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"NEAR BELLICOURT"
View of ground over which Thirtieth Division fought to reach St. Quentin canal.
"ST. QUENTIN CANAL"
Looking northeast of Hindenburg Line and south of Bellicourt, France.
"VIEW OF BELLICOURT"
In lower left hand corner is entrance to the formidable Hindenburg Tunnel.
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"PAST THE HINDENBURG LINE"
Members of Co. "K," 117th Infantry, digging themselves in for the night after an advance which started in the morning at Molain, France.
"CAPTURED"
German officers, captured by Americans, being conducted to headquarters for examination by in- telligence officers.
"THE PEST OF FRANCE"
A member of the 117th Infantry waging war on our second greatest enemy in Europe-"the cooties."
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"THE HINDENBURG TUNNEL"
Interior view, showing way Germans had tunnel closed and water of St. Quentin canal.
"LOOKING OUT FROM THE TUNNEL"
South end, east of Bellicourt, where German barrage caught American troops.
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"ENGINEERS AT WORK"
This British company is building a bridge across stream so advance of army might continue.
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"MOUTH OF HINDENBURG TUNNEL"
Looking north of St. Quentin Canal, and showing defensive works built by the Germans.
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"PICKING OFF THE HUNS"
Sharpshooter of the Thirtieth Division, from behind a parapet of sod and debris, singles out targets for his rifle.
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"SOME HUN DEVILTRY"
Huge erater caused by the explosion of mine planted and exploded by the Germans in their retreat before the Thirtieth Division.
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"IN THE PRISON PENS"
Hundreds of German prisoners, captured by the Thirtieth Division, herded in a barbed wire stockade behind the lines.
"THE DEVASTATION OF WAR"
This picture, taken of ground fought over by the Thirtieth Division, shows the havoc wrought by artillery fire on the German trenches.
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"A MINE CRATER"
Probably once part of a trench system, now a cess-pool of stagnant water in Flanders.
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"THE CATHEDRAL AT YPRES"
All that remained of this religious treasure, after Germans had shelled it for four years.
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"PRESSING THE HUN RETREAT"
Americans streaming northward in the St. Mihiel salient. Notice the shell-raked ground.
"A GERMAN TRAP"
While men were repairing a road blown up by the enemy, a buried shell exploded in their midst. This picture was snapped while the men were seeking cover.
"ACTION FRONT"
Yankee battery of 155 mm. howitzers in advanced position. They have a range of five to ten miles.
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"AN INFANTRY CHARGE"
Contrary to the popular conception, a modern "charge" is devoid of heroics. These men were ad- vancing under fire near Romagne-Sous-Montfaucon, Meuse.
"ADVANCING WITH RIFLE GRENADES"
American soldiers going forward to the attack in the operations in the Argonne Forest.
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"ESTABLISHING THE ENTENTE" A typical scene in the French towns where Yankee soldiers were billeted.
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"THE OBSERVER" A close-up view of a balloon near the front line trenches in France.
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"FIRE" This 340 mm. gun, manned by Americans, hit two German army corps headquarters 18 miles away.
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"THE FIRST DAY AT ST. MIHIEL
Temporary trenches dug by Americans on the first night of the St. Mihiel drive, near Beney, Meuse.
"MOPPING UP"
Doughboys pausing for a rest in the Argonne Forest among the stumps of what once was a beautiful grove. This ground had just been captured from the Germans.
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"ATTACKING THE MACHINE GUN NEST"
American sharpshooters advancing through a town near Cunel against an enemy detachment hidden among the trees overlooking the road.
"OVER THE TOP"
A machine gun crew creeping toward the enemy lines through the woods. A realistic picture of an actual front-line advance.
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"AT ST. MIHIEL"
A Yankee machine gun company passing through the ruins of a village leveled by artillery fire in the St. Mihiel salient.
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"OUTPOST DUTY"
American outposts in the Hecken Sector of Alsace, watching for the enemy. One is armed with a rifle grenade and one with a Chauchat machine gun.
"DUG IN"
American infantrymen defending a farm near St. Benoit, Meuse, in the St. Mihiel salient. The ma- chine gun outposts are seen in the rear.
