Empey Joins Pick and Shovel Squad in No Man's Land
Arthur Guy Empey sails from Jersey City to England to enlist in the British Army. He trains in London then France where he first hears the guns and meets comrades in the trenches. He digs in No Man's Land as casualties mount and a chaplain rescues wounded men.
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Pick and Shovel Squad
NO Man’s Land
Arthur Guy Empey
America
Jersey City
England
London
France
Emper
Chaplain
No Man's Land
Chaplains’ Bravery Highlighted By WWI Dispatch
The writer recalls a brutal bath and drill routine on the front and praises a chaplain named Captus Hell who repeatedly exposed himself to fire to aid wounded soldiers. He notes chaplains fight fearlessly without arms and earned respect from the British Army and Tommy.
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Captus Hell
Tust
Tommy
Digging Through No Man's Land In A War Zone
A soldier recalls being promoted to a labor section and marching to the trenches. The covering party moves forward with rifles bombs and two machine guns while German shelling and machine gun fire rattle overhead. The unit advances along a zigzag comm trench under artillery and shell fragments.
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Cord
Lewin
Asraod
Naval Engineers
Tommy
London
Quietly Breached No Man's Land In Night Assault
Veterans recount a perilous raid near German trenches with two six yard gaps in barbed wire for diggers, tense pauses under shell and machine gun fire, and a night march across No Man's Land. After two hours of digging the assault broke into heavy exchange, many casualties reported next day.
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Jane
Scouta
Marines' Club in Paris Photo Shows American Marines Entrance
An image depicts the entrance of the American Marines' club in Paris. The piece notes Marines recruiting efforts in France and suggests club membership would be closely followed within the corps.
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Marines’ Club
Paris
United States
Thi Distinguiahed Mudvaliant Corps
France
Corpa
Club 0
Paria
North Carolina Leads Soy Bean Output Despite Harvest Glut
The state claims the largest soy bean production with a crop near 1,017,000 bushels, up about 20 percent from 1910. Eastern mills report importing 200,000 bushels of beans from China. A North Carolina farmers have invented a soy bean harvester that thrashes beans from vines in the fields.
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North Quooting
Ronk
We Oll Mills
North Carolina
Ching
North Carolla
The Hesitation At Punch Bowl Dialogue
A fragment from a scene set at a Punch Bowl centers on hesitation between two girls and a potential kiss. The lines suggest a tense, flirty exchange about crossing a boundary in front of others.
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Ao Theater
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Holy Joe
American Polish Legion
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Wie Jong Une
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Pranea
Ini
Wood
General Pershing
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WAR Department
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