HISTORY OF THE 306TH INFANTRY
HISTORY
of
THE 306th INFANTRY
By
Julius Ochs Adler
1935
CHAPTER 1 CAMP UPTON
IN the summer of 1917, out of a tangle of scrub-oak and sturdy pine in the middle of Long Island, Camp Upton was created.
The camp was one of sixteen cantonments constructed by the War Department in different parts of the country to train the civilians, who were to become a part of the great National Army. Following our entry into the war on April 6, 1917, the entire strength of the nation was, mobilized to equip and prepare one of the largest armies in history. The cantonments sprang up like mushrooms; while in cities, towns and country, the youth of America was being mustered for service overseas.
Camp Upton was literally carved out of the wilderness. It was situated near a station on the Long Island Railroad known by the euphonious name of Yaphank, some sixty miles from New York and approximately midway between Patchogue on the South Shore and Port Jefferson on the Sound. Carpenters, woodsmen, laborers and contractors were its creators; surveyors and engineers laid out the rude camp streets; mules and tractors and trucks, rutted the sticky earth into a morass of mud and debris. Almost a whole forest was felled; gaunt stumps stuck up like sore fingers out of the scarred ground. Saw and adze and hammer, level and blueprint-and an army of workmen-transformed the forest into a city of wooden barracks, a "city" that was, to be the birthplace of the 306th Infantry.
While Camp Upton, with its, barracks and its ditches and its mud, was being hacked out of the landscape of Long Island, the Regiment itself was conceived. All over New York City the men who were to be the veterans of the Vesle and the Meuse-Argonne were receiving those fateful pink cards which meant that they had been picked in accordance with the provisions of the Selective Draft Act to shoulder arms for their country. East Side, West Side, "all around the town," the pink cards came to men in all walks of life. Not all of those who had registered with their local boards were chosen for immediate service; the cards were dispatched in batches and the men who were to be welded at Camp Upton into the division that was to take its place in the great National Army were ordered to report in drafts.
To weld these men into military units, to prepare them as fighting men and to lead them through the shell fire of France, officers had to be selected and themselves trained. Long before Camp Upton had begun to take shape out of the scrub-oak thickets, that training had commenced. In May, 1917, the young business men and college graduates who were to become the officers of the future 306th Infantry left New York City for the Officers' Training Camp at Plattsburg Barracks, New York. For three months, from dawn to dusk, from reveille to taps, the future officers put in the hardest kind of physical work. Close order drill, target practice, tactical problems (largely based on our experience in the Civil War), study of infantry drill regulations and army regulations, and hikes with full army packs, all served to turn out, on August 15, 1917, men who were not only hardened by their experience, but enthusiastic about taking up their duties with the National Army.
As the young men from the Third and Fourth Companies at Plattsburg, who were to become the nucleus of the officers of the 306th Infantry, were finishing their training, Colonel George Vidmer, who was to be the Regiment's beloved leader all through the war, was immersed in a thousand details of paper work at the half-finished Camp Upton. An officer who had transferred from the cavalry because he had seen no work for horsemen in France, Colonel Vidmer sparkled with energy and enthusiasm. He could see the humorous side of things. He was tolerant of mistakes until the same man made the same mistake twice. He neither asked nor cared for means or methods so long as problems were solved satisfactorily. He could sit in judgment and use common-sense justice without reference to the book of Military Law, Army Regulations, or the I. D. R. His sole demand was that those who served under him be above mediocrity in whatever task they attempted. His aim was to command the best regiment in the best brigade in the best division in France, and he kept this high point of perfection as his objective until the 306th Infantry had been organized and drilled, trained and transported to France, and through the days that saw the Regiment move across the valley of the Vesle, to the Aisne, and through the tangled trees of the Argonne Forest to, the Meuse. When the job was done at last, if he did not quite attain all that he desired, at least he was satisfied. And very proud. . . .
To Colonel Vidmer and the wilderness of the wooden barracks, uncleared forest, mud-holes, stumps and lumber -piles that was Camp Upton came the future officers of the 306th in early September, 1917. The young officers -majors, captains, first and second lieutenants-with the new bars of their ranks shining brightly on their shoulders, were herded together in Barrack J-I for a few days, until they were ordered to report to Colonel Vidmer at the "headquarters" of the 306th Infantry.
The Regiment was born !
But there was no time for self-congratulation. Within a few days the first draft was due at the still-unfinished camp; to mold this raw material into a regiment there were the young officers from Plattsburg, a few seasoned campaigners who knew the smell of smoke, a handful of old army sergeants, and one or two former "non-coms," elevated in the emergency. There were assignments to be made, jobs to be learned, thousands of details to be attended to. Colonel Vidmer took his new officers on long hikes through the surrounding country, hikes supposedly designed to keep every one fit, but actually an opportunity for the Colonel to size up his men.
"Keep your health and your sense of humor," he advised them. "The rest will take care of itself."
Uniforms, blankets, food, rifles, equipment, arrived in advance of the draft and were sorted and checked. Feverish preparations were made by new supply officers and quartermasters, who worked far into the night. Carpenters and laborers hammered and sawed night and day. Chefs were sent down from the best New York hotels to take charge of the cooking until the companies yet to be formed could develop their own cooks.
On September 10, 1917, the first men arrived and were detrained at the railroad crossing where the nearest road led to camp. There the officers who had been detailed to meet them formed the men in two ranks, and their lives as soldiers had begun.. The first draft was composed of men of every nationality and from every civilian occupation; somehow, in the days to come, these men were to be welded in the army's melting-pot into a great division which was to gain more ground in France than any other American division.
For the next week or two after the arrival of the men, Camp Upton was in chaos.
The new arrivals were promptly assigned to companies, and then the officers had their first taste of those pestilential qualification cards, which, in many cases, were worse than Greek puzzles. They did not completely appreciate until later the real utility of those cards and the value of this system, which Colonel Vidmer had evolved. Then, when regiments all about them were being inconvenienced by necessary transfers of specialists between companies (to "equalize" the number assigned to each company) the 306th comprehended the wisdom and foresight of Colonel Vidmer's plan.
It was essentially a simple plan, but in its details difficult to carry out. The Colonel and his Adjutant, Captain Thacher, scrutinized the qualification cards of each newly arrived batch of men, listed the men under those civilian occupations which had parallels in military life, and divided the men so qualified equally between all companies, with the exception of the Headquarters and Machine Gun Companies. Each company was assigned an equal number of policemen, firemen, superintendents, gang bosses, and all those who had had control of men, and who probably had some of the qualities from which to make non-commissioned officers. The cooks, stenographers, typists, mechanics, etc., were similarly assigned. Radio men, signalers, and line men were assigned to Headquarters Company. Teamsters and horsemen in general were divided between the Supply and Machine Gun Companies.
The captains were called together and -given an outline of the scheme. Draft boards must be broken up, Colonel Vidmer said. The four platoons in a company and even the squads in a platoon were to be utilized for this purpose. All civilian associations were to be severed and a new comradeship, based on the men's experiences in the Regiment in peace and war, fostered, so that there might be borne into civilian life after the war a greater understanding of democracy. The scheme was hard to carry out, in many instances, but the officers gave the idea their loyal support, and now after the war is over they have had ample time and opportunity to judge the wisdom of the experiment.
Thus the drills soon became a question of personal competition between men of different nationalities, different educations and of varying social positions. There, was the turmoil of fitting clothing and of finding it would not fit -of keeping those damnable records which at that time seemed so useless. Muster-rolls, morning reports, ration returns, were all more complex than calculus, and many a night was spent in trying to work out the intricacies of all those column headings and how to fill them in.
So much of the captains' time was occupied in innumerable reports, returns, etc., which had to be made every few days and which seemed to be every few minutes, that the Colonel later in the fall made a trip to Washington and laid before the War Department the need of an officer for this purpose. In accordance with Colonel Vidmer's recommendation such an assignment was approved, the officer to be called the personnel adjutant.
Army Regulations gave the greatest worry, until at Officers' Call one day the question of this "blue-bound book" was brought up and there was a feeling of relief when the Colonel announced:
"Gentlemen, there is no precedent for this mobilization in our history. We are all men of common sense and all I want you to do, is to use common sense in the organization and training of your companies. You may burn your Army Regulations, for I guarantee you will have no use for them during this war. Anyway, Army Regulations were written for those who have no common sense."
Sorting each succeeding draft into companies was task enough, and the prospect of drilling, arming and training them to fight and then leading them into actual warfare appeared to be an impossible undertaking.~ Everything was in disorder. And the fates seemed determined to keep the 306th Infantry in that state. Men who were thought to be present were discovered never to have reported. No sooner had a man been issued a blanket, messkit, bed sack and number than he lost the first three and forgot the last. Uniforms were ordered to fit odd shapes and before they arrived those odd shapes had been transferred elsewhere. Many men could not speak English.
Some of them wore their best clothes, probably having determined to make a good impression on their commanding officers. Others wore their worst, wisely, for pinch-back coats and patent-leather shoes did not receive any great consideration when there were stumps to be pulled, potatoes to be peeled or ditches to be dug, and it was several days before uniforms were issued. The men swarmed off the trains that rolled into the station at Yaphank in a steady stream. Curiosity, anger, zest, distress, bewilderment and arrogance were a few of the emotions displayed by their remarks.
In some miraculous manner each draft was herded into something vaguely resembling a column and marched to the barracks. There the leader of the group presented the receiving officer with a list alleged to contain the names of those present and an armful of identification papers. Neither ever was known to check. As an example, it was a week before Captain Marshall discovered that Gregory, who had faithfully reported present at every formation of Company I, never had appeared in Camp Upton at all, and that Gregowski, who had been marked absent and the fact reported to his draft board, was laboring under the impres-sion that they had Americanized his name.
But then roll-call always caused more confusion than comprehension.
"Tomaso."
"Here."
"Tortoni."
"Here," from the same individual.
"Who are you, Tomaso or Tortoni?"
"No spigh Ingleesh." Already he had learned a formula that would serve in any emergency.
When Captain Adler took command of H Company a few months later he found a well-drilled organization, but an irregular skyline which jarred on his sense of proportion. He rearranged the company according to size and at last had a line before him that sloped gracefully from the six -footers on the right flank to the smaller men on the left. But when he gave the command "Right by squads!" he found confusion. Some of the men did right face and some did left and some just stood still in consternation. The captain was mystified.. He had seen the same company going through the same movement only a few moments before. Investigation proved that the company had been arranged by nationalities and that when a command was given in English each corporal hastily translated it in the language of his particular squad. Captain Adler immediately discarded his idea of symmetry and rearranged the company as he had found it.
The language problem was one of the most perplexing at first. Over four hundred men in the Regiment could not speak English, and schools were hastily formed to teach them their adopted tongue. Their progress was swift and steady, but there were many exasperating moments before they got past the one phrase, "No spigh Ingleesh," which they discovered early in their military careers excused them from unpleasant duties that otherwise might have been thrust upon them.
One, of the captains, finding an especially muddy spot in his company street during one of those early days of organization, ordered Private P-, soldier by chance, guitar player by preference, to get some ashes and spread them over the slippery area. Private P- merely looked at the captain and chanted the formula, "No spigh Ingleesh."
"You-usted-savvy usted?" the captain started again, calling on his limited knowledge of Spanish in the emergency.
"Jh, si, sehor," the soldier said intelligently.
"Get ashes!" the captain added hurriedly as though he feared Private P- would lose the trend of the conversation. But already the blank expression had returned to Private P-'s face.
"No entiendo, sehor. No spigh Ingleesh.
",Ashes! ASHES I" the Captain exploded. "My Go,d, man, can't you understand a simple little word like ashes?"
Perhaps P- simply did not want to get any ashes, in the first place. There were many times that the foreign- born called on their old friend "No spigh Ingleesh" when they did not want to stretch their imaginations-or their legs. Captain Bull came as close to solving the problem as any one. He posted a sign on the bulletin board in G Company barracks that read, "If you can't speak English you can't eat!"
It was surprising how quickly the foreigners in G Com-pany learned the language.
The first days in camp were spent in a jumble of duties that seemed only dimly connected with warfare. Stumps of trees had to be cleared away before drills could start, because there wasn't any place smooth enough to drill on. D6bris left behind by carpenters in their haste to complete the village that had sprung up between dawn and dusk had to be carted off.
There were dust and mud and piles of lumber, charred stumps of trees and miniature lakes; and there were dirt roads-mockingly designated as "Fourth Avenue," "Fifth Avenue," "Eighth Street," "Ninth Street," and other such familiar thoroughfares to the city-bred. There were rows on rows of two-story wooden buildings; and in the distance, looking down in dignified command from the high vantage of "The Hill," Division Headquarters.
In dry weather clouds of dust swept from one end of camp to the, other, spreading a layer of tan powder over everything. In wet weather the streets became brown blotches of mud and muck-holes, and water dripped steadily on polished steel-that had to be repolishedl In hot weather a blistering sun beat down on tired backs. In cold weather the chill wind crept through the thin walls of the hastily constructed barracks and poked shivering soldiers with frosty fingers. Such was Camp Upton.
There was little sleep the first few nights in barracks. The novelty and perhaps the realization that they were really in the army kept men tossing on their bunks, wondering, wondering, . . . And there were new friends. Long after taps the barracks buzzed with low murmurs of conversation, interrupted by peals of laughter. Somehow things never seemed so funny as when the lights were out and others wanted to sleep. . . .
The problem of organization was as vast and intricate as a jig-saw puzzle with four thousand pieces. Just when it looked as though a piece fitted here it was discovered that it did not at all. When one section was completed, another, just as difficult to solve, appeared. There were troubles enough for every one in those days.
Uniforms alone caused sleepless nights and weird sights that looked more like men in masquerade than soldiers. There were long, lean men and short, stout men to be equipped. There were long, lean uniforms and short, stout uniforms to be issued. But never the right amount of both and seldom enough of either. Then, too, shoes, hats and leggins had to be fitted. It was not unusual to see patent-leather shoes doing double-time, or "soldiers" dressed in gayly checkered trousers, issue leggins, and gray felt hats.
The urge to get back to the city was another problem of those first difficult days. If passes were not granted and "Slim" or "Bull" or "Pedro" wanted to make a weekend visit to New York they simply went. When regulations became more strict they presented telegrams from friends saying that mother was very low or that sister was getting married. It was not long before the weight of an urgent telegram was practically negligible in securing a pass.
The simplest movements of close order drills were erratic, to say the, least. It was difficult enough to get a company headed in any given direction. It was next to impossible to change the course or bring them to a halt within hailing distance of each other. And as some individual always persisted in coming to halt a pace or two behind the rest of the company, the voice of some seasoned sergeant would come booming across the area: "Say, you! General Pershing halts in three counts. If you can do, it in two, go over and win the war I"
We had heard of the "fog of war" and we were now beginning to appreciate what this meant, at least in the early stages of preparation.
Uniforms, passes, conscientious objectors, the rudiments of infantry drill regulations these were only a few of the troubles that harassed those trying to organize four thousand men into a single unit. And yet in the gloom of discouragement there were some bright spots. There were men who encouraged the Regiment by their unexpected adaptability, enthusiasm, humor or talents and who helped to smooth the rough spots in the road. There were men like Eddie Seewald, whose esprit de corps caused him to turn down a commission because he did not want to leave his pals in F Company; and David Hochstein, who was on the threshold of fame as a violinist when he heard the bugles beckoning and whose magic music thrilled the hearts of many a homesick lad. There was Ben Gold, of D Company, later to become first sergeant, whose loyalty and sense of humor never failed. There was Corporal Carney, the proud possessor of a radiolite wrist-watch, who thought it the wittiest thing in the world to be awakened with inquiries as to the time at odd hours of the night. There was Jimmy Flaherty, who became a hero of F Company by riding twenty miles to Patchogue to have the chef's false teeth repaired when the outfit was threatened with starvation by the lord high ruler of the kitchen. And there were many others, whose names were legion, who did their parts manfully in creating the spirit of the Regiment.
The evenings were occupied by talks and lectures, which were interesting at first, but then became a bore. Later on, when it was found that attendance was compulsory, it is believed that most of these periods were used for periods of well-earned rest.
The Division Staff now began to inspect the Regiment. General J. Franklin Bell, the Division Commander, that old veteran of so many campaigns, began to walk about the regimental area and give words of praise and admonition. When he went to France on his tour of observation, his successor, General Evan M. Johnson, followed his example; and ever present was that grand old much-revered General Edmund C. Wittenmyer, our Brigade Commander, whose quiet smile, kind words and encouragement will ever be remembered and whose snow-white hair was often seen later in the front lines in France. Every one felt that with such a man in command of our brigade, we would not only be well taken care of, but well led.
Comrades of the 305th now began to be noticed; they were brigaded with the 306th and were later to fight side by side with our regiment. It was a pleasant and reassuring sight to see the warm friendship which existed between Colonel Vidmer and Colonel Smedberg. It was realized that the two regiments would have to depend on each other in vital moments on the battlefield, and it was very heartening to know that there existed between the two leaders a warm and lasting comradeship which had endured now for over thirty years.
All this time the 306th was rounding into shape; officers and men were studying and being studied and were gaining that confidence and mutual respect in each other which must exist between comrades in arms who are destined to succeed.