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"A SILHOUETTE AT VERDUN"
American engineers on the banks of the Aire River at work upon a temporary bridge "Somewhere in the Argonne" northwest of Verdun.
"IN COMBAT FORMATION" Infantrymen advancing toward the German Enes in an attack upon the Hans.
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"THE CATHEDRAL AT ST. QUENTIN" In the wake of the Hun invaders. The de- struction wrought on the cathedral is typical of the Hun vandals.
"AT THE ALTAR OF JOAN OF ARC" A Yankee doughboy and a French poilu doing homage to the heroine of France.
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"THE PHOSPHOROUS BOMB" An explosion in the trenches during a night attack by the Germans.
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"BEHIND THE BARRAGE"
The first wave of American infantry advancing behind a rolling barrage. The photographer, Lt. Ralph Estep, was killed shortly after he had made this picture.
"SEARCHING A PRISONER"
American intelligence officers relieving a captured German of papers of military value.
"A REST ON THE BATTLEFIELD"
American infantrymen resting at the end of a successful day in the St. Mihiel salient. The dark patches of fresh earth are shell holes and shelters hastily dug for protection.
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"IN BELLEAU WOOD"
A twilight view of No Man's Land, taken a few weeks after the American victory at the spot where the "Hindenburg Line" was definitely broken in one of the hardest engagements of the war.
"THE BATTLE LINE"
A famous National Guard Regiment in the front line trenches at Chaussers, France.
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"THE TRAIL TO THE FRONT"
Slightly wounded Americans returning on foot to the ambulances in the rear. This picture illus -. trates the character of the ground over which Americans fought.
"AFTER THE BATTLE"
A German gun position immediately following its capture by Americans, showing the 77 m.m. field piece and its dead gunners.
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"IN THE SECOND LINE TRENCH"
Americans setting in position a French "one-pounder." This gun has a maximum range of 115 miles and can fire 28 rounds a minute.
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"ON THE ALERT"
Ready for an attack in the American trenches before Mulhouse, Hecken Sector, Germany.
"A BIVOUAC IN THE WOODS" An infantry company in "pup tents," in the woods. The trees prevent observation.
"ON THE WAY TO BATTLE" American infantrymen, having pitched their shelter tents for the night, water their horses in the stream.
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"GENERAL PERSHING AND KING GEORGE"
Returning with their staffs from a military review at Molliens-au-Bois, France.
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"THE SHARPSHOOTER"
A team of American doughboys holding an outpost in Alsace with a French machine gun.
"SEARCHING PRISONERS"
Thirtieth Division "doughboys" hunting souvenirs on Germans a few hundred yards behind the line.
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"A '75' IN ACTION."
This famous French gun is firing into a woods three miles away. The camouflage overhead conceals its position.
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"A BREATHING SPELL"
After capturing the German second line trenches in a section of the Forest of Argonne, these Amer- icans enjoy a well-earned rest.
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"BRITISH RAILROAD GUN"
Ramming home shell in this big cannon, which has special railway mounting.
"WAR'S DEVASTATION"
Remnant of a once beautiful grove near the village of Pozieres, France.
"HEAVY BRITISH TANK" Moving ahead of infantry to find and destroy German machine gun positions.
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"SOME HUN FACES"
Note the cruel, savage expression which these prisoners, captured among last drives, have.
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"A GERMAN STRONGPOINT"
These concrete shelters, built the entire length of the Hindenburg Line, made it difficult to dis- lodge the Germans.
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"A BAD PLACE ON THE ROAD"
A Yankee ammunition wagon northeast of St. Mihiel, stuck in the mud and holding up the advance of the whole column.
"LOAD"
Men loading a mobile railroad gun, 13.9 inches calibre, on the Argonne front. This gun was manned by 122 men, working in cooperation with aerial observers.
"THE ADVANCE IN THE ARGONNE"
Engineers at work repairing a bridge across the Aire River, which had been dynamited by the Ger- mans in their retreat.
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"SIGNALLING AN AEROPLANE" A detachment communicating by white cloths with an aviator overhead.
