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Jeffrey Magut
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German-made (occupation era) photo of 1st Infantry Division soldier, Clarence Smith, New England "Pot. & Keg? Co." [can't make out the writing!]

 

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John---you know you are killing me with these great Third Army images---I thought I had a portrait of a VIIth Corps, 326th Field Signal BN, soldier at the same studio with the same prop but my memory was weak...nevertheless, here's my signal corps guy at a studio in Wittlich.....

7th Corps veteran, "Taken in Treves, Germany, January 30, 1919"

 

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John---you know you are killing me with these great Third Army images---I thought I had a portrait of a VIIth Corps, 326th Field Signal BN, soldier at the same studio with the same prop but my memory was weak...nevertheless, here's my signal corps guy at a studio in Wittlich.....

 

 

Well that is very cool! Wittlich is just a long walk from Trier!

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Enlisted soldier wearing a WWI Victory Medal with four clasps. Photographed in an Ohio studio, the photo came in a group of images attributed to a 37th Division member.

 

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And as we know, those boys could walk....did you notice the weird distortion on the table I got when I shrank it down to postable size? I didn't notice it till I loaded it up here and hit the add button---I think it's kind of cool...almost a twilight zone image...

 

Al

Well that is very cool! Wittlich is just a long walk from Trier!

 

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John A. Paruleski, 470 Motor Truck Co., 418 Motor Supply Train.

 

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The 470 Motor Truck Co. arrived in Brest on August 25, 1918, and were shipped to the front three days later where they remained until after the Armistice.

 

According to another member of the 470 Motor Truck Co, Tallie Everson, "A Motor Supply Train consists of six motor truck companies with twenty-seven trucks to a company, and on each truck, a driver and an assistant who rides the rear end of the truck acting as scout for the truck behind also guarding the load of his own truck." -- Brodhead's Tribute to Her Men of the Service, 1914-1918, by Brodhead (Wis.) Civics Club, page 102

 

 

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Magnificent image, Eric. Congrats! Fine addition and a fine documentation of the coiled snake patch.

 

Thanks for sharing it with everyone.

 

John

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Magnificent image, Eric. Congrats! Fine addition and a fine documentation of the coiled snake patch.

 

Thanks for sharing it with everyone.

 

John

 

 

Yeah...what John said.

 

Eric, SUPERB find! Rare doesn't begin to describe it...

 

-Chuck

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world war I nerd

Despite looking like a miniature (inverted) chevron above the service chevrons, it's actually just the top of the pointed cuff as found on the USMC P 1914 Winter Field Coat.

 

For some reason, the upper half of the upper half of the pointed cuff disappears, but if you look closely you can see the shadow of the pointed cuff's lower half emerging from underneath the service chevrons.

 

John, that is one of the more amazing images of a WW I Marine.

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John--just an amazing portrait---love the 4 o/s stripes....obviously an occupation of Germany vet....the history of the 4th Marine Brigade in the occupation is in the Winter 2016 issue of Marine Corps History Magazine for folks that are interested in USMC history...

 

Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Al

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