Then came the day when the Regiment was assembled in the large auditorium and the Colors were blessed. First they were blessed by the Protestant chaplain, then by the Jewish rabbi, and last by our own Father Dunne, that modest, retiring little Catholic priest who afterwards in France grew so close to the men of the Regiment and whom they loved and admired.
And then more work. Work? Yes, they worked-the men of the 306th. Company by company was detailed to pull stumps and fill in the ground so that there would be space enough to drill. A system of trenches was dug, which was the only complete system in the entire camp built to the satisfaction of the foreign instructors. Bayonet dummies were painted ~ la Kaiser; and a bombing circle was outlined with a little wall in the center, at which rocks were thrown under the supervision of the French instructors. Then there were the rifle galleries, built six feet apart in rear of the machine-gun barracks, galleries which were continually used throughout the winter, and in which stoves were placed to warm fingers so that the bull's-eye could be hit. The 306th was going to be a sharp-shooting outfit.
Because of the foresight of Colonel Vidmer, all this work and training made company bonds stronger than civilian ties, and company rivalry flared like a flame. The officers sought competitive drills. Weekly inspections became heated competitions. Pride of personnel became a matter of argument.
"Say, we got the best bunch in the whole regiment over in B Company."
"Whatta you mean, best bunchl"
But when it became a matter of the "Three-Oh-Six" against some other regiment, then company rivalries were forgotten and battalions banded together in the bigger bond of the regiment.
That spirit first awakened, perhaps, when the matter of War Risk Insurance was broached. The details were announced and the men were frankly uninterested. The advantages to be gained were pointed out and there was little response. It was emphasized that the cost would be little and the return might be great; the result was a feeble flutter. But when War Risk Insurance was made a matter of regimental achievement there was a different reaction. Other outfits were subscribing heavily. Would the "Three-Oh-Six" lag behind? The Regiment subscribed one hundred percent.
It was the same with the Liberty Loan Drive. Not only because they thought Liberty Bonds were good investments, but because they refused to be outdone in anything, did the 306th Infantry subscribe nearly a hundred thousand dollars more than any other regiment in the division.
Then there was the fight for the football championship. It was as typical of the Regiment's esprit de corps as anything that was accomplished in those days at Camp Upton. Lieutenant "Mike" Hayes had coached a team through an undefeated schedule, but the 302nd Engineers had just as distinguished a record and, besides, a bigger, heavier, stronger eleven. So when the two met in the final game for the championship, the odds were strongly against the "Three-Oh-Six."
For three quarters the Infantrymen fought off the assaults of the Engineers through sheer courage. And when the last period started the score was o-o. But the Engineers had the ball on the ten-yard line and it was first down. A touchdown seemed inevitable, and a touchdown meant defeat. Three times Engineers' giant backs crashed into the line of men of the 306th. Three times they were hurled back without gaining an inch. And on the fourth down they were stopped with such definite finality that the man with the ball fumbled and the charge had been halted.
Defeat no longer threatened, but the "Three-Oh-Six" wanted more than a tie. Victory lay ninety yards away and only eight minutes, remained in which to cover that distance. Yet the Regiment took up the task with determination that would not be checked by the apparent hopelessness of the situation. Ritter, the big fullback, had been forced from the game with a badly wrenched knee, but he begged for the chance to return for the final drive. O'Hara, the little left halfback, was battered and bruised, but he kept up the fight. Twice during the ninety-yard march down the field Sergeant Aden, the plucky quarterback, was knocked unconscious, but each time he staggered to his feet to, carry on.
One by one the white lines slipped behind. Nearer and nearer came the Engineers' goal as minutes ticked away the march that couldn't be stopped. And finally big Ritter, though in great pain, plunged over the last white chalk-mark to a touchdown, to victory, and championship.
But that was only a beginning. The 3o6th Infantry scampered off with the track and field championship in the meet sponsored by the New York Athletic Club. That was the only time they were ever known to run away from any rival. They showed they could fight by winning the divisional boxing championship. And when the sanitation inspectors made their final rounds they found no banana-peels in company streets, nor incinerators that would not work, and once more the 3o6th Infantry carried off the highest honors.
Too much credit cannot be given to the Regimental Surgeon, Lieutenant R. M. Vose. He was the watchdog of sanitation. His almost hourly visits to the kitchens and his constant advice and warnings were just what were needed at this time. His value was soon recognized by the Division Surgeon, and it was but three months after the organization of the Regiment that he received his promotion to the grade of Major, and much to the Regiment's gratification remained on duty as Regimental Surgeon.
The memory of these triumphs and the prophecy of greater triumphs to come were embodied in the regimental shield, designed by that outstanding American sculptor, Captain Robert Aitken, of the Machine Gun Company. It hung high over Regimental Headquarters for one and all to see. It depicted a corporal breaking his way through a barbed-wire entanglement in the flare of a bursting shell, His rifle was at the charge, his bayonet fixed. And as he plunged forward he shouted his command to his squad, "Follow me!" That command, translated into French. "Suivez-moi !" served as a motto to the Regiment, not only in those training days when championships and prizes were the rewards, but later in sterner contests when life and death hung in the balance.
"Follow me !"
The second increment of the draft was arriving. Veterans of three months hung out of barrack windows like tenement dwellers in the Bronx and watched them struggle through the deep snows of December. More material for the melting-pot. Shouts of recognition were flung to
for
mer friends. Shouts of derision greeted the grotesque and gawky. With sheepish grins the rookies answered back. The lieutenant who had flunked out of college found the professor who had graded his paper assigned to his company. The clerk who had gone to training camp returned his former boss's salute with satisfaction. "You're in the army now-" Somersaults.
But life in the army was beginning to have its attractions. Uniforms really fitted and were a badge of distinction, commanding respect on Broadway or Fifth Avenue. The lowest ranking buck private in O.D. was something superior to the niftiest man in civies. Aged bankers in limousines looked enviously at youngsters on the sidewalks. Uncle Sam's nephews were welcomed where before they had feared to tread.
And there were good times which all of us enjoyed.... Theater parties in the city, when whole companies at a time were entertained by the managers of the leading shows on Broadway. Visits of friends and families, who braved the slush and snow to, see the soldiers at Camp Upton. Dances in the barracks on Sunday afternoons for those who could not get passes to the city-an officers' dance at the Bilt-more-concerts by the regimental band-solos, impromptu, by mouth-organists, guitar players, banjoists-duets, quartets, choruses-regimental entertainments in the Y.M.C.A. -company blowouts in the barracks.
At Christmas there were passes for half the Regiment. At New Year's there were passes for the rest. Those who had come to camp a slack-shouldered, narrow-chested, somewhat apprehensive crowd of civilians, went back to the city again a swaggering, snappy, smartly clad, laughing regiment of soldiers. They laughed at their experiences, they minimized the hardships, they lauded their officers, their company and their regiment. "Wait'll the 306th goes over-" "We won't come back till it's over, over there I"
But it looked as if the time for departure was, getting closer each day. January found increased activity in camp and a more business-like atmosphere. No Man's Land, parapets, zero hour, became everyday expressions as the Regiment went through maneuvers. Enthusiasm and interest increased as the work became more like the real thing. Rifle practice on the newly constructed range, under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel Garrison McCaskey, was held in spite of the cold and wintry days. The Regiment was developing its marksmanship which was to be so useful in the days to come.
No one will ever forget the winter Of '17 and '18. Coal was hard to get and had to be hauled by regimental transportation; the roads were sheathed with ice and many a load which got stuck half the way to its barracks was wheeled by hand by men of the company in order that there might be some semblance of heat. There would come a snow followed immediately by a thaw and a drop in temperature so great that the ground was a sheet of ice, and the only way to carry on with drills and exercises was to cover the regimental area with ashes from the stoves and heaters. The cold was so intense that on many a morning icicles hung from the showers. The real training value of these difficulties was not appreciated until later when there were other and more difficult obstacles to overcome. The Regiment went through a hard school in this training at Camp Upton and was prepared for the worst.
The story of the training of the Regiment would be in-complete without mention of the foreign instructors; they were such a hard-working lot, especially if one could judge by the time they gave the Regiment. . . . There was Captain Browne, of the British Army, with his able assistant, Sergeant Major Covington, who, it was understood, had been an auctioneer in London. His voice had had excel-lent training, and his constant commands, "In I" "Out I" 4'On Guardt" and "Carry On!" at least made the men move lively. Poire, with his Chauchat automatics, which later on in France were called "gas pipes," excited the greatest admiration. Many a time members of the 306th eyed his Croix de Guerre and wondered if such a decoration would ever fall to them.
Then there were boxing lessons and jiu-jutsu, which were felt to be fads for the moment, but all of which had their part in building one up physically and in teaching pugnacity and coordination.
Will one ever forget that subject of sanitation, which was not only preached but practiced daily and hourly? Those incineratorsl How those flies, which were such a nuisance when the messes were first started, soon began to disappear when the company commanders put their many ideas and inventions into practice.
Dish-towels, cooks' fingernails, uncovered food, were all subjects of not only daily lectures, but daily punishments.
And those fifteen hurdles that were built out in the rear area and which had to be jumped twice a day I They were supposed to keep the legs supple and perhaps they accomplished their purpose, but they also made every one most proficient in a rapidly growing vocabulary of "damns." Everything was new, but this newness held a fascination which at this late date is hard to describe. It was a new life and every day so, many new problems had to be solved. Every one felt that they had to be solved before the Regiment was declared proficient enough to embark for France, the great objective.
Music was not neglected and the band, which proved to be such a wonderful asset to the Regiment in France, rapidly took shape. To it was added all of the field music, so that soon stirring marches were heard, the music for which had been received from overseas through a friend of the Regiment. The Colonel had the foresight to add to the band that group of entertainers who were to bring to the men the necessary laughter in France.
The Regiment was taught to sing and one of the singing instructors made several attempts to have the men join him on their return from the drill field. "Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag" met with a half-heated response with most of the platoons. When the recall sounded that was the end of drill, and singing was another duty.
In all of this work the soul of the Regiment was born the organization was completed and there was a very noticeable and very marked attention to drill, and to cleanliness and smartness of dress. Men were proud of themselves and of the Regiment. Company commanders began to visit other companies and find out how different things were being done. The weekly inspections were a matter of great moment and every one was willing to be criticized constructively and to profit by the criticism. Yes, a spirit of the Regiment was being fostered and was growing daily. There must have been something in the minds, of the higher-ups which made them believe that men were made by overcoming obstacles, for obstacles there were, not only of one kind, but of many. Scarcely had the Regiment been organized before it was called upon to transfer many hundreds of specialists to Camp Gordon, in Georgia. Shortly after this several hundreds of motor mechanics and drivers were transferred to France. In addition, there was a constant weeding out of those who proved unfit. Flat feet were something that had to be guarded against, for it was known that the flat-footed infantryman soon gave out on the march. There was a weeding out also of officers, and these were transferred to the depot battalion, where their particular bents could be utilized. The Colonel was constantly drumming into our ears that if we would but keep our health and sense of humor, we should pull through, and that no tension was so great that it could not be relieved by a hearty laugh.
In February and March, 1918, Camp Upton was a changed place and its inhabitants changed people. Regular hours, hard work, and proper food were having their effects. Uniforms fitted better. Shoulders were squarer, heads held higher and there was a visible distinction between chests and abdomens. Resentment had grown to, respect. Fear had been replaced with determination. Curiosity had mounted to enthusiasm. "Alla right, Boss," was now "Very good, sir." Fewer and fewer were the foreign words heard about the camp. More and more such terms as, "chow," "K.P.," "louies," "non-coms," and "hikes" crept into vocabularies. Claims for exemption were withdrawn voluntarily. Pleas for passes became more impassioned as the desire increased to show off new uniforms, now complete to the last detail. Ragged ranks of marching soldiers were now perfect lines that moved along with precise rhythm: click-click-click.
Besides the simple knowledge of proper cadence they had mastered the manual of arms, the intricacies of close order formations, the mysteries of patrols, scouting, advance, rear and flank guards and outpost work. Foreign instructors, with French and British decorations-the envy of all eyes- were teaching the men how to thrust a bayonet forward or hurl a hand grenade to assure the best results and no retaliation.
Some semblance of order had come out of seemingly hopeless chaos and confusion. The 3o6th Infantry had been transformed from an organization with an empty name to a body of human beings.
On Washington's Birthday the Regiment was, ordered to New York to parade as part of "New York's Own" -the Seventy-seventh Division. They had just been outfitted with the new winter caps. The entire organization, with General Evan M. Johnson, who had relieved General J. Franklin Bell in command, paraded up Fifth Avenue during a snowstorm, with flags flying and bands playing. It was a sight never to be forgotten. It brought the reality of war very close to the hundreds of thousands of mothers, sisters, wives and sweethearts who watched the officers and men parade. There was a grim something about the fact that the men whom they had seen go just a few short months before were now trained soldiers-ready to take their part in the conflict going on across the seas. Their heads covered by the winter caps were held high and their fixed bayonets glistened in a never-to-be-forgotten sight. The band played "Stars and Stripes Forever . The National Emblem March," and other stirring tunes. Snow began to fall in great fleecy flakes as the squads formed, and the men marched for miles under a canopy of white, while a white blanket muffled their tread and white flakes touched their shoulders lightly as though in benediction.
From sidewalk to skyline the Avenue was banked with faces as the repeating ranks passed in review. There were radiant faces, curious faces, admiring faces, tear-stained faces, and smiling faces that hid weeping hearts., Companies, battalions, regiments, swept by with silent tread in a seemingly endless stream of phantom figures. Heads up, eyes to the front, the snowflakes falling steadily-there is no sight in all the pageant of war like young men marching to battle. . . .
The crowd on Fifth Avenue dispersed slowly; but the
noise of cheering lasted a long time; and those who heard it did not forget. Their hearts were filled with pride -pride that their boys-their men-were part of the thing that mattered so much.
The Regiment was on its way to war. In March rumors swept the camp on the gusts of blustery winds. There was a new tone in the atmosphere. Equipment of all kinds began to arrive in great shipments, to be stamped and stenciled with the name and number of the organization to which it was allotted. Then the problem developed how to keep it in the proper barracks when some other company was two blankets short. Barracks were turned into warehouses and were piled high with boxes bearing the Division's in-signia-the Statue of Liberty-and the ominous letters "AEF." "We're sailing on the seventh-" Farewells
were said. "We're sailing on the tenth-" Farewells were repeated. "We're not sailing at all-"
Again all were put through a most strenuous physical examination and again the unfit were weeded out. The poor Artillery had to, suffer by remaining behind and transferring their men to fill up the 306th vacancies., There was no time to thank them or to extend sympathy, but later, when their side of the story was heard, it was realized how much they had done. They were good sports, and worthy comrades in France. How assuring was the rumble of their seventy-fives!
And then one morning at four o'clock the companies were formed and the command "Right by squads I" rang out in every company street. A march to the railroad station revealed long lines of waiting trains, half hidden in the dusk of winter dawn. Lines of men filing into, the cars. Hours of puffing, snorting, and shifting. Men pouring out of the trains and forming almost without command into companies. Another march to the Cunard Line docks. A ticket-the gangplank-the Statue of Liberty fading from sight in the mist-
"We're going over, we're going over,
And we won't come back till it's over over therel"
There were many who sang that morning who looked no more on the Lady with the Lamp.
In looking back over the period spent at Camp Upton, veterans of the Regiment will always keep in their hearts those men who helped to make the reputation of the 3o6th.
There was "Mike" Hayes, who trained the football and basketball teams and who afterward lost his life in the taking of St. Juvin. What a wonderful fellow he was-so keen, so loyal, so hard-working and so clean-minded. We all grew to admire him more and more and to honor him in the depths of the heart.
There was "Jimmie" O'Neil, one of Columbia's famous athletes, later to lose his life at Bazoches; Gordon Gregory, a lad fresh from Princeton, who died in the Argonne; gallant "Matt" Harkins; and a host of others.
There was Hochstein, that wonderful master of the violin who gave without stint that sweetest music from his wonderful Strad. He also lost his life in the Bois-de-Rappes after he had secured his commission as a second lieutenant in the 5th Division.
All honor to those men who had not yet completed their American citizenship and who still wanted to show their earnest loyalty by joining America's ranks and fighting for their new country. Later on, while at rest in the Argonne Forest, some two hundred of these were sworn in as full -fledged American citizens.
The Regiment was split into many parts on the voyage to England. Regimental Headquarters, the Supply Com-pany, Headquarters Company, the Machine Gun Company, and Company E, left camp on Friday, April 12th, and embarked at Boston on the 13th on the East India liner Karoa, which later joined a large convoy at New York., It was desperately cold; ice sheathed the deck of the ship and the only heat obtainable was in the boiler room, where one could always find as many men as the chief engineer would allow. Company A embarked on the Lapland, at New York on the 6th; Company B on the Victoria and Company C on the Cretic, at New York on the same date. These three ships arrived at Liverpool April 2oth. Companies D, F, G, H, I, K, L and M embarked on April 16th on the Kashmir at New York, and there joined the convoy of which the Karoa formed a part.
