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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1918
Page
4
American doughboys recently at a replacement camp behind the front recount their shrapnel scars and gas exposure with humor. They say they would not miss going over the top again and look forward to new service, eager for the front’s liberty and danger alike.
Large crowds bid farewell as over 7 000 Yanks embarked from an English port en route to France. An old English general praised the soldiers spirit while a fevered Indian youth sought to join his unit, and U S physicians screened travelers for sickness. The port handled millions of Allied troops since the war began and the rest camp glowed with American flags in the town. A parallel report notes rich undiscovered gold gravel in Chaparral near Downieville California.
Indignation in a St Louis district led to the saloon sign Die Wacht Am Rhine at Broadway and Samt streets being whitewashed. The vacant building, unused for six years, had the sign disturbing residents despite its removal from the business.
A German prisoner escaped a wall to help carry American wounded wearing a Red Cross badge. He was fired upon, seized a captured machine gun, and fatally fired on sniper positions, dropping two snipers from a tree.
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