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"TESTING THE WIRES"
A Signal Corps officer experimenting with tel- ephone apparatus left behind by the enemy.
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"A BALLOON EXPLOSION"
A remarkable snapshot taken at the instant of explosion of a captive kite balloon. The gas was ignited by the friction of the bag against the ground while being deflated.
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"STALKING THE HUN"
American raiding party making its way to a Mechlinburg trench, captured in a former raid.
"ADVANCING THROUGH MONTFAUCON"
Showing the house formerly used by the German Crown Prince as an observatory during the famous battle of Verdun.
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"AN ADVANCE THROUGH THE WOODS"
Browning machine gunners in battle practice. These rifles fire 400 shots a minute.
"THE MORNING ATTACK"
In the haze of the dawn, a battery of American field artillery in the Argonne pounds the retreating German lines.
"A HAND GRENADE ASSAULT" American soldiers on the Piave front hurling a shower of bombs into the Austrian trenches near Varage, Italy.
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"THE SMOKE SCREEN"
American infantrymen advancing in attack behind an artillery smoke barrage.
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"ON THE HUN TRAIL"
American and French observers watch German retreat from St. Mihiel salient.
"THE CHOW WAGON"
On the first day of the St. Mihiel drive, this kitchen, advancing in the rear of our army, served breakfast; moved forward 12 miles and served lunch; moved again and served dinner that night.
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"BUDDIES"
A wounded soldier receiving first aid from a comrade.
"THE ADVANCE UP HILL 240" Yankee doughboys advancing up the slope near Exermont by "digging in" at intervals of every few yards.
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"OBSERVATION BALLOON"
This monster of the air is being hauled down after peering several hours over German lines.
"HOW TOMMY IS FED"
Hot stew is being served in buckets to these soldiers in the front line trenches.
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"ATTACKING AN AIR RAIDER"
French 75-millimeter anti-aircraft gun in action against German aeroplanes overhead.
"A DRESSING STATION"
First-aid is given to the more seriously wounded men. German prisoners were compelled to carry the stretchers to the rear.
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"SHELLING THE ROAD"
Boche shells bursting above a road in the Argonne in an attempt to interrupt the march of American field artillery.
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"ON THE ROAD TO THE FRONT"
Yankee troops back of Verdun boarding motor trucks bound for the Argonne battle front.
"SHARPSHOOTERS"
Yankee riflemen in a "nest," picking off German soldiers on the outer edges of Villers, France.
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"A SUNKEN ROAD"
These dugouts were captured from the Boches in fall campaign of 1918. Notice sandbags for protection.
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"IN THE SHADOW OF THE CROSS"
Soldiers wounded in action receiving medical treatment, in an old church near Neuville, Meuse.
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"SEARCHLIGHTS"
Mobile anti-aircraft searchlights, with 24-inch lenses, in operation by the Engineer Corps, Washing- ton Barracks, Washington, D. C.
"FIRING IN THE MEUSE VALLEY"
Doughboys in the front line trench taking advantage of the camouflage left by the routed Germans, who took up their positions about 1200 yards from this point.
"FILLING CANTEENS"
A halt on the line of march during the action in the Argonne. The men are quenching their thirst from a stream near Boureuilles.
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"HAPPY"
Something struck this American negro soldier as funny, and he paused to laugh even during the gas mask drill.
"PRISONERS CARRYING WOUNDED" Captured Huns carrying their own comrades to a dressing station under an armed guard during the battle of the Argonne.
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"THE KAISER'S LAST REVIEW"
This picture, made from a postcard taken from a German officer by Sergeant Frederick W. Welcker, a Knoxville man, shows the Kaiser and Crown Prince inspecting a Hun Company behind the lines.
"THE IRON CROSS"
A stone dugout entrance, built by the Germans in 1914 on the side of Montsec. An underground passage led from this spot to an observation point on the crest.
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"THE BRIDGE AT ST. MIHIEL" This dugout, in the shadow of a wrecked rail- way bridge, at Flirey, quartered Yankee officers.
"HIT"
The church at Romagne, Meuse, during the per- iod the town was under constant shell fire.