The convoy was guarded by the Cruiser Philadelphia until it arrived within three days of the Irish coast, when it was picked up by a squadron of British destroyers. Boat drill was held daily and lookouts were posted all over the ship to warn of submarines. Two threats of submarine attack occurred, and one was serious, for one of the escorts limped into an Irish port with one of her propellers gone and a small hole in her stern, while months later it was learned that the British destroyers had "gotten" an enemy "sub" in the midst of the troop ships.
There was a gesture of secrecy at the time of departure. But it was only a gesture. Every one knew the Seventy- Seventh Division was on its way, and though every one was ordered below decks, and portholes were closed and sealed from possibly prying eyes, the windows of skyscrapers that overlooked the harbor were black with crowded faces and white with waving handkerchiefs on that misty morning the 306th Infantry sailed away. Whistles, horns and bells from ships anchored in the harbor rose in a din of adieu, but there were no brave farewells, no cheering crowds, no weeping women, no bands playing martial airs. The business of going to war was done in a matter-of-fact way. Yet underneath coarse O.D. blouses there were many hearts that beat a loud tattoo of excitement; under the cocky little overseas caps many heads that wondered, vaguely, what the outcome would be.
That was the way with most of them. Wanting so much to prove their courage, hoping that they could face fire unflinching, but not knowing. Afraid of being afraid. Yet those who know no fear, know not courage. Those who go on in spite of the quakes and qualms that turn their stomachs upside-down and make their feet feel leaden are the real heroes.
The trip across was one of much discomfort, considerable tension and numerous alarums. "Everybody below decks I" "Always keep your life belts handy." "Better wear 'em." "No, not that way. You've got it on backwards." . . . Not allowed to carry matches. Everybody turn in their matches. Got 'em in the commissary, though. Lines waiting for mess. Couldn't eat it when they got it. Fish, more fish. Still more fish. Inspections. Abandon-ship drills. Wish we could abandon ship. No place to go, though.
Companies, platoons, squads even, scattered fore and aft. Hammocks to sleep in. No room to turn over. Deck harder, but more comfortable. British sailors. Fresh bus-boys. Seasickness. "Wish I was, back in ole Camp Upton. Never appreciated what a nice bed I had." And food. "Well, where the hell am I goin' to put my feet, then I" "Aw, move over yourself. ., . ."
Such were the scattered impressions of the cruise across the Atlantic on the S.S. Kashmir. It was crowded, to say the least. Major Bulger was in charge of an irritated, cursing, swearing, fighting, unhappy outfit during the thirteen days it took the fleet of thirteen ships to zigzag across the ocean while the superstitious-minded suffered tortures. Only his sense of humor kept him from jumping over the rail and joining the fishes that swam optimistically along-side and were better fed than the human cargo aboard. There were complaints. There were pleas. There were demands. But nothing could be done to relieve the cramped, crowded, cursed situation. The main trouble was that there were no diversions,. Colonel Vidmer had prescribed 'a series of games and calisthenics to relieve the monotony of the voyage, but there was scarcely room enough to take a deep breath, much less fling arms and legs about in the gyrations of setting-up exercises.
On the Karoa and the Cretic, where part of the Regiment was quartered for the voyage, conditions were a little less crowded but equally as uncomfortable. On the Karoa there was no heat worth mentioning. Regimental Headquarters, Headquarters Company, Supply Company, and a couple of other units, shivered in time with the throbbing of the engines, until the big boilers were discovered, and after that the boiler-room proved the most popular place on the ship. The Cretic had no, more attractions and no fewer discomforts to offer than the Kashmir or the Karoa, and the monotony was as intense one place as the other. Days dragged by with nothing to do but watch the destroyers diving through the indigo waves in search of trouble, sailors wigwagging signals back and forth from ship to ship, bored soldiers leaning over rails seven or eight waves away. And the squadron of destroyers steered on its crazy course. A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it isn't always the safest, and, sometimes, when the fleet veered from the northeast to due south in the process of dodging possible submarines, there seemed some doubt as to the ultimate destination.
"This is the first time the Kashmir has crossed the Atlantic."
"Yeah, I could tell she didn't know the way."
After one submarine scare, the result of which was variously reported as having been the disabling of a destroyer, the sinking of a submarine, and the complete escape of both, the coast of Ireland was sighted, and on the thirteenth day the 306th Infantry skidded down slippery gangplanks and landed sea-weary legs at Liverpool. England meant some-thing to look at besides one wave after another in an interminable expanse of water. . . . Strange clothes. Strange streets. Strange signs. Strange little trains that resembled toys at Coney Island more than means of transportation. Yet these same trains proved the means of transporting the Regiment to Folkestone, where baths-the first in two weeks-were available and where the headquarters lingered. It was there, in a hotel which once had been alive with gay visitors to a popular summer resort, that David Hochstein first played his magic music with the thunder of far-off cannon as an accompaniment.
Who can forget the 1st Battalion going through London that day in mid-April, and the welcome that was given them by hundreds and thousands of women and girls, all dressed in black, who looked on silently from their tenement windows as the trains rolled through. They knew in their hearts that the British Commander-in-Chief, Sir Douglas Haig, on April 11, 1918, had sent forward the following message to all ranks of the British Army in France and Flanders:
"There is no other course open to us but to fight it out. Every position must be held to the last man: there must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall and believing in the justice of our cause, each one of us must fight on to the end. The safety of our homes and the freedom of mankind alike depend upon the conduct of each one of us at this critical moment."
The women in black bore mute testimony to the suffering our gallant brothers across the sea had gone through and we could not help but feel uplifted that we were coming to aid them in the great adventure.
The rest of the Regiment went on to Dover, where for two days they watched the flares in the channel, heard the distant echo of big guns and explored the unlighted city. They learned the attitude of a people who had been at war for four years and although the pitiful expressions were at times depressing, the faith and hope those same people had in the coming of the Americans were inspiring.
" We have shown a brave face here at home," said a British major, "but they knew we couldn't have carried on much longer unless you Americans had come over. Now we can get back what we have lost-and more."
Three days after landing in England the Regiment was hurried across the channel to Calais, and at last landed in France. Those postcards, written so optimistically before leaving the United States, and saying definitely, "Have arrived safely overseas," were mailed, after all. Lieutenant Colonel Garrison McCaskey, a member of the advance party sent over by the Division, stood waiting to welcome the Regiment as it arrived at Calais.
There was no time at first to go sightseeing in Calais, for the Regiment was sent almost immediately to what had been humorously designated a rest camp. It was on the march that the gruesome realities of war were brought nearer when a train of ambulances rolled by, bearing wounded for England. Tired eyes peered from the drivers' seats, which were occupied by "Wacs," volunteers of the Women's Auxiliary Corps; tired eyes peered from the ambulances. Greetings were exchanged, awed greetings from the Americans, hearty greetings from the wounded allies. A cigarette passed hands. A salute-with the left hand from necessity. A British Tommy, with both arms gone and blanket sagging suggestively where one leg should have bulged, laughed at his own joke. They were going home. What did anything else matter . . . .
CHAPTER 2 BEHIND BRITISH LINES
FROM the time of our arrival at Calais until we left the British Sector, our work and our emotions might be summed up in one word-"Turmoil." We moved into the British rest camp as soon as we arrived and here we found a new language and certainly a new ration. For breakfast we had jam and tea; for dinner-jam, tea and meat; for supper-jam, tea, and cheese. We had expected bacon and eggs for breakfast and similar dishes for dinner and supper. We were not tea drinkers, and missed the good old Mocha. Major Bulger, with his constant sense of humor, was the only thing that saved the situation. However, the French estaminets were running wide open and our "dollar per" certainly came in handy in helping out the meager menu.
We walked about the streets in Calais and at last realized that we were part of an international army. We encountered British, French, Belgians and Portuguese, all members of the Allied forces with which we were to be associated in this war. Some of us who were historically inclined inspected the old forts built by the great Cardinal Richelieu as a defense against the English. Others sought the easily acquired dictionaries in an attempt to learn a new language. A curious mistake occurred among the French people on their first sight of our officers. The insignia of rank on the overcoat sleeve was taken for wound stripes and the officers became heroes at once in the eyes of their French friends. Of course the "Second Louie" was "S.O.L.": he had no stripes.
The rest camp was a target for the German bombers on their periodical trips to the coast and so often did they drop their bombs that some sergeant in the Regiment propounded the conundrum, "When is a rest camp not a rest camp?"
Each day developed some new problem, designed, we were sure, to bring about greater turmoil and confusion. We drew the British gas masks and helmets, and then had to turn in our trusty Springfields and take Lee-Enfields as substitutes. There was a reason for this, but how we did hate to give up the Springfields with which we had led the Division at target practice at Camp Upton!
The 1st Battalion had left Calais before we arrived, and on the 6th of May the remainder of the Regiment was loaded in small French cars and after a short ride detrained at Audricq. From there the Headquarters marched to Bonningues, where it joined the 1st Battalion; the 2nd Battalion went to Norbecourt, and the 3rd Battalion to Landretham.
The 2nd Battalion was out of luck, for after getting comfortably settled in its billets at Norbecourt, it was moved to Licques, and after settling there, in less than a week was moved again, to Audenfort.
Our training staff was from the British 39th Division, and Brigadier General Wyeth was in immediate charge of the training of our regiment. Schools were the rage. Rifle schools, machine-gun schools, bayonet schools-and each under a British instructor, to whose language we had to become accustomed . . . "Carry on," "Cheerio," "Smartly now, smartly ... .. Stand easy" ; but the one which seemed to fit the situation, insofar as we were concerned, was "Fed up." And there was rain, those downpours so typical of "Sunny France." A demonstration platoon showed us how to do everything, even to singing on the march.
At night we could hear the rumble of cannon in the vicinity of Kemmel Hill and "Wipers," and it was not long before our friend, the Boche, was notified of our arrival. His bombers first visited Division Headquarters near Eperlecques and here occurred the first eight casualties of the Division. A week later they dropped a bomb in the yard of the chateau used as Regimental Headquarters, but fortunately with no damage.
It was our first experience with the French billeting system, and with "Monsieur Cootie" with whom we were to become so intimately acquainted and who, insisted on occupying our beds with us. Barns, cow-stalls, and what we later guessed to be pigpens were used as billets. However, this was all a part of what we had been told to expect and I we were now beginning to find ourselves in this constantly growing turmoil of war.
The British here were not quite as optimistic as the major r we met in Folkestone, for here we were informed that we "had come too late," and that "they were only waiting to see what terms the Germans would give them." This did I not sound good to us, for we had come a long way to take part in this great adventure and we could not see it come to an end without getting in at least a lick or two.
Officers were sent in small parties to the British Front to get a taste of what a real war was. They were taken I as near the lines as possible in buses and when these could I not proceed any farther, hiking was in order. On one of these visits Captains Wolff and Johnson were detailed to visit the front and were taken to the trenches held by the New Zealanders in front of Bois-les-Artois. At Division Headquarters they were wined and dined in the usual Brit-ish manner. The next morning they were taken to Regimental Headquarters and again here they were treated most hospitably, and in company with runners started for the front line trenches. While on their way, they met another runner conducting a very important-looking officer.
"Whom have we here?" he stopped to inquire.
"The American Army," replied Captain Wolff.
"What a shame, one gas shell and the American Army would be annihilated !"
He was the Commanding General of the British Division
in that sector and had been making his daily round of the front lines.
Our visiting officers found the Englishman would not give up his tea habit and at four o'clock he stopped fighting. He must have his tea! The Boche -was a most discourteous fellow for interrupting this national custom.
There were maneuvers and long marches, but the prize of them all was the "Battle of Watten." The Regiment received its orders to march, but no one could interpret them. Was it a permanent move, was it a maneuver, or was it a temporary change of base? Not knowing the answer, the only thing to do was to move everything, and some of the men tried to move it all in their packs. The march was about eighteen miles and we were supposed to take over " the trenches" immediately upon our arrival at our destination. It was the hottest day in May. Flat feet began to show up, men began to fall out, ambulances were busy and new vocabularies were being invented every minute. The best that can be said is that sometime during the night the battalions were in place, the "trenches" were taken over and a bogus counter-attack was repulsed.
Headquarters of the Regiment was, established in a small bedroom on Ferme-du-Ham, where the furnishings consisted of one bed, two chairs and a broken-legged table. A telephone was installed to the front line, and maps were spread out on the bed as the Colonel and his Adjutant, Captain Thacher, prepared to order proper counter-attacks against the assaults of the "enemy," which were represented by squads of "Tommies" under a most enterprising and energetic young Britisher.
Wires were kept hot with messages of bogus raids, machine-gun fire, grenade attacks; and then, to cap the climax, every general within twenty miles came in to inspect -the Division Commander, the Brigade Commander, the Commanding General of the adjacent brigade, the Commanding General of the British 37th Division; and, finally, when headquarters was beginning to congratulate itself that these visits had ceased, in walked General Plumer with his staff of glittering "Brass Hats." The General asked the Colonel if there had been many visits of inspection, to which the Colonel replied, "Yes, sir-it has been raining Generals all day." It took but a moment for the General to understand, but it apparently was a hopeless task to explain it to his staff. The General did not hear the last of it until he left the shores of France.
It was on this march that Major Bulger suffered a serious injury in a fall with his horse and was later evacuated. He did not join us again till after the Armistice. Captain Thacher was assigned to command E Company and, later, the 2nd Battalion, and Captain Wolff was appointed Adjutant.
We did not have an easy time during the entire period we were in the British Sector, but the "Battle of Watten" takes the prize for any three days during our whole stay in Pas-de-Calais.
Rumors were rife. A move was in the air which on the 6th of June became a reality. We bade good-by to our English friends and marched south, passing through the little towns of Wavrans, Lugy, Crepy, Mortringham, Lisbourg and Elnes. There was nothing in these towns to buy. They had been used for billets for three years and there was not a chicken in sight. "CEufs" were not to be had. On the 9th of June we entrained at Anvin in the famous "40 hommes et 8 chevaux." As a rule, two partly demolished passenger coaches were attached to these trains for the officers, but it was not unusual to see them vacating the coaches in a short time to take refuge in the "40 and 8's."
On our last day's march before entraining at Anvin we passed along the sunken road on the battlefield of Agincourt, a battle fought on the 25th of October, 1415. Here a young English officer who had made a study of this battle described it to a party of our officers. The English and French were drawn up in opposing lines about three hundred yards apart in plain sight of each other-archers, crossbow-men, knights in heavy armor, dismounted men-at-arms, and battle-flags by the score. Here was all the panoply of war. Fanfares were sounded and war drums rolled, challenges were given and accepted and both sides signified their readiness. Finally the English, under Henry the Fifth, became weary of waiting and moved to the attack. What chivalry ! What a spectacle ! And here we were in the twentieth century with every modern convenience and weapon of war preparing to fight from trenches and, from what the British had told us, chivalry was entirely lacking.
On the morning of the 10th we were awakened early and had our first taste of French coffee-and-rum. That was all the hot food we had that day; the rest of our meals came from "airtights" carried in the cars. On the 13th, Headquarters detrained at Hadigny, the 1st Battalion at Rambervilliers, the 2nd Battalion at Chatel-Nomexy, and the 3rd Battalion at Charmes. We had paralleled practically the entire Allied battlefront-through Saint-Pol, Doublens, Amiens, Clermont, Paris, Vitry, Commercy and Toul.
After a three-day march from the small village of Romont, through Fontenoy, Badminil, Vaxainville, Azerailles, Gelacourt and Baccarat, Regimental Headquarters was established on June 19th at Brouville, with the three battalions in camp at Camp de Grand Voivre, which we considered too good a name for what the men of the Regiment termed "Camp Mud." We had arrived in the Baccarat Sector, which had been used for the past three years to rest up tired and worn-out divisions of the Allied forces, and where we were to make our first contact with the enemy. We knew we had arrived at our destination, for the day following the establishment of Regimental Headquarters a German plane came over and dropped leaflets which read, "Good-by, 42nd Division. Hello, 77th."
We had spent practically two months with the, British, and at last we were in the trenches on the Western Front.
CHAPTER 3 THE BACCARAT SECTOR
THE BACCARAT SECTOR
BACCARAT was known to the French as a quiet sector, and evidently the Germans had also accepted the French idea and used the sector to rest up their divisions and to train replacements. The shelling from both sides was in-termittent and one could almost set his watch by the "bou-quets" sent over by the Boche. He was a methodical chap and each day at the same place one could expect to see the shells fall.
When we took over, one battalion of the Regiment was ordered to hold the front line, one to be in support, and the other resting up at "Camp Mud." It was here that we had our first contact with the French soldier, for we were to combine with the 264th French Infantry. He helped us in solving our first difficulties, and his years of bitter experience were well utilized. This meant for us, however, more than the help of veteran soldiers. It was the beginning of that close friendship existing between our regiment and our comrades in "Horizon Bleu" throughout the war, and here were knit the first ties of cooperation in a common cause against a common enemy.
