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Lt. J.H. Murray Jr 146th FA, WWI Military field notebook


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I picked up this really neat field notebook named to 1st Lt. Joseph H. Murray Jr. in the 146th Field Artillery. This notebook has a lot of mathematical writing in it from Murray. I decided to do a little research and found a very interesting website. It discusses the unit history of the 146th FA in WWI and it mentions LT. Murray a few times. It mentioned that he went overseas to the front lines. The last note said that he died overseas due to disease in November 1918. I was hoping to find some more cheerful information but sadly that is one of the outcomes of war. Here is the link to the site

 

https://archive.org/stream/historyofsixtysi00wrig/historyofsixtysi00wrig_djvu.txt

 

 

Rest in peace Lt. Murray.

 

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  • 7 years later...

Would you still happen to have this book per chance?

 

I am currently writing a book on the 146th and 148th Field Artillery Regiments for a local museum in Washington State so I am genuinely curious as to the contents of this book.

 

Please feel free to reach out to me here or in DM if you have the time!

 

Best Regards,

JD

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Babbalanja

I am an officer at the Joseph H. Murray Legion Post 18, Nampa, Idaho.  Murray is from Nampa and we have a little collection of his uniform and copies of some of his paperwork at the post.  I am home so can't refer to the display, but a placard shows he died in Coblenz, Germany, in 1919.  I need to go see his gravestone to confirm that, as 1918 seems more probable.  Would you be willing to make us a copy of his booklet for the display?  If I can contact you via email, I will provide you with what I have.  A great find by you... a small world indeed.  

 

Kevin

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