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"GENERAL PERSHING AND MARSHAL FOCH" Two of the great leaders of the Allied forces at the headquarters of Marshal Ferdinand Foch at Val des Ecoliers, Chaumont.
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The battleships and cruisers that stood guard with British in North Sea to prevent escape of German fleet. "OUR FLEET AT SEA"
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"DEPTH CHARGES"
Anti-submarine bombs loaded on the destroyer, Stockton, for use against the Huns.
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"THE DEPTH BOMB"
Explosion of a 300-pound anti-submarine charge, fired from the U. S. S. Whipple.
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"MINE FIELDS"
These were at Inverness, Scotland.
"BOMB-THROWER" This Y-gun hurled depth charges.
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"A SUB-CHASER"
This type of boat was a terror to enemy submarines. '
"HOMEWARD BOUND"
This photograph shows how soldiers were packed on transports to bring them home quickly.
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"A SUB-DESTROYER"
Notice the camouflaged color to prevent observation.
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"IMMORTAL BELLICOURT"
Oblique air photograph of famous village where Thirtieth Division broke Hindenburg Line Septem- ber 29, 1918. Note trench and barbed wire systems near town.
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"SOLDIERS OF THE AIR"
A battle formation flight of seventeen army airplanes at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas.
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"PURSUED"
German shells exploding about an American observation balloon on the French front.
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"ABOVE THE CLOUDS"
This is a typical scene taken from an aeroplane flying just above the level of the heavy cloud banks.
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"COME TO GRIEF" This plane landed in tree tops from which it was impossible to dislodge it.
"SHIPS ON THE LINE"
Scores of planes drawn up in parallel formation upon the day of the armistice, November 11, 1918. The insert in the upper left-hand corner shows a view above the clouds.
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"DEFENSIVE FORTIFICATIONS"
The white star-shaped splotches are new shell holes, with fresh dirt showing.
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"CLOSE TO METZ"
Aeroplane photograph of town of Arry, on the Moselle River, with defensive fortifications.
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"CAUGHT BY THE SEARCHLIGHTS" This German aviator, who tried to get through the barrage over Paris, was shot down.
"DOWN IN FLAMES"
This German observation plane was destroyed near St. Mihiel on July 27, 1918.
"WINGED"
Photograph of Boche plane by French aviator, who brought it to earth after battle.
"CAUGHT BY THE BARRAGE" Bodies of German aviators and their machine, destroyed by anti-aircraft guns of Paris during a raid.
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"A DIRECT HIT"
An American aeroplane bomb landed squarely on this German supply dump.
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"NEAR BELLICOURT"
An excellent aeroplane view of what trenches look like from the air.
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"A CRASH"
An aeroplane at Kelly Field, Texas, comes to grief at the hands of a cadet aviator, who escaped injury.
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"LAST TWO MINUTES OF FIGHTING" An historic few moments on the battle front, taken at 10:58 a. m., November 11, 1918.
"AN OBSERVATION POST" On Montfaucon Hill two American artillery observers direct the fire of their battery's guns.
"WITH THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION" Yankee soldiers on the banks of the Moselle River, near Cochem, Germany; the castle on the hill in the distance was used as American Headquarters.
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Men of Knox County In the Service
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(1)-TATUM, HOWARD C .- Began his army career in 1898 with the outbreak of the Spanish-Ameri- can War. Entered the regular army and at the beginning of the World War was a major. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and as- signed to the staff of the 90th Division. with which he went overseas in the spring of 1918. Saw service in the battles of St. Mihiel and Argonne Forest. Returned home June 7, 1919.
(2)-MALONEY, JAMES D .- Major Maloney, who was adjutant general of Tennessee during the ad- ministration of former Gov. Hooper, volunteered and was commissioned on April 25, 1918. He was made instructor of small arms in the School of Fire at Camp Perry, Ohio. In October he was ordered to Camp Benning, Georgia, where he was instructor in the infantry school of arms. He was discharged from service February 22, 1919.