The first meeting with the French was a great event to us, but our actual occupancy of the front line had a much greater significance. We were a part of the first National Army Division to occupy a sector in the front lines, and we were on trial to determine whether an army recruited from the various ranks of civilian life could within a few brief months be trained into an effective fighting force. It was to be a test of the national American traits-initiative, alertness, intelligence, courage and determination. To the officers especially it meant even more, because for the first time under actual conditions of battle they were to lead the men they had trained; not men trained and seasoned to war, but men who but a few months before had never worn a uniform or seen a gun. , To officers and men it meant an adaptation to new surroundings and unusual conditions.
In our particular sector we were to relieve an Ohio regiment of the 42nd Division and the relief was completed on the 21st of June. All troop movements were accomplished at night and every precaution was taken so that the relief would not be discovered by the enemy. However, our efforts were futile, for in the early morning of the day we took over, the Boche began shelling with mustard and phosgene gas and some high explosive shells. This was our first experience with gas and we recalled what the British had told us about the gas mask-"It is your best friend." We had but one casualty on this day, and that was the horse that drew the medical supply cart. He was hit by a bit of high explosive shell and went West like a good soldier. In a small dugout near Montigny, where the medical dressing station was established, a shell happened to hit a "G.I." can and the one-hundred-yard record was broken by a member of the medical detachment. Some observers affirmed that he made it in nothing flat.
We watched the French and learned from them. They never seemed hurried, yet everything was done in time. There was no loud talk and but very little laughter. Everything they showed us was for a purpose; hours meant nothing.
Captain Peget of the French Army joined us as our liaison officer. He was a veteran of several campaigns and brought all of his experience to our aid.
The front of our sector was covered by small strong points known as petits postes, and in each of these was a detachment consisting of a lieutenant and from twelve to sixteen men. These posts were on the edge of No Man's Land, thoroughly wired in, and each stocked with a ration in sealed tins to be used only when cut off by a barrage. The petits postes were self-supporting and also mutually supported each other with cross bands of automatic rifle fire. A night in a petit poste was one of constant tense watching . . . the rat-tat-tat of the German light machine-gun, the answering rat-tat-tat of our "auto" rifle fire, the blackness of night broken only by white flares, rising aloft from the enemy trenches like phantom glowworms, as regular as the ticking of a watch. All of this brought to us the realization that we were facing a grim, watchful, relentless foe and that on our constant alertness depended our lives and the safety of those in the rear.
Here we had our first view of observation balloons and here on the high points and from the steeple of the church in Brouville we could view the enemy's country.
The terrain in the Vosges Mountains was well adapted to training. It is a broken, hilly, partly wooded country, with no part offering extreme difficulties, but all parts offering excellent opportunities for teaching, training and developing technique in the various arms with which we were equipped. Only the lower slopes were cultivated and in the small towns of Wherry and Brouville there were still a few French peasants, too loyal to their homes to desert them even though in cannon range of the enemy.
Our supplies came from Azerailles, where Captain Durell and his Supply Company were billeted, and it was this place which was most frequently bombed by the Boche during our stay in the Baccarat Sector. Nightly patrols were in order and each sector had to cover its front through No Man's Land, which here varied from 500 to 1000 yards wide. The purpose of these patrols was to watch the activities of the Boche, to drive off his patrols, and to capture a prisoner for identification purposes.
It was on one of these patrols from Company B that Privates James Graham, Isidore Poll, and John E. Tucholka showed great courage and coolness when attacked by superior numbers of the enemy. All these men were wounded in protecting the withdrawal of their own patrol, but they managed to roll under cover and escape capture.
Frequent inspections were made by the Division and Brigade Commanders and later by General Pershing, who expressed himself as highly pleased with us.
On the Fourth of July the French Colonel and his regiment were invited to participate in our annual holiday. Of course there were sports of various kinds, but little help could we expect from the French when it came to boxing and wrestling. They preferred the milder forms of recreation. On the Fourteenth of July, when they celebrated the Fall of the Bastille, they returned our invitation and there was not a part of their program in which members of our regiment: did not participate and enjoy thoroughly. Competing in "making faces" for a prize was certainly a novelty to our men, who had been used to boxing and wrestling, football, etc., but, strange to say, the prize for this particular sport was won by one of our men.
On the Fourth of July there was of course a patriotic speech and this was delivered by the Colonel in mixed French and English. He had originally intended to give it in English and have it interpreted by Captain Peget, but the French Captain's mind could not work fast enough for the Colonel and so the Colonel, nothing daunted, undertook to do his own interpreting. It was a great speech. The French Colonel then made his address, which was as follows:
"Officers and American soldiers: The Colonel Vidmer, your leader, has done us the honor to invite us to the celebration of your great national holiday, the commemoration of the independence of the United States. We have been very happy and we thank you very cordially. It is really, for us officers and soldiers, a great pleasure to be associated with the soldiers of the young American Army. Nearly a century and a half ago our fathers crossed the ocean to help yours gain their independence. Today it is you who have crossed the sea for the liberation of our territory which has been trampled and ravaged by an enemy, eager, wild and unscrupulous. First and from the very beginning of the war you sympathized with us and helped us by your medical organizations and your numerous institutions. All this institutional work today is largely increased by the smile of Charity and the indefatigable devotion of your sisters and brothers. Afterwards you offered us the aid of your immense wealth, and finally today, you bring us freely an assistance the most precious of all: that of your brilliant youth, of your heart, of your blood and of your life. All this has been placed at the service of our cause, which is the noblest and the most elevated: the cause of right, of justice and of the liberty of nations. Soldiers of the great American nation, the French Army and the whole French nation greets you ! They see in you the future liberators of our suffering country. And so with a single heart and a unanimous spirit we shout, 'Long live the gallant American Army !'
Needless to say, we got quite a kick out of our Fourth of July celebration.
On July Fourteenth the French chaplain arranged a series of allegorical pictures and then we understood at last the deep gratitude the French felt for us who had returned Lafayette's visit.
The French regiment moved out and at last we were alone on our own, holding our sector about 8oo yards long, and feeling at last that we were able to accept this great responsibility.
We had our share of wounds, and each man counted himself fortunate who had the chance to go out on the night patrols across No Man's Land. The experience was of great value and soon our men became accustomed to patrolling cautiously about No Man's Land in the darkness, stopping and listening intently at the slightest sound and ever ready to drop at the first burst from a machine-gun. German patrols were met, repulsed, and driven off with losses. Despite cunningly laid traps all efforts to take prisoners proved fruitless. Two spies in French uniforms were met behind our lines, but by the time we could check up on them to determine whether they were real or bogus they had made their escape. The espionage of the Germans was especially fine, for although the alarm was given and both French and Americans attempted to, discover these two men, they were never found.
Gas alarms were established near all headquarters and late one afternoon one of the headquarters staff was inspecting the gas sentinels. On approaching one he heard a very faint tinkle from the alarm. He immediately rushed to the sentinel and asked if he smelled gas. Upon receiving a reply in the affirmative he asked, "Then, why don't you beat the alarm, so every one can hear it?" To which the sentinel replied, "But I only smelled a little gas!"
It was at "Camp Mud" that our band with its vaudeville adjunct first proved its worth. Men came out of the front line tired and worn, with nerves on edge, and immediately upon their arrival at "Camp Mud" they were met by the band, who gave them a concert and a show. Too much cannot be said in praise of these men, who worked for hours devising and practicing topical songs and current jokes. Their efforts proved of great value throughout the entire war in the recreation of the men's mental attitude toward life.
On August 2nd we were relieved by an Ohio regiment of the 37th Division. We marched south and west through Domptail, Haudonvillier, Mehoncourt, Magnieres, Lande-court, Charmois and Bremancourt to Blainville, where we again entrained in the "40 and 8's," for what was rumored would be a livelier sector-and such it proved to be.
CHAPTER 4 ON THE VESLE
same day. The entire Regiment was billeted in and around this small village. A day was spent here to draw ammunition and clean up and it was here that the vaudeville squad gave their most ornate entertainment. Madame Burien and her beautiful daughter Pauline were the guests of honor at this entertainment and all of the topical songs and jokes centered around them.
On the early morning of the 10th, much to our surprise, we received orders to embuss in French camions-trucks holding twenty men with their equipment and driven by Indo-Chinese. This was our first experience with this form of transportation. Late that afternoon we debussed in the Nesles Woods near Nesles Chateau. We had had our fill of jolting, dust, thirst, and lack of food. The French camions were not so good.
Our orders were to billet in the woods and to light no fires. Each battalion as it arrived was sent in, following the one, ahead. It was to be a bivouac and a cold one at that. It was too dark to see where we were going, and after the battalions had halted and orders were given for the night, each man sought what he thought would be a comfortable bed. To appreciate our feelings the next morning it must be remembered that the Chateau-Thierry Drive had occurred while we were in the Baccarat Sector and the Boche had been pushed back from the ground we were camping on, but a few days before. As the first daylight appeared on the morning of the 11th we began to sit up and take notice of our surroundings. Some men had picked the warm side of what they supposed were logs, only to find that they were dead bodies and some had been dead for several days. One man had slept in an empty grave with some straw in the bottom and said afterward that he had spent a very satisfactory and comfortable night.
Later we heard that the French were fighting to preserve their country, the British to secure their commerce, and the Americans for souvenirs, and here we had a demonstration of the American trait, for every man who could, secured a Boche "tin hat" and sent it back home as a souvenir of the war. The ration carts had a full load returning to the distributing-point as well as when coming forward.
On the 11th Captain Peget was wounded by a defective rifle grenade and was evacuated. That gallant Frenchman, Captain Robert Costa de Beauregard, replaced him and carried on with enthusiasm.
On the evening of the 11th the Regiment was moved forward, the 2nd Battalion in front. This battalion had been designated to take over the front line, relieving a part of the 62nd French Division, which was holding the sector assigned to us. It was a long, tiresome march, through Foret de Fere and past the Chateau de Fere. The relief was ordered for that night.
Before dawn the battalion reached a road junction just south of Mont Notre Dame and here they came under heavy shell fire from the Boche. Some men were wounded, a few were killed, and as the town of Mont Notre Dame, through which the battalion had to pass, was under a direct shelling of gas and high explosives, Major Thacher, the commander of this battalion, found himself in a serious jam. Shells were bursting everywhere and there was no cover in the immediate vicinity. He had but to explain the situation to his officers and the battalion was at once deployed for safety. It was here that Captains Adler and Patterson and Lieutenants Harkins, Hayes, Sutherland and Bissell showed their coolness and devotion in the care of their men. It was due to the coolness of the battalion commander and his officers that a bad situation was prevented. Showing an utter disregard for their own safety, they calmly walked among their men indicating to, each soldier the best method of seeking shelter.
As daylight had arrived, the relief was held up, and finally was accomplished the next evening. Then we heard for the first time, "Voila les Boches.-Ju revoir," which appeared to be the usual way the French turned over a front line sector.
Our line straddled the Vesle River, which averaged a width of nine meters and a depth of two meters. Our right ran to the edge of the town of Bazoches and our left toward Mont Notre Dame, some two miles behind our left flank. Most of the battalion dug in on the south side of the river behind the railroad paralleling the Vesle and connecting Bazoches with the towns on our left. Companies E and F, however, as well as Battalion Headquarters, were on the north side, with the river in their rear. The river-banks were practically straight and in some places as high as five feet from the water, which was filled with wire. To say the least, we were in a bad situation, for the Boche under the cover of darkness rushed forward machine-guns to the railroad station at Bazoches and enfiladed our fox-holes nightly with machine gun fire. To our right a regiment of the 4th Division, which the 305th relieved, had tried to cross the river and had failed, and from the river bottom back to the little town of St. Thibaut could be seen the dead bodies of men of the 4th Division whom it had been impossible to bury.
The Germans had established themselves along the north bank of the Vesle and our Intelligence Section by careful observation reported at least thirty-seven machine-gun nests in the town of Bazoches. The Boche artillery was apparently concentrated in the Valley of Perles and Vauxcere and toward the Aisne, and it was from that point they kept up a constant bombardment of gas and high explosives. The Vesle Sector was never free from gas during the entire time we spent in that precarious place. The only means of supply or communication with the 2nd Battalion was a path leading up from the river-bottom into Mont Notre Dame and our loss in runners and carriers was heavy each day. It was here that Sing Kee, who was later appointed a color sergeant, distinguished himself. All runners who knew the way had been gassed or wounded. Sing Kee was badly gassed and was ordered evacuated, but he stuck on the job and kept up communication with his battalion until too weak to move. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his extraordinary courage and heroism.
Headquarters was established at Ferme-des-Dames, and it was no ladylike place, for in a little valley behind us had been placed the greater part of the divisional artillery and the farm itself came in for a great number of Boche shells fired at our heavy guns.
It was during one of these interchanges of compliments between the two artillery forces that Captain Stadie so distinguished himself. A runner was approaching Regimental Headquarters from the woods in front and when about one hundred yards from Regimental Headquarters he was seen to stumble and fall. Captain Stadie jumped out of the window of the farmhouse, rushed to the man, threw him over his shoulder, and staggered back to the window, where he was relieved of his burden, only to find that the runner was in a dying condition. Those who watched the incident gave up all hope of ever seeing the Captain come in alive. He was later awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his heroic deed.
Patrols were sent out nightly from the front lines to locate machine-gun nests which, in a great many cases, were placed in deep holes in the brush on the north side of the river.
On the morning of August 14th, a daylight patrol went out from Company F, consisting of Captain Patterson, Corporal Straub and Corporal Carroll. This group penetrated the enemy lines and came upon a German post from the rear. Captain Patterson shot the guard at arm's-length and Corporal Carroll shot another. The rest of the Germans scattered. The patrol then struck a second post, which put up firm resistance. Here, Captain Patterson killed another Boche and covered the retreat of the patrol. On turning to follow, he concluded that he had no chance to reach his own lines and fell in the grass as if shot, about ten yards from the hostile post. He was obliged to remain motionless in this place all day, but after dark he crawled back to his company. Corporal Straub was badly wounded in the fighting, but along with Corporal Carroll managed to reach the advance post of Company F.- Although by this time the rifle fire was hot and the distance between the lines was only one hundred yards, Corporal Carroll volunteered to go back with a second patrol to rescue the Captain. This party was led by Lieutenant Michael J. Hayes, who planned the work with his usual skill and carried it out with the greatest gallantry. His party consisted of Corporal Finucane, Private Duffy and Private Foy, in addition to Corporal Carroll. The spirit of these brave men is well illustrated by Duffy's remark when he was, told by Carroll that the Lieutenant wanted volunteers to go into the German line and find the Captain:
go; when do we start.
To facilitate concealment and rapid progress in crawling, only pistols and hand grenades were carried. The patrol failed to find the Captain, but did find a machine-gun nest, which was immediately attacked and destroyed with hand grenades. The only casualty suffered by the patrol was Corporal Carroll, who was wounded in nine places by bullets and grenades, but succeeded a second time in reaching our own lines. Captain Patterson, Lieutenant Hayes and the five soldiers engaged in these two patrols were cited in division orders and later received the Distinguished Service Cross.
It was on August 17th that Company K added to its already gallant record by taking the first enemy prisoner ever captured by a National Army Division.
On the 24th First Sergeant Andrew J. McLean and Sergeant James A. Toon, of Company B, were placed in charge of daylight patrols to reconnoiter the front. They penetrated as far as the south bank of the Vesle and there came under heavy fire of machine-guns and rifles. Nothing deterred them. They were sent for information and they determined to get it. Regardless of their own personal safety they remained in this hazardous position until the information was completely obtained and then led their patrols back with the utmost skill and without a loss. Privates Herbert D. Darling, Louis M. Doyle, Fred J. Godbaut, Isaac C. Hirsch, Corporal Frank Gorey, and Mechanic Bernard R. Gibbons, all of Company E; Privates Edward Blatz, Edward A. Hoffman, and John House, all of Company H; Privates Michael Dillon and Joseph A. Cummings, of the Machine Gun Company; and Private First Class William C. Evans, of the Sanitary Detachment, all distinguished themselves by their coolness and daring and their heroic determination to see that messages were carried forward and in aiding their wounded comrades.
It was in this sector that we first met our lady friend "Minnie Werfer" whose custom it was to burst first into a most terrific sound and then into splinters. She was also known as the "Iron Mermaid" on account of her fish-like tail that kept her trajectory straight. "Tons-of-Coal," "Jack Johnsons," "G.I. Cans" and "Whimpering Willies" were some of the other deadly missiles which were sent over in our direction. These were not all, however, that the Boche had to offer us on the Vesle. Airplanes strafed our trenches daily with machine-gun fire, airplane bombs were dropped on everything that looked like cover. Hand grenades were tossed in our direction, and it was here that we had our first sight of flame-throwers, the most barbarous weapon known to warfare. The battalions were relieved every five days and each battalion had its share of the Boche compliments.
On the morning of the 25th the Colonel was called back to Division Headquarters and given a detailed written order providing for a one-company raid against Bazoches. Try as he could to change the Division Commander's mind as to the force to be used against the great number of machine-gun nests which were concealed in the town, he met with no success. The raid was ordered for the morning of the 26th, but the Colonel managed to delay the action twenty -four hours. Due to the lack of time it was necessary to select a company already in the front line. Company G, under command of Captain Bull, was picked for the task, with Company E in support on the south side of the railroad track. Airplane photographs of Bazoches were hurriedly secured and the town was blocked off into platoon sectors. The purpose of the attack was to take and hold the village. Detachments of the division Engineers and of the regimental Machine Gun Company, together with a platoon from Company F and a detachment from Company H, were attached to Company G to make the attack. After a heavy artillery preparation the attack was launched at 4: 15 A.M. on the morning of the 27th.
