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LUBBOCK BOYS OF THE 90THDIVISION ARRIVING HOMEMnnv of the Lubbock bovs are corn- ti ing in (his week. who saw service wifh n the 90th division. Among- those who tl arrived here this week*were: Ernest Conley, son of A. B. Conley dr, who was with the -Moth Field Artillery; t M. P. Carr, with Co. F. .11 Sth Sun- t plv train; Corn. Jos. Self, with Co. E.11 o t li A m munition t ra i n ; .) oh n A ♦ -kins, son of T. M. Atkins. ;*rd RU«*' Duff, with Hath Simply train,“Genera! Pershing rertninlv rnu«t hhave forsndtpn ult;. one of thf* ohoys, “for, after '•pending* one hurt- rlt; fired and t**n da vs fight i n ir on the front in the St. Mihiel and Argonne 2 sector*. we then had to remain an nrmv of occupation in Germanv ”When the armistice was signed, and h word reached some of the hoys of this : division, they had just crossed the T Meuse and were encamped in one of the swamps “We were then in German territory and we found pieces of tar paper that they had u *d for their n bed, and when we camped in this tlt; swamp we used the paper for the ir same purpose. It was some sight u when we got word that night of the f signing of the armistice. Lights began to flash, skyrockets were sent up, in fact it was a happy bunch/’rt l•COMPANY E. 360TH INF.,nAaLOST 66 % PER CENT o• 1 iiv i —— ,»Bruce Spencer arrived home the Cs 1Jatter part of last week from over** d r seas service with the 90th division. t.He was in the 360th Infantry, with Company E, which lost 66 3-4 per V cent of their men in the engagements on the Meuse-Argonnc. Bruce was, slightly wounded by shrapnel, butu~ *kept going just the same. o. i Mr. Spencer and his wife, who has si . been employed with the Citizens’ tl National Bank since his absence, will ei leave in a few days for a short visit tl ’ with relatives in Jones and Jack n counties.
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Lubbock Avalanche
Lubbock, Texas, US
Thu, Jun 26, 1919
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