(3)-McNABB, PAUL EDGAR-Was commissioned first lieutenant in the medical corps of the army and ordered to Washington, D. C., for duty in July, 1917. He was in service at the Walter Reed Hospital until he departed for overseas duty in the spring of 1918. His station was an American hospital near Paris. Just before his return home in the spring of 1919 he re- ceived his promotion to the rank of major.
(4)-DYER, CHARLES W .- Major Dyer received his commission in the Third Tennessee Infantry, later the 117th Infantry, commanding its First Battalion throughout training at Camp Sevier and its active service in Belgium and in France. The battles and engagements in which he par- tieipated were Ypres sector, Hindenburg Line, near Bellicourt, Nauroy, Geneve Farm, Premont, Busigny, and Molain. Cited in divisional orders for distinguished service and recommended for American Distinguished Service Cross and Brit- ish Distinguished Service Order. Attended Staff College at Langres, France, May 27, 1918, to July 16, 1918. Returned from overseas Novem- ber 18 for duty with a new division.
(5)-WEBB, JAMES W .- Major Webb's military ser- vice dates from 1890, when he enlisted in the Knoxville Rifles and served through the Coal Creek troubles. Enlisted again in 1897 in Com- pany E, 3rd U. S. Infantry, and took part in battle of Santiago de Cuba in July, 1898. In 1899 he went to the Philippine Islands, where he saw service. Reenlisted in the army in 1908 and served as Election Commissioner in Pana- ma in 1912. Entered Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe and commissioned cap- tain in November, 1917. Promoted to major August 26. 1918. Provost marshal of 6th Di- vision August 3 to September 3, 1918; of the Seventh Army Corps, September 3 to Novem- ber 14, 1918; and assistant provost marshal, Third Army, at Coblenz. Germany, November 14, 1918 to January 23, 1919. Detached service with Hoover Food Administration and ordered to Poland and Russia. Discharged August 29, 1919.
(6)-CAMP, HENRY N., JR .- Entered the service May 8, 1917, receiving commission from train- ing eamp as first liertenant, ordnance depart- ment, and assigned to the 81st Division. Pro- moted to captain of infantry November 27. 1917. Transferred November 1, 1918, and made commanding officer of Fourth Battalion, 152nd Depot Brigade. Received commission as major August 29, 1918. Served at Camps Jackson, Gor- don and Upton. Discharged December 20, 1918.
(7)-CECIL, THOMAS JAMERSON-Major Cecil en- tered the regular army in 1909. During the World War, after a three months' course in field artillery at Fort Sill, he was detailed for five months as instructor at Fort Oglethorpe and then two months at Waco, Texas. In April, 1918, he was ordered to Seattle, where he joined a regiment of coast artillery, sailing for France on July 14, 1918. Took part in battle of Ar- gonne Forest with the 63rd Regiment, C. A. C.
${8)-WYRICK, THOMAS J .- Previous to World War, Colonel Wyriek saw more than twenty years ser- vice in the national guard, ineluding duty in Spanish-American war and on the border against Mexicans in 1916-1917. When a hrigade of Ten- nessee troops was formed. Gen. Tyson appointed him brigade adjutant. With exception of four months at General Staff College, A. E. F., he was with the 59th Infantry Brigade and took part in its battles as follows: Canal Sector, Bel- givm ; Ypres-Lys offensive ; and Somme offensive. He received one citation for work in these cam- paigns. Promoted to lieutenant-colonel Febru- ary 20, 1919.
(9)-MYERS, ROY V .- Major Myers raised and or- ganized Battery C, 114th Field Artillery, during the summer of 1917. He received his majority December 20. 1917 while the regiment was sta- tioned for training at Camp Sevier, S. C. He completed course at School of Fire, Fort Sill, and went overseas May 8. 1918, for further train- ing at Le Valdahon, France. Commanded the First Battalion, 114th F. A., in the Toul defen- sive, the St. Mihiel offensive and the Argonne- Meuse offensive. In October, 1918, he was detailed to the Line School, Langres, France. Returned charge April 23 at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
(10)-MEEK, WILLIAM WOODRUFF-Lieutenant- Commander Meek graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy before the outbreak of the World War. As ordnance officer on the U. S. S. Con- yngham, he served one year in European waters during the war. He received promotion from junior lieutenant to lieutenant commander. He remains in the navy as a profession.