The morning was warm and clear but almost pitch-dark except for the twinkling stars in a sky almost the color of indigo. Around Bazoches was laid a box barrage which was to be raised as the platoons reached the near vicinity of the town. Our troops penetrated the village, mopping UP with hand grenades and taking some prisoners. The platoons deployed according to the original plans and practically got into the positions assigned to them before serious enemy opposition was met.
Then the enemy began shelling our troops in the southern part of the village and heavy counter-attacks were launched from the strong points north of the town. During the whole action enemy airplanes flew low overhead dropping bombs and firing with machine-guns. The two platoons on the north side of the town were finally surrounded, after stout resistance, and very few escaped. The platoon under Lieutenant Gregory, occupying the southeast part of the village, maintained this position for several hours. After heavy losses, it was finally forced out. The same was true of the platoon in the southwest part of the village. Our total casualties for the operation were 2 officers wounded, 2 officers missing, and 154 men killed, wounded and missing.
The attack was as well planned as was possible under the division order and with the force used, and was courageously carried out. Even at this date, after mature reflection, one is led to believe, knowing the almost impregnable positions of the many machine-gun nests in the town, that not less than a regiment could have taken it and held it against the hostile counter-attacks.
The Germans had a great number of excellent dugouts which were not injured by our artillery preparation, and as soon as our shell fire ceased they emerged with safety and launched their counter-attack. It is believed that if our men had had but a little more training before taking part in this operation, they would have known more about mopping up deep cellars and dugouts. It was from these dugouts in the middle of the village that the counter-attacks were launched in conjunction with one launched from the north.
Every officer and man of the attacking group proved his mettle. It was a hand-to-hand fight, and every man not only had to take care of himself but of his immediate enemy. Many prisoners were captured and came under the fire of their own guns. Some of our men were captured and later killed or wounded their captors. It would be impossible to describe in detail the experiences of each man who went over the top on that morning. Corporal James J. Mac-Donald, of Company E, was sent into Bazoches with a message. He was wounded and captured by the enemy.
His wound was dressed by a German surgeon, but even then they were not able to hold him. With great initiative he returned to our lines with information which undoubtedly prevented two, of the attacking platoons from being destroyed. Privates Sanford K. Mallett, William M. Nickels, Andrew J. A. Purcell, Walter L. Wurster, and William P. Zepfler, all of the Machine Gun Company; Privates Peter Pocaro and Anthony J. Rivers, of Company E; and Corporal Hugh McHugh, of Company H, all distinguished themselves superbly in this attack.
Private Frederick Stouke, Company G, had perhaps the most interesting and exciting experience of the day. Others may have had similar experiences, but this is the only one of record. During the attack he was given a German prisoner to guard, and although under heavy machine-gun fire, gallantly stuck to his task. The machine-gun fire, however, became so intense that he sought cover under the floor of a wooden building, where he remained all day with his prisoner, under heavy fire of the enemy. All of his equipment was shot away and his clothing punctured by bullets. To the utter disregard of his own personal. Safety he kept his prisoner secure, and under cover of darkness brought him safely to our lines.
Private Thomas Arsenault, of Company G, showed his extraordinary heroism by carrying one of his wounded officers over ground swept by intense machine-gun fire and bringing him safely to the first-aid dressing station.
On the 28th, Private Cyrus E. Pattison, Company H, risked his life to aid a comrade under fire. Private William F. Desmond, of the same company, distinguished himself as a runner. Corporals James J. McAndrews, William J. Mooney, Privates Patrick J. Burns, Salvatore Bretts, John J. Monahan, James F. McGrath, all of Company H; Sergeant Alexander Forger, Company B; Private George R. Carson, Company M; and Private Irving Strandvold, Company K, all added to the glory of the 306th.
It was a costly experience, but the attack evidently had its effect on the Germans, for at noon on the 6th of September a message was received that the Boche were in retreat. Without waiting for further orders the Regiment moved forward across the Vesle River, with the 1st Battalion leading, and that night dug in on the southeast side of the valley overlooking Vauxcere, five kilometers to the north. Through a heavy fog on the early morning of the 7th, the Colonel, accompanied by Lieutenant Sanford of the Brigade staff, made a personal reconnaissance on horseback through Vauxcere and over the plateau to the woods about a kilometer north. No enemy was encountered. Messages were sent back to the battalions to take up combat formation and to move forward with speed to get into these woods before the fog lifted. But the wily Boche was on the watch and as soon as the first battalion appeared from its cover a barrage was put down in front and the Regiment held along the little road leading from Vauxcere to Pinqon farm. On the night of the 7th, however, they penetrated the woods as far as the old French trenches on the edge of the Aisne Valley.
During this advance Private Isaac Stomersky, Company B, Sergeant Henry L. Malec, Company C, and Privates Owen H. Hoffmire and John Ferrotti, of the Sanitary Detachment, wrote their names in history by their daring and utter fearlessness in the delivery of messages and caring for the wounded under fire.
Shortly after taking over these trenches our Intelligence reported that the rectangular woods known as Les Cendrieres bordering the Aisne Canal were still filled with the enemy and an attack was ordered. Though the Intelligence report described Les Cendrieres, our objective, as "woods," it later developed that the trees had been cutdown, and the advance had to be made over open ground.
Lieutenant O'Brien, of Company C, led the attacking column, and just before reaching the objective was hit in the leg by a piece of shell. Nothing daunted, he pressed on. The enemy's fire redoubled, but Lieutenant O'Brien, ignoring his own wounds, yelled, "They can't stop us now!" Hardly had he spoken these words when a shell dropped in front of him and killed him. A Distinguished Service Cross was later awarded for his heroic leadership.
The "woods" of Les Cendrieres were taken by Company A, under Lieutenant Cleveland, who commanded after the death of O'Brien. Cleveland was badly wounded in the course of the attack, but, despite his wound, he led his company over the wire and through the "woods," and was not evacuated until after he bad reached the Aisne Canal, having there been wounded again.
Another act of notable gallantry during this attack was that of Captain Sprague, who was sick in the field hospital just behind our line when the Regiment commenced its advance. Knowing that the 1st Battalion was short of officers, Captain Sprague left the hospital "A.W.O.L.," took command of his company in time to start the attack and led his men in their advance to the canal. Later, de-spite his illness, he was active in evacuating his men from the front line positions when the battalion was relieved.
The cost of the capture of Les Cendrieres was heavy, however, and the retention of this position would have taken a greater toll than it was worth.
To evacuate it was equally as dangerous as the taking, and here it was that Sergeant Henry L. Malec distinguished himself by searching the woods and collecting the men who had been separated by the intensity of the German shell fire. The men were later gathered in and brought back to Battalion Headquarters.
The detachment left in these woods was in a most precarious position. The Boche were in strong force in front and their bands of machine-gun fire cut off any retreat or any help from the rest of the regiment. Heroic measures had to be taken to rescue these men. First Lieutenant Philip K. Robinson and Sergeant Galbraith Ward, of Company M, and Private Edward S. Schmitt, Company L, distinguished themselves by assisting in their rescue. Sergeant Ward was severely wounded and later died of pneumonia, a gallant representative of a most distinguished family. Privates Adelbert T. Powell and Bernard Tietelbaum, of the Sanitary Detachment; Private Charles T. Sloane, Company M; Private Gustave Mittenhuber, Headquarters Company; and First Sergeant Benjamin Gold, Company D, also wrote their names in history during this period.
Despite our subsequent evacuation of the so-called woods of Les Cendrieres, the attack had been a gallant one, and the men of the 1st Battalion of the 306th Infantry had penetrated farther into enemy territory in this sector than any other American troops ever had done. This achievement was noted later by the Division Commander, General Alexander, who stated with pride that his division was the only one in the American Army that actually reached the Aisne Canal.
The 3rd Battalion relieved the 1st and remained in the trenches until September 11th, when the Regiment was assembled in the vicinity of St. Thibaut. On the 13th we hiked to Coulonges, where we rested until the 16th, and then went on to Vezilly; and here on the evening of the 16th we again embussed in the hard-riding French camions, headed for another sector. We had been relieved by Garibaldi's regiment of Italians, whose training some of us had observed during the few days they were waiting to take over our sector, and we had a great laugh watching them charge imaginary trenches with bayonetted rifle and with murderous-looking knives in their teeth.
In looking back over the many gallant and heroic deeds performed by men of the Regiment in this sector there must be brought to especial attention the extraordinary heroism of Lieutenant Paul K. Roth, of Company M. On September 10th he was stationed behind a hill on a road leading through St. Thibaut. There were many carrying parties going forward to the front lines and a terrific concentration of enemy machine-gun and shell fire was being laid on this road. In one party five men were badly wounded and lay exposed on the narrow road. Without assistance Lieutenant Roth brought each one of these men back to cover, carrying them on his back for a distance of one hundred and fifty yards and at all times under the direct observation of the enemy occupying the town of Bazoches. It was a most gallant act and served as an impressive example to every man of the Regiment.
In the Vesle sector the Regiment had undergone its first real baptism of fire, had sustained its proportion of losses in killed and wounded, and had emerged veterans. The soul of the Regiment was found worthy and we were now ready to be placed on any front and to share the responsibility of that front with the best of the American Divisions.
All through the night of the 16th we sat on the side-boards of those rough bumping trucks through Epernay, Chalons-sur-Marne, and Vitry, and at noon of the 17th debussed at Givry, only to find after a two days' rest we were again to hike toward the front. On the 19th to Verrieres, on the 2oth to Le Neufour, where we went under cover of the forests to await orders. Our marching was at night, our fires were hidden, everything was to be kept secret. We passed mile upon mile of heavy guns drawn by tractors. Something was in the air, but what ? All we could guess was that something big was to take place and we were to be in it. This proved to be the case.
CHAPTER 5 THE MEUSE ARGONNE (FIRST PHASE)
FROM September 20th to 24th Regimental Headquarters remained at Le Neufour, the three battalions being bivouacked in the vicinity of Le Claon. During this time detachments from each battalion were trained in the use of the recently received devilish instrument of war-the phosphorous rifle and hand grenade-and it was then we received about 700 replacements for the Regiment. Those men were mostly from Oregon, Idaho, Montana, California, and Arizona, and we liked the looks of them. They were tall and spare and the very type for fighting men. They were immediately assigned to companies and platoons, but hardly had the lists been completed and assignments made when on the 24th we moved forward to La Chalade and now the previous rumors of a big offensive became a certainty. At sunset artillery which had been camouflaged during the day began to move forward into position. On the hills to the right of our headquarters 155 "G.P.F.'s" stood wheel to wheel apparently for miles. Trees, were being partly sawed through, ready to drop when "H" hour came. Detachments were supplied with the French helmets and overcoats and moved forward to make a personal reconnaissance of the jump-off place. We began to study our maps and then we saw what we were up against.
The line to our front had been consolidated for four years. From what we could see during our reconnaissance and by an examination of the map, trenches and barbed-wire of four years' accumulation were to be crossed before we got well started. It had originally been a forest of heavy trees, but the artillery had made these a shambles. The depth of the wire in our immediate front could hardly be estimated. The engineers were called into conference and filled long pieces of pipes with high explosives to be used to open up the wire for the passage of our attacking platoons.
On the 25th the 1st and 3d Battalions moved into position north of the Ravin des Sapins preparatory to the attack on the Argonne Forest, one of the most famous old battlefields of all France, at one time a royal hunting preserve. And now another hunt was on. The division order with its brigade appendix was received, and based on these the following regimental order was issued:
Hdqrs. 306th Inf., A.E.F.
25th Sept., 1918, 8: 30 A.M.
SECRET
FIELD ORDER No. I
Maps: Mezieres 1/80,000
VERDUN
FOR~T D'ARGONNE
BUZANCY
VOUZIERS 1/20,000
RAUCOURT
LA CHESNE
1. SITUATION: The enemy holds the front from the Meuse to the Aisne River with 5 divisions. The Allied Armies will attack on the front between the Meuse and Suippes Rivers. The 1st American Army attacks on the front between the Meuse and the Aisne Rivers. The 1st Army Corps, with the 35th, 28th, and 77th Divisions in line from right to left in the order named, attacks from Vauquois to La Harazee, both inclusive. The 1st Army Corps will be assisted in reducing the Forest d'Argonne by the 5th Army Corps on its right and by the 38th French Corps on its left.
2. EXECUTION OF THE ATTACK: The artillery preparation for the attack will begin at H minus X hours. Troops will be in position on D day at H minus 4 hours, and at H hour the front line battalion will go over the top and spring to the attack, following the advancing barrage at 500 yards.
Rate of March, 100 yards in 5 minutes. Barrage will conform to this rate. Should, however, the resistance in our front be slight, the infantry must call for a lengthening barrage and pursue the enemy with aggression and rapidity.
3. The 153d Infantry Brigade will attack on D day at H hour, on a front from Pierre Crois & 00.7-6g.o to junction of Ruisseau des Meurrissons with enemy front line trench inclusive.
4. The 305th Infantry will attack on our right and the 307th Infantry on our left.
5. (a) Boundary line between regiments within the brigade zone of attack: Boyau d'Erforth 98.8-6g.i to 305th Infantry; nose south of Barricade Pavilion 98.9-7o.8 to 305th Infantry; Barricade Pavilion to 305th Infantry.
(b) Boundary between brigades: junction of Rau des Courtes Chauss6es with the Biesme River 96.9-68. 1 ; from there junction of Ram des Meurrissons, enemy front line trench 96.9-69.2 to Fme-la- Mitte 96.9-7 1 - I to Fme-Madame 97.2-7 1 .9.
(C) CORPS OBJECTIVE: 00-1-73.0; 99.4-71.0; 98.9-70.9; 98.0-71.7; 97.0-72.2
(d) Regiments will attack in column of battalions in the following order:
3o6th Infantry: 1st, Battalion (Weaver)
3rd Battalion (Freeman)
2nd Battalion (Thacher)
305th Infantry: 2nd Battalion (Eaton)
1st Battalion (Metcalf)
3rd Battalion (Harris)
(e) The 2nd Battalion passes to Division Reserve and at H minus 4 hours will be behind the cliff on the road between Le Claon and Florent. Relief will commence at least 12 hours before H hour.
(f) The 1st Battalion will be moved at least 12 hours before H hour, to assembly position and directly behind the present front line trenches.
(g) The 3d Battalion will move at the same time to assembly position directly in rear of 1st Battalion, taking up position in the Ravin des Sapins.
(h) All elements of the 1st and 3d Battalions, known as the 1st and 2nd Line Battalions respectively, will be in advance of the line Chemin Gouraud 98.8-67.9 by H minus 4 hours. Necessary reconnaissance will be made at once.
6. (a) The guide will be center, the right flank of the 306th Infantry and the left flank of the 305th Infantry marching on Barricade Pavilion 98.9-70-8. The dividing line between regiments as given above, is the pivot on which ALL elements of this Corps swing to the right or left until the Corps objective is reached.
(b) The turning movement involved in this operation necessitates close attention of all concerned to the covering of the entire sectors of attack allotted. In case of doubt, commanders will take over any ground in question.
7. In view of the fact that the amount of cover for the 2nd Line Battalion after the Corps objective has been reached, will influence the 2nd Line Battalion's position, it is not possible to issue orders other than that the 2nd Line Battalion must be ready to advance from the Corps objective at H Plus 41/2 hours. The principle, however, to be considered is that unless exceptionally fine cover offers in the immediate vicinity, the 2nd Line Battalion will move through the leading battalion while on the Corps objective, leaving the leading, or 1st Line Battalion, to hold the position and to mop up the area within the Regimental sub-sector.
8. (a) Mopping up parties will be detailed from the 2nd Line Battalion Ord Battalion) for use until the Corps objective has been reached. Two platoons will be assigned to the 1st Line Battalion 1st Battalion) for this purpose.
(b) These mopping up parties will march in rear of the advance companies of the 1st Line Battalion.
(c) Definite limits for mopping up will be assigned to each mopping up party until the section of trench system is cleared. These parties should work from intersection of trenches.
(d) Each mopping up group to consist of 2 bayonetmen, 2 grenademen, 2 ammunition carriers and a noncommissioned officer who will be made responsible for the thorough cleaning up of his trench.
(e) On completion of their duties these mopping up sections will remain in position and reorganize the system for defense on arriving at the last trench of the Corps objective.
M Particular attention must be given to this mopping up work because of the vast number of dugouts. This especially must be carefully explained to the mopping up gangs.
(g) The mopping up parties will carry a greater proportion of the new gas hand grenades, to be used in underground shelters. Proper demand for surrender, however, should always be given.
9. TACTICAL DISPOSITION: (a) Attacking force will be disposed as follows: 2 companies in advance-2 mopping up platoons -2 Companies in support.
The use of the new hand and rifle phosphorous grenade will be studied for (a) blinding machine-guns and (b) for dispersing small bodies of troops waiting for the advance. They will also cover, to a great extent, the necessary cutting of wire in rear of the enemy's front lines.
