
Hannibal
Barry
Macomb
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