(11)-ANDES, ERNEST W .- He was commissioned captain and assigned to command of Company A, Third Tennessee Infantry, on July 25, 1917. He trained it at Camp Sevier, accompanied it overseas when it sailed May 11, 1918, and fought with it through all of its battles in Belgium and France. For bravery in action he was a- warded the British Military Cross and was cited by Major-General Lewis and Brigadier General Tyson for leadership of his company on October 17, 1918, near Ribeauville. Promoted to rank of major on November 5, 1918. Transferred to the Army of Occupation in February, 1919, and saw several months of service in Germany as an officer of the 38th Infantry. Returned home in fall of 1919.
(12)-BLOW, GEORGE-Commissioned on July 23, 1917, but active service did not begin until Sep- tember 2, when he became a student officer at the Engineer Training Camp, Washington, D. C. Attached to the 23rd Engineers, Camp Meade, from November 22, 1917, to Janvary 7, 1918. He was assigned instructor at Engineer Officers' Training Camps at Camps Lee and Humphreys from January 7 to August 20, 1918, when he be- came commanding officer of the Noncommission- edd Officers' School at Camp Humphreys. As- signed to the 5th Engineers Training Regiment, in command of First Battalion, from September 14 to 27, and then transferred to 216th Engi- neers, which he accompanied to Camp Kearney, California. Received his promotion to major on December 31, 1917. Discharged December 4, 1918.
(13)-COOPER, EDGAR GARFIELD-Attended the First Officers' Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe and received a commission as captain. Ordered to Cambridge, Mass., to School of Trench War- fare. He was assigned to duty with the 319th Machine Gun Battalion, 82nd Division, stationed at Camp Gordon. Sauted with his organization May 3. 1918, for overseas duty. Saw service in the Marhache sector, the Toul sector, the St. Mihiel offensive, and the Argonne-Mense offen- sive. Was also in Somme sector in May and June, 1918. Received his promoton to major during the course of the fighting and was placed in command of the 319th Machine Gun Battalion. Returned to the United States May 6, 1919, and mustered out of service during the summer.
(14)-MALONEY, JAMES D .- Entered the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1905 and saw six years of sea duty prior to the opening of the World War. After the declaration of war in 1917, he was assigned to the Industrial De- partment, Norfolk Navy Yards, where he was kept on duty. Received promotion during the war from senior lieutenant to lieutenant com- mander. Ile remains in the service.
(15)-STANIS, ROSCOE A. D .- He was commissioned captain of the Third Tennessee Infantry on July 25, 1917, and assigned to command of its Sup- ply Company. He went through the training period at Camp Sevier and went overseas on May 11, 1918, participating in all battles of the 117th Infantry in Belgium and in France. Fe- ceived his promotion to major upon April 10, 1919, and early in 1919 he transferred to the American Third Army in Germany, receiving assignment to the Fourth Infantry, Third Di- vision. Served four years in the regular army and went through Mexican border trouble before the World War.
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(1)-McMILLAN, ROBERT A .- On July 25, 1917. en- tered active service and was placed in command of Machine Gun Company of the 117th Infan- try. Was stationed at Camp Sevier with his unit until May 11, 1918, when he embarked on foreign service. Took part in the Ypres De- fensive and the Somme Offensive, being wound- ed on September 29 in the attack on the Hin- denburg Line near Bellicourt. Returned 10 America on March 28, 1919, and received his discharge on May 15, 1919, while stationed at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. Rank, captain.
(2)-BROWN, ERNEST CLAIBORNE-On May 14, 1917, was commissioned in the Third Tennessee Infantry, which later became the 117th Infan- try. Was located at Camp Sevier for military duty and departed on foreign service on May 11. 1918. While in France participated in the de- fensive warfare near Ypres, and also the at- tack on the Hindenburg Line near Bellicourt and Nauroy. Was wounded near the latter place on October 7 and evacuated to hospital in England. Returned to America on December 30, 1918, and was located at Fort McPherson, Geor- gia, until May 26, 1919, when he received his discharge with the rank of first lieutenant.
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