(b) The advance companies of the 1st Battalion will move forward in small groups of squad columns, preceded by one or two scouts per group. These scouts will be accompanied by engineers in such quantity as the battalion commander deems necessary.
(c) The support companies will move forward in column of half-sections and platoons, staggered with deploying distance between each section and platoon. The 2nd Line Battalion Ord Battalion) will move forward in sections and platoon columns, staggered, 500 yards in rear of the leading battalion. This distance will not be taken up until the enemy's 1st line has been crossed by both battalions.
(d) In the support companies of the leading battalion (1st Battalion) special attention will be given to the location of rifle grenadiers and auto riflemen with a view to their effective action in the event of a temporary holdup.
(e) accompanying 75s: 2 75s will be placed under control of the leading battalion (1st Battalion) commander, for reducing machine-gun nests and other strong points. These guns will be moved forward in much the same manner as combat liaison group, one gun move forward and taking position, followed by the other in the same procedure. Perfect communication must be maintained at all times in the handling of these pieces, in order that enemy targets, which will present themselves, can be dealt with by direct fire with open sights. An artillery liaison officer has been directed to accompany the battalion commander of the leading battalion. The engineers assigned to each battalion are charged with building and maintenance of routes possible for the forward movement of the 75s.
10. (a) The Regimental Machine Gun Co. will be assigned to the leading battalion (1st Battalion) ; Company B, 305th M.G. Bn. to the 2nd Line Battalion Ord Battalion) ; and Company D, 305th M.G. Bn. to the 2nd Battalion (Division Reserve). Arrangements will be made beforehand between battalion commanders and Machine Gun Co. commanders concerned for a detail for the necessary carrying parties for assisting the machine-guns. These guns will be used as laid down in Combat Instructions, confidential, No. 1348, GHQ, AEF, Sept. 5, 1918.
NOTE: It is vitally essential that upon reaching the Corps objective, the machine-guns organize immediately to sweep and cross fire on the front.
(b) One 37mm gun will accompany each battalion. Three Stokes Mortars will follow the support companies of the 1st Line Battalion (1st Battalion). The C.O. Stokes Mortar Platoon will immediately confer with the C.O. 1st Battalion and arrange for carrying parties for necessary ammunition, and will be prepared to go into instant action in case of any holdup.
11. COMBAT LIAISON: (a) The C.O. 1st Line Battalion (1st Battalion) will designate one officer and one platoon of infantry who, with a section of machine-guns from the 305th Machine Gun Battalion designated by the Machine Gun Battalion Commander, will be used for combat liaison with the 307th Infantry. Immediately on receipt of this order this officer will report to the Brigade Commander for instructions.
(b) Liaison between the 306th and 305th Infantry will be maintained by two groups, each group consisting of 1/2 platoon of infantry and one section of machine-guns furnished by each Regimental Commander. The liaison group from the 3o6th Infantry will be detailed from the leading battalion (1st Battalion) and the machine-gun section from the 3o6th Machine Gun Company.
12. (a) Plans for communication, supply, evacuation of sick and wounded; (b) plans for liaison, will be published later.
13. EQUIPMENT: (a) Two days' rations, slicker, intrenching tools, canteen full of water.
(b) Bandoliers, grenades, supply of pyrotechnics, panels, flares, Very pistols, etc.
14. POST OF COMMAND: Division P.C.-PAU 96.2-65.5
153d Brigade P.C.-98.8-68. 1
3o5th Infantry P.C.-Noveau Cottage
99.5-67.9
3o6th Infantry P.C.-Head of Ravin des
Sapins 97.7-67-8.
The 3o6th Inf. P.C. will close at its present position, Camp Kopp, at 19 hr. and open its new position at the same hour, this date.
By order of Col. Vidmer. A. M. WOLFF
Captain, 306th Infantry
Copy to C.G. 77th Div. Adjutant
C.G. 153rd Inf. Brig.
C.O. 1st Bn.
C.O. 2nd Bn.
C.O. 3rd Bn.
C.O. M.G. Co. 3o6th Inf.
C.O. 305th M.G. Bn.
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The 2nd Battalion was ordered back to the vicinity of Le Claon to act as Division Reserve. The 1st Battalion was moved forward in front of Route Marchand on the late evening of the 25th, with the 3rd Battalion following in support. Major Power, who had commanded the 3rd Battalion from its organization, was here evacuated on account of serious illness, and Captain Freeman took com-mand. H hour was fixed for 5:30 on the morning of the 26th, and our jump-off line extended from Four de Paris on the left and joined with our companion regiment, the 305th, on the right. On the left was the 307th Infantry and between our Regiment and those on the right and left were placed combat liaison groups to keep up the perfect liaison which was to be necessary in penetrating the dense tangle in front.
On the early morning of the 26th the artillery preparation began and lasted for three hours, not only playing on those points marked on the map as strong points, support and reserve positions, but also blasting zones through the dense enemy wire which faced us.
Promptly at 5 :30 the 1st Battalion attacked, with the 3rd Battalion in close support, following a rolling barrage at the rate of 100 yards in five minutes. On any other ground, perhaps, troops might have followed the barrage at a normal rate, but little did we expect to find such a network of deep trenches with their multitude of dugouts, nor did we ever believe that there could possibly be such a dense tangle of barbed-wire. Practically no opposition was encountered going through the front line trenches with the exception of wire, the trees and the trenches. Fifty- four prisoners were sent back during the day. The advance was extremely slow, down one ravine and up another, and a gain of only two kilometers was made that day. The line for the night was established just north of the Four de Paris-Barricade Pavilion Road. Three machine-guns were captured and our losses for the day were 8 men killed, 3 officers and 15 men wounded.
At 3 o'clock on the morning of the 27th, the Colonel and his staff moved forward to the front line. Two companies of the 1st Battalion had become separated in the dense network of trenches and could not be found. The 3rd Battalion was moved up to the 1st. Staff officers and orderlies rushed about establishing the front line and trying to find the two lost companies, and as daylight appeared groups of the enemy could be seen across the little valley immediately to our front in the vicinity of Abri de St. Louis and St. Hubert's Pavilion.
The orders given on the 26th were to continue the attack. The advance of the 26th had not yielded satisfactory results. We wanted more ground, and although the front line had not yet been coordinated, Lieutenant Schaffner, of Company K, saw the enemy, and without waiting for support, attacked at St. Hubert's Pavilion. The staccato, rat-tat-tat of enemy machine-guns immediately sounded all along the sector and Boche artillery shells rained about us. Men fell, here and there, as, shrapnel pellets caught them, but nothing deterred K Company and after an hour of hand-to-hand fighting they succeeded in driving the enemy from their strong position. Again K Company distinguished itself when the Boche made three counter-attacks. It was, however, mainly because of Lieutenant Schaffner's courageous leadership that a machine-gun was silenced and many prisoners taken. Here the Germans, worked probably the wiliest trick ever played against the Regiment. A detachment approached K Company holding up their hands and crying, "Kamerad!" and when they had almost reached our lines the enemy attacking wave appeared behind them using pistols, rifles and hand grenades, which caused heavy casualties among our men. Lieutenant Schaffner ran for-ward, seized the Boche captain, shot him and dragged him back to the trench., His conduct was superb and greatly inspired his men. He very deservedly won the coveted Medal of Honor for his conspicuous gallantry. This was the first and only Medal of Honor won by the Regiment and no Medal of Honor man performed a more gallant act than that of Lieutenant Schaffner. The first Medal of Honor in the Division I Another honor for the "Three-Oh-Six." Lieutenant Kenyon came in for his share of glory on this same morning in leading his company against a counter-attack of the enemy in superior numbers. Although three times wounded, he remained with his company and carried the attack forward successfully.
Company K, however, could not hold its position without support. They had lost both officers and men in killed and wounded and the other companies of the two attacking battalions were not ready to go on. Machine-guns were rushed forward and, covered by bands of fire, the company dropped back in splendid order.
But a little later in the day the advance was taken up and the line was established for the night where the gallant fight had occurred in the early morning.
After his arrival at the front line on the early morning of the 27th, the Colonel immediately began reorganizing the attacking force. This reorganization had to be made during the darkness and before daylight. All of his staff and headquarters orderlies were kept busy taking messages to the two battalion commanders and pointing out positions. The reorganization took place in rear of the Colonel's command post and was done under extremely heavy artillery fire on the part of the enemy. As day began to dawn the enemy proceeded to rake the hill with machine-gun fire. Staff officers and battalion commanders urged the Colonel to move to the rear, but this he would not do and remained where he was between the lines until the attack had started. For this he was later awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
Corporal Andrew J. Reilly, Company B, Corporal John Murdock, Company C, and Private Carl 1. Johnson, Company B, came in for special mention during the day. All three showed the greatest gallantry and bravery under intense machine-gun and rifle fire and individually distinguished themselves by heroic acts. Corporal Harry Yamin, Company B, also displayed exceptional bravery and courage at the beginning of the fight. He volunteered to cut the barbed-wire in front of his company and while performing this gallant deed received wounds from which he afterwards died. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously. Lieutenant Charles S. Dennison, Sergeant Patrick Freeman, Company B, and Private Carl Johnson were also awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extreme heroism during the attack on St. Hubert's Pavilion and Abri de St. Louis. With such examples before us we knew we could not be stopped. It was a case of "Suivezmoi."
Our losses for the day were 2 officers and 103 enlisted men wounded and 1 officer, 20 men killed.
During the 28th both battalions were brought up in line and extended in depth. Our sector had begun to widen and we had to cover it.
Due to the heavy undergrowth and the lack of paths or roads, the gain was slight. Constant machine-gun and artillery fire played on us during the day and our casualties were 10 wounded.
On the 29th the attack was resumed at 6 A.M., the 3rd Battalion in the lead, with B and K Companies in support. A, C, and D Companies were echeloned on the left to connect with the 307th Infantry. The battalion reached its objective at the crossroads at 11: 30 A.m. and here a halt was ordered by the Brigade Commander to permit elements of the 28th Division on our right and the I54th Brigade on our left to catch up with our line. Our casualties for this day were 4 men killed and 5 wounded.
On the 30th it was again necessary to establish liaison on our right and left. Now we began to find out how necessary is that close cooperation which must exist between commanders of units on the battlefield. The liaison between our Regiment and the 305th was perfect throughout the campaign. Sector lines between these two regiments were merely guides and we could always count on the interval, if any existed, being provided for whether orders were issued or not. Referring to the map showing the advance through the Argonne Forest, the left of our sector only is shown. It would be impossible to draw accurately our right sector line. The 305th and 3o6th cooperated so splendidly that such a line was hardly necessary. Where one part of the front was left open by one, it was immediately filled in by the other.
In reorganizing our lines during the day we lost 1 man killed, and 1 officer and 2 men wounded.
It is a matter of pride to here insert the following memorandum from the Corps Commander to General Wittenmyer, commanding our brigade: "I have never had any doubt at all about anything connected with the 77th Division, on account of its excellent liaison throughout, and also on account of its excellent manner in getting supplies up to the front."
On October 1st we advanced to Bois-de-la-Naza, where the Boche had set up a dense line of machine-guns. The resistance was exceedingly stubborn and, try as we' could, with our front covered by patrols, we could not penetrate this net. We now began to see the difficulties ahead. There were no longitudinal roads in the sector assigned to our regiment. Our food and other supplies had to be transported behind other units and brought in by hand. The enemy had opened diagonally crossing gaps through the forest, to cross which, we learned earlier in the game, it was necessary either to dash or to crawl on our stomachs, as all of these were well targeted by enemy machine-guns. On this day our losses were 6 men wounded and 5 men killed.
On October 2nd the 3rd Battalion took over the entire front line, but, try as we could, we could not make any advance in the face of the very heavy machine-gun fire from the front. On this day we lost 10, men badly wounded, 3 killed.
On the 3rd we again tried to penetrate this dense line of machine-guns and had 18 men wounded, 3 killed. The difficulty lay in locating any one machine-gun. The enemy had crossed their zones of fire perfectly and in attempting to, locate one we would receive flanking fire from another. The 1st Battalion was relieved and sent back to act as Brigade Reserve at Abri de Crochet and in the early evening the 2nd Battalion moved into position.
On the 4th the 305th took over the front line sector of the Brigade and the 3o6th were moved back 300 yards to act as Brigade Reserve, where it remained during the 5th and 6th. Casualties on the 4th: 3 men killed, 16 wounded. October 5th casualties: 1 officer, 47 men wounded, 2 men killed. On the 6th, 2 men killed, 2 wounded.
On October7th the 2nd and 3rd Battalions were moved into the front line at Bois-de-la-Naza, with the 1st Battalion in support. Practically no advance had been made since the evening of the 3rd. Casualties on the 7th: 1man killed, 1wounded.
After a strong attack on the 8th the Regiment advanced to the crossroads at La Viergette, coming under heavy machine-gun fire, but the lesson in regard to cover had been earned and our casualties were only 1 killed and 1 wounded.
On the morning of the 9th the 1st Battalion took the lead and the Regiment moved to the crossroads southwest of La Besogne. Here we lost 2 men wounded. The enemy was giving way. Our maps showed us that the Aire River was but a short distance to the front, with high hills and dense forest on its north bank. It took but a quick estimate of the situation to feel that they would drop back during the night to this almost impregnable position.
ST. JUVIN *
"The Corps Commander will accept no excuse if the town of St. Juvin is not taken by tonight. "-Verbal statement made to the Commanding General, 77th Division.
Although the driving force of this order, the meaning and significance of which no soldier can fail to recognize, was never communicated to the front line troops of the 3o6th Infantry, nevertheless the spirit which was in it animated the Regiment on that day, with the result that Company H (Captain Adler), 2nd Battalion, 306th Infantry, with Company K (Lieutenant Pierce) and Company L (Lieutenant Fahr), 3rd Battalion of the Regiment, in support, captured St. Juvin, taking several hundred German prisoners. The order of the Corps Commander had been obeyed!
The terrain over which this severe and important action was fought was historic ground. From Fleville, on the extreme east, through La Besogne, St. Juvin, Chevieres and Grand Pre, runs a narrow road north of and following the windings of the River Aire through the valley dominated on the north by the hills above Champigneulle, Hill 182, and the still higher and densely wooded ridge of the Bois-de-Loges, behind which the heavier German artillery was located. From Fleville on the east to St. Juvin toward the west, the river valley is narrow and the ridge to the northward slopes steeply up several hundred feet. Slightly to the westward of St. Juvin, a picturesque hill-village which straggles upward from the Aire toward the lower slopes of Ute 182, the river valley broadens out near Chevieres and continues through flats and without cover to a point opposite Grand Pre, whose southerly edge borders the river.
This stretch of ground, and especially Grand Pre, has constituted an important gateway of the Argonne during a long period of French military history. General Dumouriez, one of the most brilliant of the French revolutionary commanders, in his Memoirs refers to Grand Pre as the "Thermopylx of France."
Almost directly opposite St. Juvin, on a jutting nose or "massif," as the French call it, is a high tableland at the foot of whose westerly slope nestles the little town of Marcq. This projecting and quite high tableland rises from a quarter to half a mile south of a northerly bend in the River Aire, directly in front of St. Juvin, and on October 14th was exposed to German artillery fire from the counterslope behind the heights of Champigneulle and the ridge of the Bois-de-Loges, as well as to German machine-guns located in the vicinity of the crest of Hill 18 2.
On October 10th the 1st Battalion (Major Weaver) and the 2nd Battalion (Major Thacher) of the 306th Infantry had successfully advanced on the line La Besogne to Grand Pre, the 1st Battalion attacking La Besogne, Marcq and Chevieres under heavy artillery fire. In the face of the advance of the 2nd Battalion (which was on the Tight of the 220th Regiment of French Infantry) a German general -headquarters had abruptly retreated from the chateau-farm of Le Noeud du Coq, three-quarters of a mile to the south-east of Grand Pr6. At the end of that day the 3o6th Infantry occupied the entire divisional front between La Besogne on the east and Grand Pr6 on the west, along the River Aire.
The Regiment was relieved by the I 54th Brigade at day-break of October 11th, going into support position south of La Besogne and remaining there the following day. On October 13th, pursuant to Operations Order NO. 46 of the 153rd Brigade, the 306th Infantry moved to an area about one kilometer west of Cornay, preparatory to attacking St. Juvin.
The Regiment thereafter occupied the extreme right of the 77th Division sector., To the eastward, or to the right, was the 82nd Division. To enable the 306th Infantry to attack St. Juvin, the left or westerly regiment (326th Infantry) of the 82nd Division was to side-slip to the right or eastward, thus uncovering the base of the massif or plateau-nose dominating Marcq and freeing the ground between that height and the southerly bank of the Aire for the advance of the 306th Infantry.
