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Hitching a ride with Dan Daly. 73rd Machine Gun Co.


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Joseph Argyle Rankin was born April 30th, 1894 in Washington DC. He enlisted as an apprentice at the age 15 in the Marine Corps April 7th, 1910. During his 1st enlistment, Rankin had multiple offenses, and was discharged with a character of "Bad".

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Mr. Rankin with a waiver and permission from his mother, was able to enlistment again in 1914 where he continued his bad behavior. post-7989-0-94983700-1574456529_thumb.jpgpost-7989-0-61692100-1574456549.jpg

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In 1917, Rankin was transferred to the 73rd Machine Gun Company. On October 17th, 1917 he shipped out to France as a regimental bugler. He participated in 3 major engagements, and was wounded twice. One was a H/E shell wound on July 20th. The other was when he was gassed on October 29th.

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For completing his 2nd enlistment with a character of "Excellent", Sgt. Rankin received Good Conduct Medal #9010. He was allowed to enlist again in 1935, as the Marine Corps lacked musical instructors.

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Brian Dentino

What a group! Man, sure sounds like Rankin was quite the rebellious trouble maker during his early days. Maybe he was made for combat and not a "barracks boy" since it seems he turned himself around when he was sent to France? Very cool grouping and was quite the interesting read!

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