SgtMaddoxUSMC Posted May 15, 2016 Share #751 Posted May 15, 2016 Sure didn't see too many soldiers that heavy back then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry K. Posted May 15, 2016 Share #752 Posted May 15, 2016 I would say he's over six ft. tall too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry K. Posted May 15, 2016 Share #753 Posted May 15, 2016 Meet Pvt. David D. Newlin, born in MO. lived in Quincy, IL. entered US Army 9/7/1918, discharged 1/14/1919. 23rd Rec. Company, General Service Infantry. Just got these from a flea market along with his dog tags. His Head stone has him with a number off in his service number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry K. Posted May 15, 2016 Share #754 Posted May 15, 2016 Requested his marker read, D.Dee Newlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagjetta Posted May 16, 2016 Share #755 Posted May 16, 2016 Meet Pvt. David D. Newlin, born in MO. lived in Quincy, IL. entered US Army 9/7/1918, discharged 1/14/1919. 23rd Rec. Company, General Service Infantry. Just got these from a flea market along with his dog tags. His Head stone has him with a number off in his service number. I think a section of my brain went dark....What is "23rd Rec. Company"? Thanks and sorry for the dumb question, I just cant seem to think what "Rec." is in WWI terms! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyCanteen Posted May 16, 2016 Share #756 Posted May 16, 2016 I think a section of my brain went dark....What is "23rd Rec. Company"? Thanks and sorry for the dumb question, I just cant seem to think what "Rec." is in WWI terms! John Receiving Company. Now you have to ask what a Receiving Company is. RC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagjetta Posted May 16, 2016 Share #757 Posted May 16, 2016 I think a section of my brain went dark....What is "23rd Rec. Company"? Thanks and sorry for the dumb question, I just cant seem to think what "Rec." is in WWI terms! John I think I found the answer to my own question....23rd RECRUITING Company, General Service Infantry. Oh shoot...I didn't see the reply with "RECEIVING Company." Now i am shaking my head again...I am so confused! Is a RECEIVING Company like a "REPLACEMENT" Company, that is, full of unassigned recruits? Sorry for taking up bandwith while I shake the cobwebs from my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagjetta Posted May 16, 2016 Share #758 Posted May 16, 2016 Requested his marker read, D.Dee Newlin I think this appears to be the same guy: David D Newlin, No. 3778249, Born Bevier, Missouri, August 5, 1892 Living at 411 E Illinois St, Kirksville, Missouri, when inducted at Kirksville on Sept. 7, 1918 Served with "Local Board, Kirksville, MO to Discharge" Rank: Private This is from his Form No. 724-1, AGO, available from Missouri Soldiers Records Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry K. Posted May 16, 2016 Share #759 Posted May 16, 2016 23rd Recruit Co. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry K. Posted May 16, 2016 Share #760 Posted May 16, 2016 card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagjetta Posted May 16, 2016 Share #761 Posted May 16, 2016 card 23rd RECRUITING Company! d'oh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMcCulloch Posted May 16, 2016 Share #762 Posted May 16, 2016 I picked up this one yesterday: George Fox, taken in Andernach, 1919 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMcCulloch Posted May 17, 2016 Share #763 Posted May 17, 2016 John Wesley Arhorn, 1st Lt, 1917. I find no trace of this officer anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMcCulloch Posted May 17, 2016 Share #764 Posted May 17, 2016 This studio photograph of Lucian D. Booth was taken in France - it's a little hard to see, but he has a huge 1st Army patch on his uniform. Booth was a native of Mississippi, and graduated from the United States Military Academy, Class of 1907. During World War I he served 13 months in France. Booth stayed in the army after the war, and rose to the rank of Colonel. He also served in World War 2, retiring on September 30, 1943. He died on February 22, 1960, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. SCAN0146.JPG I found the following about Booth in a memorial on the West Point website: The first ten years of Lucians service in the Army were in the Coast Artillery Corps with stations at Fortress Monroe, Virginia; The Philippine Islands; Long Island, N.Y.; and, as the foreboding clouds of the First World War burst into storm, as an instructor in mechanics at West Point. He became a Major of Field Artillery in September 1917 and was assigned immediately as Ordnance Officer of the 30th National Guard Infantry Division. In May 1918 he embarked for France with the Division which, on arrival, was aligned with the British in Northern France. This was one of the fast-moving, hard-hitting military aggregations which, in the latter part of September 1918, broke the much vaunted Hindenburg Line. The following month Lucian was ordered to duty with the Chief of Ordnance of the First Army, then busily enmeshed in combat in the Meuse-Argonne. Here he was serving when the Armistice came November 11, 1918. His Purple Heart Meritorious Service Citation describes the courage and steadfastness with which he performed his duties in battle. His service ribbon carries four stars for significant battle