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WWI 332nd infantry trench art


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Found this piece of wwi trench art recently and couldnt pass it up. I normally dont collect trench art but when I saw the 332nd connection I had to pick it up to go with a 332nd uniform I have.

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Excellent piece -- thanks for posting it. I can't read the inscription too well but it looks like Don H. Johnston. Is that correct? That would line up with Donald H. Johnston from Collins, Ohio who was in M Company.

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Thanks!! Yes it says Don H Johnston co M 332 inf. Very neat to associate a name with it.

Excellent, thanks.

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It attracted my interest because Collins, Ohio is not too far from my house and is a pretty small place. Don Johnston is buried in the Collins Cemetery. He has 2 headstones. Here is the first one courtesy of Find a Grave.

 

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He must have been proud of his 332nd service to put on his headstone. Too bad I didn’t find his uniform too but who knows if it survived or not. I had never seen a 332nd piece of trench art.

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