In contemplation of the attack, but before the brigade order had been received, Colonel Vidmer directed the laying out of liaison lines and the marking of routes for the attack. Captain Per Lee, a gallant officer of the 302nd Engineers, assured Colonel Vidmer that he was prepared to lay bridges across the stream as soon as the Regiment was ready to attack. However, no orders for the attack had been received even late on the night of October 13-14. The Regimental Commander went back to Brigade Headquarters so that immediate action could be taken when the Brigade Commander gave the word. The brigade order was finally received at 3:15 A.M. on the morning of October 14th. As the attack was to start at 8:30 A.M., little time remained to distribute orders to the front line battalions, and march them (from the forest south and back of Marcq, where they had lain on their arms during the night) to their attacking positions before 6:00 A.m. The regimental order, however, was promptly issued at 4:20 A.M., and in spite of the short notice, the battalions were in position for the jump-off at the time specified.
Promptly at 8 .30 A.M. the 1st Battalion (Major Weaver), supported by Companies E (Captain Johnstone) and G (Captain Bull) of the 2nd Battalion, moved due north from the westerly slope of the tableland overlooking Marcq, toward the river-bank immediately south of St. Juvin. Upon reaching the open space in the river-bottom south of the Aire, they were met with a heavy artillery barrage, machine-gun and rifle fire. Furthermore, they could not cross the river at that point, because the bridge was down and the river was not there fordable. Several attempts were made to pierce the German barrage, but each time the reinforced battalion incurred such heavy losses that finally, with seven officers listed among "killed," it sought cover and dug in immediately south of the River Aire to await a more favorable opportunity.
Colonel Vidmer, with Captain Costa de Beauregard and the Adjutant, Captain Wolff, had established a forward combat regimental observation post, dangerously exposed to the German fire, on the top of the projecting nose or massif overlooking Marcq to the westward and the narrow river valley of the Aire immediately to the north. In this exposed position Colonel Vidmer and his staff remained under heavy fire during the course of the attack.
The first word which the Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion (Major Thacher) received from the 1st Battalion before its attack was launched, was a written request from Major Weaver asking that C.O., 2nd Battalion, send a third company to his support. By runner message, dated 6:02 A.M., 14 October, Major Thacher forwarded this information to the Regimental Commander.
With Companies E (Captain Johnstone) and G (Captain Bull) of the 2nd Battalion already constituting part of the 1st Battalion in the frontal attack, Major Thacher realized that to, send forward a third company might dangerously weaken the strength of the 2nd Battalion; he never-the less felt that an imperative request from the officer in charge of the front line of the attack, and for such an important purpose, should not be ignored, although the subsequent ability of the 2nd Battalion thereafter to "leap-frog" the 1st Battalion and carry on beyond the immediate objective of the 1st Battalion might thereby be seriously limited. F Company (Captain Patterson) was therefore promptly pushed forward, slightly to the right or eastward of the projecting plateau or massif facing St. Juvin. Thereafter Major Thacher, accompanied by his adjutant, Lieutenant Sutherland, and Captain Turnbull of the Machine Gun Company, then attached to the 2nd Battalion, proceeded to the west face of the height overlooking Marcq to observe, if possible, the effect of the heavy fire of about sixty machine-guns, massed upon St. Juvin by Lieutenant Colonel Campbell, Division Machine Gun Commander, and also the movements of the 1st Battalion. These troops were not then visible from this position. Later these officers moved easterly to the battle observation post of Colonel Vidmer, and the C.O. 2nd Battalion described the condition of the attack as he knew it, and the situation of Companies E, F and G of his battalion.
Thereafter, Major Thacher returned with Captain Turnbull, Lieutenant Sutherland and a runner, descending the steep northeasterly face of the tableland in order to look for possible shelter for H Company (Captain Adler) and the remaining troops of the 2nd Battalion along the base of the massif. Finding an excellent position for this purpose, he ordered the remaining units of the 2nd Battalion and the Machine Gun Company brought forward to a position along the easterly side of the base of the tableland, in readiness to advance later if the reinforced 1st Battalion could gain ground in its frontal attack. The position almost completely sheltered this portion of the 2nd Battalion, as the general line or drift of the German fire came from a somewhat northwesterly angle, principally from the direction of the Bois-de-Loges, against which the bulk of the forward slopes of the massif afforded excellent protection.
To ascertain, if possible, the difficulties encountered by the 1st Battalion, Major Thacher then proceeded alone to make a reconnaissance between the projecting tableland and the River Aire, which developed the fact that to push additional troops toward the front line of the 1st Battalion at this point could not make such a frontal attack successful. It is believed that due to this thorough reconnaissance the attack later carried out met with such marked success. Major Thacher examined this exposed position until he was thoroughly familiar with the ground south of the Aire and the possibilities of fording the, river under the protection of a wooded bend in the river about 1,000 meters to the eastward of St. Juvin. (For this action he later received the Distinguished Service Cross.) He then returned to the easterly side of the massif, there meeting Captain Adler, the battalion adjutant, Lieutenant Sutherland, and Captain Turnbull of the Machine Gun Company, with the troops which they had brought up. It was evident that St. Juvin could not be taken by frontal attack, at least until the counter-battery work of the American artillery had substantially silenced the German batteries, which was not then the case-the German fire continuing steadily.
A runner was then sent forward, over open ground, swept by heavy artillery and machine-gun fire, to request Captain Bull to report to the Battalion Commander to determine whether it would be possible to side-slip G Company to the right, and cooperate with H Company in the flank attack on St. Juvin from the east, which Major Thacher then decided to make. Captain Bull reported that, in his opinion, his company was in too exposed a position to make it possible to extricate it from the 1st Battalion attack and move it eastward, across the field of the enemy's fire, without such serious losses as would practically destroy its ability to support the attack of H Company. It was therefore decided not to attempt this dangerous maneuver.
As the two officers were discussing the situation a machine-gun bullet chipped the top of Captain Bull's left ear and, as he turned to go back to, his company, another bullet slit the back of his coat for about six inches, just missing his spine. He seemed to bear a charmed life and returned safely to his company.
Shortly afterward the deaths of Lieutenant Gregory, G Company, the gallant Hayes of F Company, Harkins of E Company, Sweeney of Company A, and Crandall in command of the 37mm gun were reported; besides the deaths of numerous men. A heavy price was being paid in the frontal attack, showing that a flank movement was the only hope of taking the town.
Major Thacher then sent a runner with a message to Captain Freeman, C0. 3rd Battalion, requesting the loan of two of his companies to support the 2nd Battalion in a flank attack on St. Juvin from the east. These companies were generously and promptly furnished.
Major Thacher sent for Captain Adler to give him orders for the attack. The two officers stood together in open ground near a tree and saw not only through their field-glasses but with the naked eye, the left flank of the 82nd Division bending back before the German attack. Major Thacher instructed Captain Adler first, if necessary, to throw back the German attack which was pressing the extreme left flank of the division on his right and then to pivot to the left and attack St. Juvin. This operation meant entering the sector of another division, but the frontal attack could not succeed and it was necessary to take St. Juvin before a bridgehead could be established across the Aire.
The attacking force, led by H Company less one platoon which earlier in the morning had been attached to the 1st Battalion as stretcher-bearers, launched the assault shortly before two o'clock in the afternoon. A pair of machine-guns from the 305th Machine Gun Battalion under Lieutenant Andre was attached to H Company for the attack. The company moved out with two, platoons in front and one platoon in support, over exposed ground, and very shortly were met by an extremely heavy enemy artillery fire. There was about 500 yards of open ground to cross before shelter from a fringe of trees growing near the riverbank could be gained. During the advance one platoon of the company was so badly shot up that it never crossed the river. At this point the river divided into two streams, both of which were fordable, and the remainder of the company, now well under cover, found little difficulty in getting across to the opposite bank.
While in the midst of the river on the heavily wooded island formed by these two streams, the company was reorganized and it was found that approximately 60 men had reached this point, plus Lieutenant Andre and one of his two machine-guns. Bayonets were fixed on this island shelter and, coming out again into the open as the second of the two stream-branches was forded, the company met no resistance and carried out its earlier orders of sharply pivoting to the left. The town was entered at 3:45 P.M. with little resistance, and as the mopping up of the houses and cellars began, the enemy hiding in these places appeared and surrendered in scores. They seemed to take it for granted that a large force had captured the town and were content to lay down their arms without further resistance.
Captain Adler, accompanied by Lieutenant Andre and one orderly, proceeded through the town to Hill 182 and suddenly came upon about 150, of the enemy on the crest of the Hill. This small detachment of Americans opened fire and evidently gave the impression that they were the point of a much larger force. Within a few moments Corporal Terpenning joined the fire fight with a squad of automatic riflemen, and a little later Lieutenant DeWitt with a small detachment of H Company, who had been mopping up, appeared and many of the enemy were killed or captured. Pursuit was kept up until the small detachment of H Company reached the crest of Hill 182.
After H Company had disappeared behind a clump of trees in its advance to ford the Aire, K Company (Lieutenant Pearce) and L Company (Lieutenant Fahr) of the 3rd Battalion reported to the C.O., 2nd Battalion, the arrival of their companies-Captain Freeman having acted with his usual vigor and promptness. They were immediately given their orders-"to support H Company, especially its right flank and, after crossing the river, to take and occupy Hill 182." As these companies pushed forward to the attack under the direction of the C.O. 2nd Battalion, Captain Wolff, Regimental Adjutant, came up with a verbal order from Colonel Vidmer that the 2nd Battalion should attack St. Juvin on the east flank. Major Thacher pointed out that this attack was already launched and requested that this be reported to the Regimental Commander. From different positions, the necessity of a flank attack had become evident to both officers at practically the same time.
Captain Turnbull's Machine Gun Company and Battalion Headquarters also advanced, the flank attack quickly causing the German artillery to switch its fire more to the eastward from the ridges between Champigneulle and the Bois,-de-Loges, striking the advancing troops somewhat on their left flank as they crossed the open ground to the Aire, and inflicting numbers of casualties. This attack also re-lieved the pressure on the left flank of the division to the right.
While Major Thacher and Captain Turnbull were observing the advance of K and L Companies, shells began to fall among the men of the advance platoons, killing and wounding a number. The cries of the wounded were pitiful and Captain Turnbull started forward to render assistance to them among the bursting shells. He was, however, ordered not to go forward by the Battalion Commander, who feared that further loss of officers might jeopardize the attack and interfere with the advance of the machine-guns. But for this enforced restraint Captain Turnbull would undoubtedly have been decorated for his brave effort.
After crossing the Aire, at a point about abreast of a culvert running under the Fleville-St. Juvin road, some 1200 meters east of St. Juvin, the C.O. 2nd Battalion over took Companies K and L of the 3rd Battalion (supporting H Company) and directed them to attack and occupy Hill 182, which they afterwards did, Captain Adler directing L Company to place itself in the abandoned German trenches near the crest of that hill. Captain Adler then proceeded to reorganize his own company-finally collecting 26 men -and took position on the road leading north of St. Juvin with his left on the east side of the town.
Altogether some 350 prisoners were taken by the Regiment from the town of St. Juvin. Some were sent south across the river directly to Regimental Headquarters, but the majority were sent under cover along the road leading southeast into the sector of the 82nd Division, which took charge of them.
Captain Adler, Privates James Sullivan and Joseph Ver-cruysse, of Company H, displayed such extraordinary heroism in action at St. Juvin that they were awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Corporal Vincent P. Zielinski, of Company B, and Corporal Henry B. McPherson, of Company C, were also awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for distinguished gallantry when the 1st Battalion was held up at the river-bank. Lieutenants Ralph E. DeWitt, Richard R. Blazer, 1st Sergeant Daniel J. Patterson, Sergeant George C. Hoffman, Corporals Willis S. Desmond and Theodore B. Terpenning, Privates Samuel Rappaport, Walter J. McClenahan, Brink W. Burdick, Philip A. Dolan, Joseph M. Dolan, John G. Bartsch, George G. Alger, Ormy Goddard, Joseph Buchfelder and Joseph But-ler, of Company H, all played their part in the history of the Regiment during the attack on St. Juvin, with marked courage and gallantry. They aided greatly in the capture of the town and prisoners.
Sergeant George James, of Company 1, risked his life in the protection of three platoons of his company.
Back at Regimental Headquarters the shelling was intense. Colonel Vidmer was accompanied only by his adjutant, Captain Arthur M. Wolff, and his liaison officer, Captain Costa de Beauregard. Captain Wolff was badly gassed and although he fainted from exhaustion three times during the night of the 14th, he remained on duty and it was not until the Regimental Commander found him unconscious that he was sent to the rear. It was necessary to keep liaison with Brigade Headquarters through our rear echelon and as all the wires were cut by artillery fire as soon as repaired, communication was at a standstill until Captain Costa de Beauregard gallantly volunteered to act as runner. He seemed to bear a charmed life, for twice he walked unconcernedly through the heavy barrages put down in rear of Regimental Headquarters. For this act he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
Shortly after the advance of Companies K and L, 306th infantry, in the direction of Hill 182, Company H, 305th Infantry (Captain Dodge), having crossed the river to the eastward of the 2nd Battalion, 306th Infantry, proceeded along the northerly side of the River Aire, between that stream and the Fleville-St. Juvin highroad. This strip of ground was under quite sharp shell fire. The men of this company were dangerously bunched in places after getting across while their own company commander was directing the balance of the company across the stream. Captain Bennett, Adjutant of the 153rd Infantry Brigade, cutting across the stream ahead of Company H, 305th Infantry, placed himself ahead of this company and facing them; by walking backward (with his back uncomfortably turned toward the German shell fire) and using arm-signals, he succeeded in spreading out these troops into extended order, thus greatly reducing casualties from the enemy artillery. It was a valuable and spectacular service, requiring coolness and courage. The C.O. 2nd Battalion informed Captain Dodge, 305th Infantry, that H Company, 306th Infantry, was then in St. Juvin, that 1, Company had been ordered to occupy Hill 182 and suggested to Captain Dodge that he should advance and support Captain Adler in cleaning up St. Juvin. This was done and H Company, 305th Infantry, took up a position slightly north and west of St. Juvin.
Continuing along the road to St. Juvin, the P.C. of the C.O. 2nd Battalion was established on a ledge and counter-slope about So feet above or north of the highroad and about 200 meters from the easterly edge of the town, the battalion adjutant joining Captain Adler, who located H Company north of St. Juvin, and L Company (Lieutenant Fahr) farther up the slope of Hill 182, in the abandoned German trenches near the crest.
In a message, dated 9:13 P.m., from C.O. 2nd Battalion to the Regimental Commander, Major Thacher stated that the company commanders of such units of the 306th Infantry as had then crossed the river had reported to him, that the position had been organized, and giving the disposition of the companies. The principal strength of the Regiment was placed to the westward in order to guard against the danger of a left-flank counter-attack by the Germans at that point, owing to the inability of the 307th Infantry to get a battalion across the Aire, west of St. Juvin.
The message also stated: "A machine-gun nest in St. Juvin reported yet to be mopped." It also advised "accurate and dangerous shelling of town and valley and this north counterslope overlooking road" and concluded with the statement that the writer was "in close touch with Gen'l Smedberg."
About midnight 14-15 October, acting Brigadier General Smedberg, 305th Infantry (who on the evening of the 14th October had crossed the Aire and established his P.C. in the stream-bed immediately above the culvert crossing the F1eville-St. Juvin road, about 1200 meters east of that town), sent for Major Thacher and advised him of the proposed continuation of the advance of the 153rd Brigade at 7:30 A.M. on October 15th. While these officers and Captain (Major) Duncan Harris, 305th Infantry, were discussing the details of the next day's advance, the German artillery laid down very heavy shell fire from over the ridge near Champigneulle, many shells falling near Colonel Smedberg, who was seated with his back against the river-bank. Leaning forward in order to hear what was said, made a small opening behind his back, just as a heavy shell burst near them, throwing a large splinter behind Colonel Smedberg, so close that it tore the back of his coat but did not wound him. Picking out the fragment of shell, he continued the discussion as if nothing had happened.
During the night the enemy kept up a fairly heavy shell fire, with some gas, and early on the morning of October 15th, began a very heavy bombardment of our positions preparatory to a counter-attack.
This created a new situation and caused the cancellation of Operations Order No. 47 of the 153rd Brigade, which contemplated a resumption of the attack at 7:30 A.M. on October 15th.
The enemy shell fire was heavy and accurate, striking on the slopes of Hill 182 to the eastward and south and finally concentrating heavily upon the ground between the Landres St. Georges road and the Fleville-St. Juvin highway. This H.E. shell fire, together with some gas shells, began to creep forward to the southward, evidently ahead of the attack of the German infantry, with the result that a number of shells, both high explosive and gas, pounded upon the narrow shelf where the P.C. of the 2nd Battalion was located and also along the stretch of meadow immediately south of the Fleville-St. Juvin highway. Had it not been for some recent rain which had softened these fields, troops exposed along the highway would have sustained heavy losses. The effect of the explosion of the heavy shells in the muddy fields was interesting and spectacular: so soft was the ground that the shells did not explode on contact, but only after they had buried a few feet in the mud. The result was that geysers of mud, stones and some water were shot a hundred feet or more in the air by the explosion of each shell.