participation. - http://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/4560/ OUTSTANDING! Booth was my Grandfather's direct commander! I signed his promtion papers and his CdG nomination. In 1942 he recruited my Grandfather back into the Ordnance Corps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WS60 Posted July 30, 2016 Share #765 Posted July 30, 2016 *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WS60 Posted August 8, 2016 Share #766 Posted August 8, 2016 I do not see any pre-WWI period photo, but I like this portret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carthage light guard Posted August 16, 2016 Share #767 Posted August 16, 2016 Frank H. Demski of Chicago, a member of Company B, 353rd Infantry, 89th Division. Can someone tell me more about the piece of cloth directly above his overseas chevrons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
338thRCT Posted August 17, 2016 Share #768 Posted August 17, 2016 Picked up some photos last week while on vacation. I'm having a hard time trying ti ID the SSI on this mans coat, maybe some of you have better vision. Also , I at first thought the circle on his hat was a flaw in the processing of the photo, but upon magnification, it appears to be a badge of some type. Ideas? . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
338thRCT Posted August 17, 2016 Share #769 Posted August 17, 2016 Also got this one. Note the thumbprint .I'm wondering if that happened during the processing of the picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted August 17, 2016 Share #770 Posted August 17, 2016 Carthage Light Guard, My best guess as to what the cloth "directly over his overseas chevrons" is that it's the backing cloth for a voluntary enlistment star that has since been removed. The voluntary enlistment star was an unauthorized decoration in the form of a silver star that was worn to indicate that a soldier had volunteered to serve in the Army rather than waiting to be conscripted into it. This non-regulation decoration was strictly forbidden by the War Department. Because of this special insignia inspections were held on the transport ships that brought AEF veterans back to the United States. Any soldier who was found wearing the silver "voluntary enlistment star" or the gold "first 100,000 over star" or any other unauthorized ribbon, decoration or insignia had it removed from his uniform. Being an unauthorized and self-awarded decoration the manner in which they were sewn onto the uniform varied from soldier to soldier. Some pinned metal stars directly onto the sleeve, others had the star directly embroidered and still others employed stars that had been embroidered onto various shaped backing clothes, which were then sewn onto the uniform. If you look closely at the patch of cloth above the service chevrons in the photo you posted you can just make out the ghost of a circular shape, which I suspect once had a silve star embroidered onto it. Shown below is your now empty "patch of cloth" next to another set of service chevrons with an applied patch of cloth, cut to a different shape, bearing a silver star, which in turn, is next to a third set of service chevrons bearing a star on a round patch of cloth that is similar in size to the faint ghost image found on your backing cloth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted August 17, 2016 Share #771 Posted August 17, 2016 338th RCT, The shape of the Liberty Loan insignia in your photo looks like a "shield" (flat on top with a point at the bottom) and the shape of the actual insignia, not the colorized insignia over it, looks to me, like the numeral '1'. If so, this would make it a 1st Division insignia. The coloration however, looks more like the "Red Arrow" of the 32nd Infantry Division. Here's a comparison of both the 1st and 32nd Division Liberty Loan style shoulder insignia ... Photos courtesy of Griffin Militaria.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagjetta Posted August 20, 2016 Share #772 Posted August 20, 2016 French studio portrait of an unidentified Engineer, though from the looks of his collar disc, I suspect he was in the 23rd Engineer Regiment JAG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solcarlus Posted August 21, 2016 Share #773 Posted August 21, 2016 Hi 23d Eng = Higthway regiment. (Army Troops) T8 = 8th Truck Co. solcarlus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 21, 2016 Share #774 Posted August 21, 2016 @338 Don't know, looks like on one hand a small 37th Division Buckeye shoulder patch pin, a first example of a Patch Type Crest if it is right!, On the second hand a German Army Feldmutze cockade, if that's what it is, the closest one I could think of would be for the State of Lippe, that one had a Yellow border with a Red center. Which ever it might be, it looks like it's on top of some kind of Crossed Rifles of the U.S. Infantry right, but not sure what kind of badge that might be as there were no separate EM collar discs, just one piece stamped ones back then (As witnessed by WWII GIs sometimes taking the main device off of Screwback discs of their branch and placing them on their Garrison Caps). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawdog Posted August 21, 2016 Share #775 Posted August 21, 2016 French studio post card portrait, un-named. The things those eyes have seen! Sent from my LG-LS995 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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