BEAST Posted December 22, 2019 Share #626 Posted December 22, 2019 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 FarnhamHeadquarters PES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share #627 Posted December 22, 2019 Yep, I think you're right Beast, it is Farnham. Thanks for clearing that up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted December 22, 2019 Share #628 Posted December 22, 2019 No problem, but I still cant find him on FOLD3 yet. Great photo by the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted December 23, 2019 Share #629 Posted December 23, 2019 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted December 23, 2019 Share #630 Posted December 23, 2019 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 Prior to being assigned to the PES, Farnham served with Company I, 101st Infantry and was listed as slightly wounded. Full newspaper And his obituary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinO Posted December 23, 2019 Share #631 Posted December 23, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share #632 Posted December 24, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrwocco Posted December 24, 2019 Share #633 Posted December 24, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share #634 Posted December 28, 2019 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. Close up of the double collar discs on the collar and the coat's pointed cuffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share #635 Posted December 28, 2019 Company bread detail circa 1917. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share #636 Posted December 28, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share #637 Posted December 28, 2019 Pershing shaking hands with a camera toting, star-struck YMCA volunteer, circa 1919. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share #638 Posted December 28, 2019 A quintet of 3rd Army men with canteen cups and mess kits. Closer look at three of the five 3rd Army shoulder patches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free1954 Posted December 31, 2019 Share #639 Posted December 31, 2019 my great uncle mike Kelleher in the great war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free1954 Posted December 31, 2019 Share #640 Posted December 31, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share #641 Posted January 5, 2020 unnamed cabinet photo of a Span-Am era sailor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share #642 Posted January 5, 2020 Group of regular Army artillerymen circa 1907-ish. The collar brass looks like it might be for the 1st Artillery Regiment. Close up of the only collar brass visible in the above photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share #643 Posted January 5, 2020 Based on the difficult to decipher cursive writing on this image, I think this is Brian Thomas, Battery E, 341st Artillery Regiment, 86th Division. 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share #644 Posted January 5, 2020 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. Close up of the oversized Engineer shoulder patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share #645 Posted January 5, 2020 unnamed 80th Division soldier wearing a battlefield souvenir in the form of a German spiked helmet. Close up of the man, his insignia, and his souvenir helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atb Posted January 5, 2020 Share #646 Posted January 5, 2020 Close up of the oversized Engineer shoulder patch. Is that a First Army SSI with an Engineer Castle in the lower part? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share #647 Posted January 12, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share #648 Posted January 12, 2020 Doughboys searching a captured German NCO. No information on where, or by whom when this took place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share #649 Posted January 12, 2020 YMCA women on their way to France. A closer look at the YMCA ladies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share #650 Posted January 12, 2020 General Pershing, the AEF's commander in chief. The image was likely taken in 1919. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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