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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1918
Page
6
The deserter recounts a night attack and chaotic retreat toward Vitry. He describes exhausted troops, scarce supplies, improvised defenses behind a cemetery wall, and massed wounded and dead along rain soaked roads as pursuit and shelling intensify.
Doughboys marching to the front in moonlit Alsace show cool willingness and new training. Veterans in training join soldiers already in France, with personal grudges against the Huns fueling discipline and confidence. Officers warn on gas masks as crews ready for No Man's Land and the expected assault. The piece highlights the civilians turned soldiers, the diverse prior trades, and the rapid adaptation to front-line duties.
Fragmentary OCR shows St Prof Mion quoted about youths in North Dakota seeking Marine service. William Knickerbocker of Dogden, ND, reportedly joined Marine recruiting in the Calm States and passed a physical test, heading to Paris Island for training.
Dan and Angelo Tarantola of St. Louis, once estranged after a marble game clash, reconciled when Angelo joined the Marine Corps. Dan followed two days later, and both brothers now train at Port Island, South Carolina, as they resume their close bond after two years of silence.
Philadelphia draft officials rejected 30 year old George W Nicholson after Dr John F H Bailey medical director of local board No 22 discovered his heart was on the right side. He had previously been rejected for underweight and pleaded to enlist.
Knoxville Tennessee may be, Mrs. A I White of Powell in Knox county is described as the champion war mother of Tennessee with five sons in the service Captain Roy D White Lieutenant John H White Private William Homer White Cook Marvii Hy White and Private Edgar White All my boys volunteered she declares proudly.
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