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Here's what's written on the reverse of the Postal Express Service postcard. Maybe someone else can figure out the cursive handwriting that I attempted to translate above.

 

By the way, I think, but I'm not sure, that APO 702 was for Paris.

Im seeing. Corporal K W Farnham

Headquarters PES

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Here's what's written on the reverse of the Postal Express Service postcard. Maybe someone else can figure out the cursive handwriting that I attempted to translate above.

 

By the way, I think, but I'm not sure, that APO 702 was for Paris.

World War I nerd, Is there a mailing address or any other information on the card?

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OK, I think I found him! Kenneth Weston Farnham from Maine. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13815964/kenneth-weston-farnham

 

Shown on the roster of the USS POWHATEN in September 23, 1919 as serving with a PES

 

 

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Prior to being assigned to the PES, Farnham served with Company I, 101st Infantry and was listed as slightly wounded.

 

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Full newspaper

 

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And his obituary

 

 

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FWIW, I'm pretty sure 702 was the Paris APO (headquartered at the Mediterranee Hotel, wherever that was). I have a uniform worn by an officer in the Paris PES HQ and when I was doing my research I'm pretty sure 702 was the number - but I don't have it noted down specifically. There is an index out there for AEF APOs as well, I think.

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Nope, no address on the back of the postcard. For what it's worth here's a scan of the back.

 

PS, thanks for tracking down the fact that Farnham was originally a member of the 26th Division prior to being wounded.

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Image no. 2 appears to depict a fresh dressing being applied to the wound. Note the burlap helmet covers and the wristwatch worn by the man in the center.

Hello world war I nerd,

 

Just wanted to add reel footage of the Red Cross scene. At around 1 minute 50 second into the clip you will see the reel footage of image no. 2 & 3 with a better close of scene in the photos.

 

 

I think the wounded man is part of the medical team and conducting a demonstration. The wounded man is carried by stretcher for an arm wound. He is treated for an arm wound but there is no blood on his sleeves.

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Mr Wocco, thanks for adding the Red Cross footage. It's great to see the context from which the stills were taken. At the time of posting, I wasn't sure if those images were staged. I was leaning towards them being authentic.

 

 

 

John Isacs, unit and location unknown.

 

Based on the 1910 double disc cotton service coat, the image likely dates to around 1911-1912.

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Close up of the double collar discs on the collar and the coat's pointed cuffs.

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Knocked out AEF FT 17 tank and Doughboy, November, 1918.

 

Both the French and American Armies used playing card symbols to mark their light tanks. However, the French placed the markings on the hulls and the Americans placed then on the turrets.

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Pershing shaking hands with a camera toting, star-struck YMCA volunteer, circa 1919.

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An unusual set of insignia adorns the woman's cloak. From top to bottom it looks like a 3rd Army insignia, something I don't recognize, and the familiar YMCA emblem.

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Knocked out AEF FT 17 tank and Doughboy, November, 1918.

 

Both the French and American Armies used playing card symbols to mark their light tanks. However, the French placed the markings on the hulls and the Americans placed then on the turrets.

 

what a great picture. thanks for posting.

 

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Group of regular Army artillerymen circa 1907-ish. The collar brass looks like it might be for the 1st Artillery Regiment.

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Close up of the only collar brass visible in the above photo.

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Based on the difficult to decipher cursive writing on this image, I think this is Brian Thomas, Battery E, 341st Artillery Regiment, 86th Division.

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A good look at the U.S. made CE Respirator (Corrected English) he's holding.

Hard to tell, but It sorta' looks like he might be wearing a camouflage painted steel helmet?

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Unnamed member of an unidentified Engineer Regiment wearing a huge version of the generic,Corps of Engineers shoulder patch that was authorized for all of the AEF's unattached, specialty Engineer Regiments that did not have an authorized shoulder insignia of their own.

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Close up of the oversized Engineer shoulder patch.

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unnamed 80th Division soldier wearing a battlefield souvenir in the form of a German spiked helmet.

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Close up of the man, his insignia, and his souvenir helmet.

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ATB, It certainly could be a 1st Army/Engineer SSI. If it is, the upper crossbar of the 1st Army "A" is pretty hard to see or hidden under a fold.

 

AEF troops showing off their shovels. No ID. No location. And I have no idea who or what these men are, were, or about to be doing ... Uh, other than some sort of manual labor.

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