During this bombardment and shortly before 8: 00 o'clock that morning, the attention of the C.O. 2nd Battalion and other officers at the Battalion P.C. on the shelf immediately above the St. Juvin-Fleville road, about 200 meters to the eastward of St. Juvin, was attracted by a red star shell shot up from a direction roughly west by south of that P.C., from what appeared to be an embankment immediately south of St. Juvin. At the same time they could see with the naked eye and also through their field-glasses, four or five German machine-gunners trying to set up a machine-gun on this embankment with the evident intention of enfilading from the rear the troops located along the St. Juvin-Fleville highroad. Within five minutes after the red star shell had gone up, doubtless as a signal from the German machine-gunners to their artillery, enemy shells ceased to fall within an area approximately 200 meters in diameter from the position of the German machine-gun. It was a skillful and courageous piece of signal liaison between the gun crew and the German artillery. The C.O. 2nd Battalion at once gave orders to Captain Turnbull of the Machine Gun Company, then attached to the 2nd Battalion and who was at the Battalion P.C., to open fire upon the German machine-gun before it could be set up and fired. This order was carried out by one of the machine-guns located on the Battalion P.C. shelf. Runners were also immediately sent with orders to the Captains of F and M Companies, located along the highroad, to send platoons to attack the German machine-gun before it could be laid and fired. Captain Patterson pushed forward with a platoon of F Company and by these means the German gunners were shot down in their position before they could open fire. When the German machine-gun had been put out of action and all but one of the gun crew killed, a white star shell was shot up, probably by the survivor; and within five minutes of that time the German artillery fire again fell over the area surrounding the German machine-gun position, recently freed from such fire by the red star shell signal. It was a brave sacrifice to efficiency based upon the highest degree of discipline.
The German counterattack was made by the 210th, 211th and 212th German Infantry Regiments of the 90th German Brigade of the 45th Reserve Division, which had been driven out of St. Juvin on the afternoon of the 14th with heavy losses in killed and prisoners-the 211th German Infantry, whose sector had included St. Juvin, having lost nearly one-half its strength during the attack of the 306th Infantry.
The German counterattack was, however, successfully repelled by the 77th Division north and west of St. Juvin and by the 82nd Division on its right.
The relief of the 3o6th Infantry took place very late on the night of 15-16 October, the delay being partially due to the heavy shelling inflicted upon regiments of the 78th Division as they marched from Fl6ville in order to make the relief of the 77th Division around St. Juvin.
The relief was reported as complete to the C-O-, 306th Infantry, at 3:30 A.M., 16 October, and the 78th Division officially took over the entire sector then occupied by the 77th Division at 6:oo o'clock the same morning.
Some idea of the desperate fighting at St. Juvin is given by the casualty list for the period from the morning of the 14th to the late evening of the 15th. The Regiment lost 7 officers and 37 men killed, 4 officers and 213 men wounded.
A tiresome and leg-weary march of the exhausted troops of the 306th Infantry from St. Juvin to Cornay, and thence to Camp Buzon, then began. The men had had little to eat for nearly two days and had been through a severe engagement, sustaining numerous losses and casualties. One of the pathetic sights as the units moved toward Fleville from St. Juvin was Corporal Boriskin of the 306th Infantry, who was being carried on a stretcher to a support dressing station; he had been mortally wounded in crawling out under heavy fire the day before to rescue and give first aid to, a wounded German major lying in front of the American lines on the slopes of Hill 182. It was one among many fine acts done that day and fully justifies the statement contained in General Alexander's Memoirs: "I wrote a letter of commendation to the Commanding General)153rd Brigade, more especially for the brigade and specifically for the 306th Infantry, the unit which had done the work and paid the price therefor."
Turning north on their march toward Camp Buzon, the 306th Infantry marched slowly up the steep winding hill to the heights of Cornay. For nearly a, mile along the left-hand side of the road, like shocks of corn and in many places only three to four feet apart, lay hundreds of the dead German infantry who had been caught in the deadly sweep of the American H.E. and gas shell fire a few days before, all lying with their faces to the westward-they had gone on their last journey.
We reached Camp Buzon for a much-needed rest on the 16th. From the night of the 13th, when the Regiment was moved forward preparatory to the attack, until noon of the 16th, when we reached our rest camp, not an eye had closed. Since entering the Vesle Sector on August 12th, with the exception of four days, the Regiment had been on the move or facing the enemy sixty-five days. The officers and men were exhausted and it was with heartfelt thanks that we received the news that we were to remain here for two weeks to catch up on sleep and a much-needed rest. The day we arrived in Camp Buzon the following order was read to us:
Headquarters, 77th Division, A.E.F.
General Orders 14th October 1918
No.
1. The Division Commander congratulates most heartily the troops of this Division upon the successful result of the operations of the 14th of October. A difficult night march was involved to place the 53rd Brigade in the proper position for attack, which march was accomplished, the attack made and the objective set for the day's effort successfully reached. In the course of the operations a large number of prisoners, including officers of superior rank, were taken by the 153rd Brigade.
This success, coming as it does in the course of a campaign which has already lasted eighteen days, made under circumstances which have tested to the limit the skill, courage and endurance of officers and men, demonstrates once more the indomitable spirit and courage of this Division. The Division Commander, reiterating the commendation already twice made by the Corps Commander of the work of this organization, feels that it is indeed an honor to him to command such troops.
ROBERT ALEXANDER,
Major General, Commanding.
The endorsement by the Brigade Commander on the Regimental Commander's report on the two days' fighting was as follows:
H. Q. 153rd Inf. Brigade, A.E.F., 22 Oct. 1918. To Commanding General, 77th Div.
Forwarded. The Brigade plan of attack called for the main attack to be made by the 3o6th Infantry, supported by the 305th Infantry. The attack was carried out as planned, and practically all of the fighting was done by the 306th Infantry, which captured the town and assisted in mopping up.
E. WITTENMYER,
Major General, U.S.A.
The Division was utilized at Camp Buzon as Corps Reserve and every four days we were put on the alert in instant readiness to move on receipt of orders. Again we received replacements and merged them into the Regiment.
It was during this rest that we lost our gallant and much -loved Brigade Commander, who had commanded us from the first days at Camp Upton. We were extremely fortunate in having as his successor Colonel Smedberg, who had commanded the 305th Infantry from its inception and whose regiment had worked in such close teamwork with us during our war experience up to this time. He now received his well-merited star.
While we were at Camp Buzon Major Thacher was ordered, first to hospital in Paris, and then to the United States to help train the incoming divisions. His loss was greatly felt by us all. He had been of inestimable help during our organization, and had shown himself a brave, loyal soldier and a leader of men.
CHAPTER 6 THE MEUSE ARGONNE (SECOND PHASE)
THE 306th remained in Camp Buzon until October 31st, when all of the officers who had been granted three days' leave during the two weeks' rest period reported for duty. On this day we received orders to march to a position just south of St. Juvin and act as Brigade Reserve. During our two weeks' rest the troops which had taken over the position left by us on the night of October 15-16 had not advanced. On our march to the front it was again brought forcibly to our attention that another big offensive was in prospect. On every side could be seen camouflaged artillery in large groups, all aimed north. The battalions were echeloned in depth with about 200 yards distance and each occupied a position behind a succession of small hills.
Early on November 1st the ball opened, with the artillery fire very similar w that which we had heard on the early morning of September 26th. The 305th, in our front, advanced to the vicinity of Champigneulle, which was strongly fortified with machine-guns. The 78th Division, on our left, was making a vigorous attack against Bois-de -Loges; but the resistance was so heavy that they were not able to push through. The enemy was using the road through Champigneulle as a line of retreat and this was the key of the position. The attack continued throughout the day, but in the late evening the 305th found they could not crack the nut.
At ten o'clock that night Colonel Vidmer was called to Brigade Headquarters and placed in command of the Brigade. Again the Colonel decided to leave the Division sector and, writing a hasty note to the commanding general of the left brigade of the 80th Division on our right advising him of his intentions, he gave orders to the 306th to cross the Aire River east of the town of St. Juvin and during the night to take up a position behind the woods just south of Alliepont, preparatory to jumping off at daylight directly against the town of Verpel. Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin took command of the Regiment. The 1st Battalion was ordered to keep contact with the 305th on its left, and the 3rd Battalion went in to the right of the 1st; the 2nd Battalion following in support.
The advance started in perfect order at 7:15 on the morning of the 2nd. The town of Verpel had been heavily bombarded at the start of the attack and no halt was made by the 3rd Battalion when this town was reached. The 1st Battalion captured 16 prisoners in their mopping-up process. The 3rd Battalion pushed on at full speed through the town of Thenorgues, which was captured about noon. Nothing could stop the gallant Freeman with his 3rd Battalion. Again he pushed on, through the left edge of the town of Buzancy and changed direction against Bar, where he arrived at dark. Outposts were thrown out to the north of Harricourt and patrols sent into the town of Autruche. The depth of the advance for the day was 91/2 kilometers. Three machine-guns and two anti-tank guns were captured. Brigade and regimental command posts moved up to the town of Thenorgues.
We were delayed in starting the attack on the morning of November 3rd, waiting for the 1st Battalion to come up, but at 10 o'clock the attack proceeded in a northerly direction. The towns of Fontenoy and St. Pierremont were taken, and the front line pushed on to the town of Oches, where it arrived late in the afternoon. Here we met a hail of machine-gun fire, with its accompanying artillery support, and the line was taken up on the south and east of the town, where we dug in for the night. The depth of our advance was 61/2 kilometers and 16 prisoners were taken. We lost but three men wounded. Three 5.9 howitzers, eleven 77s, three trench mortars and one machine-gun fell to us that day. On the night of the 3rd the regimental command post moved up to Fontenoy.
It was on this day that Sergeant George H. Stang and Corporal William McCrane, of Company M, displayed great bravery in the advance on St. Pierremont. In the face of heavy machine-gun fire they went to the aid of a wounded comrade and brought him back to cover.
On November 4th the 307th Infantry went through our front line to, continue the advance, and the 3o6th, although in support, lost two men killed and twelve men wounded.
Colonel Vidmer was replaced in command of the Brigade and returned to the Regiment. Brigadier General Lenihan had been sent up to replace General Smedberg.
No advance was made by the 307th during the 4th, and on the early morning of the 5th it side-slipped to the left and our regiment took over the Brigade sector for the continuation of the attack-the 3rd Battalion on the right, the 1st Battalion on the left, and the 2nd Battalion in support.
The Boche were breaking and here our cavalry Colonel with great persuasive powers induced the new Brigadier to lend him all the mounts of the Brigade Staff. Finding some men who could ride, he put twenty of these men under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin and Lieutenant Ellsworth, giving them orders to proceed in extended order and without caution toward the town of La Besace.. Commands pertinent to the maneuvering of a large cavalry force were to be called loudly during the advance of this detachment. Whether this maneuver had any effect on the retreating force is not known. It would be extremely interesting to secure the notes of some German officer who commanded the rear-guard of the retreating enemy. In any case, when the Colonel arrived in his car accompanied by the new Brigade Commander, they found that La Besace had been evacuated by the Boche, who had taken up a strong position in the hills about one-half mile north.
It was during this advance that Lieutenant Ellsworth secured the much-coveted Cross by charging the enemy lines with a small patrol and developing their machine-gun fire to such an extent that he was able to give the most valuable information of the enemy's position when the Colonel arrived. Colonel Benjamin received for his part of the day's work a well-merited citation.
The Colonel's chauffeur, Color Sergeant Doxie, the Bri-gade sergeant major, and the Colonel proceeded in the direction of the advancing regiment, met them in the forest just south of La Besace and pointed out the dispositions to be made. The 3rd Battalion came up about five o'clock in the afternoon and immediately took up a defensive position.
For two, hours it held the front line alone. It had made a record advance. The 1st Battalion had been delayed by intense artillery fire in the woods at Franclieu and did not extend the line to the left in front of La Besace until late that night. The depth of our advance had been six kilometers. We had taken two 8" howitzers, one 6" naval gun, three light trench mortars and one heavy trench mortar, but we had lost nine men killed, and two officers and thirty men wounded. The regimental marker was prominently displayed in the little plaza of the town only a few minutes after the arrival of the Colonel and our airplanes came to our assistance. Two of our planes were shot down between the lines, and here the proverbial nerve of the American aviator was exemplified. Taxi-ing their planes about to face the enemy they turned loose with their machine-guns until we could put down a barrage of machine-gun fire in front of them to secure their retreat to our lines.
On the 6th the 305th went through our lines after we had taken up the advance. We followed in close support, losing one man killed and six wounded.
On the 7th, in close support of the 305th, we watched the 305th reach the Meuse River, the long-looked-for objective, and that night went into bivouac in and about the evacuated German hospital just west of Autrecourt. We lost one wounded. During the night elements of the 1st Division bivouacked with us and were fed by us from a stock of German cabbage, potatoes and small crackers found in large quantities about the hospital.
On the 8th the regimental command post was moved to Raucourt and the Regiment was echeloned in depth for the organization of this sector. The Regiment was bivouacked in Bois-de-Yoncq. On this date we lost one man wounded.
On the 9th the Regiment was concentrated in Raucourt, to be deloused and refitted; and here they remained until the Armistice at 11 o'clock on the 11th of November.
On the late afternoon of November 2nd, Lieutenant Czak had bivouacked the animals of the supply train in an abandoned church in Thenorgues. He had discovered some hay and the animals were in very bad condition. Here was a chance which he was not going to overlook. During the night the Boche sent some heavy shells in through the windows of the church and killed or disabled thirty-five of the animals. From then on until after the Armistice the Regiment was without its supply train.
After leaving La Besace large fields of growing cabbage were seen on all sides and our men proved to be good foragers. It was rare to see a man who was not supplied with at least two, heads, of cabbage. It did not, however, prove to be the best food for us, for on the morning of the 11th, when the World War ended, almost the entire Regiment was disabled by dysentery and diarrhea.
The Regiment had been accustomed for so long to the constant crash of shell fire and the drumming roll of machine-guns that the strange silence of Armistice Day seemed unreal. War had become the only reality; the men of the Regiment, who but a brief year before had been following a hundred varied civilian occupations, were now veterans, of some of the fiercest fighting in France. We had come a long way since those days at Camp Upton; those of us who, had doubted ourselves had been proved amidst the thunder of guns and had not been found wanting. We could take just pride in the achievements of our Regiment, knowing that the old "Three-Oh-Six" had done its bit well.
During the, advance since the 1st of November numerous instances of gallantry and courageous conduct were noted. Captain Robert P. Patterson, Lieutenants Raymond Berkman, W. H. Arnold, Owal C. Painter and James N. Henry, Sergeants Fred J. Godbaut, Company E, and Charles A. Robinsky, Headquarters Company, must especially be mentioned for their coolness and courage, and for their extraordinary devotion to, duty while under severe fire and under most trying circumstances.
And here we, must pay a tribute to that quiet and unassuming, loyal and faithful Chaplain Thomas J. Dunne, the one chaplain among the many we had assigned to us who had joined us at Camp Upton and had administered to us throughout all the campaigns. Disregarding his own safety at all times, he went to the assistance of the wounded and the dying and administered to them in their extremity. His splendid and constant bravery and seeming indifference to, his own safety were a continuing inspiration to every man of the Regiment and served to build up a fine sense of duty and soldierly obligation in the organization. "God bless him."
Our total casualties since September 26th had been 9 officers and 107 men killed, 13 officers and 522 men wounded, 3 officers and 42 men gassed, 24 men accidentally wounded and 75 men missing.
On November 12th, the "big show" over, the Regiment started for the rear, and that night reached St. Pierremont; but here orders were changed. Several divisions were to be sent into Germany and our regiment was detailed to hold a part of the line while these divisions were refitted and ready to go forward.
On the 13th the regimental command post was moved to Beaumont, and on the 14th to Luzy on the Meuse River. The 1st Battalion was in the vicinity of Luzy, the 2nd Battalion at Autreville, the 3rd Battalion at Luzy; and we remained here until the divisions designated for Germany moved through the lines.
It took us some time to realize that the war was really over; not until we took up the sector along the Meuse and faced a strangely silent "enemy" did we fully comprehend that the "Minnies" and the "cans," the grenades and the enfilading fire of machine-guns would speak to us no more. No Man's Land was still desolate and scarred by battle, but no longer dangerous; the nights were no longer livened by alarms; the excitement of the days was limited to "chow." It was a strange aftermath to fierce fighting.
During these four days the sentinels on our outpost line were in close contact with those of the enemy. There is no "official information" on the subject, but it is commonly rumored in the Regiment that Iron Crosses and canteens of coffee were mutually exchanged. The war was over, so what difference did it make? The Boche had proved himself a hell of a fine fighting man!
On the 18th we started our sixty-mile. march back to our rest and training area, passing through the towns of Bar, Fleville, La Chalade, Les Islettes, Chehery, Le Neufour, Triaucourt, Br,izlau, Auzecourt, Ville-aux-Vent, Valcourt, Arnancourt, Baudonvilliers, Bielly, Colombey, Colombey-des-Deux-P-glises, where the 1st Battalion arrived on the 4th of December. On the same day the Regimental Head-quarters was established at Juzennecourt, the 2nd Battalion at Sexfontaines, and the 3rd Battalion at La Chapelle. The 306th remained in these billets until March 1st, 1919.
The men were at once deloused and refitted, lost equipment was replaced, and billets were renovated and put in first-class order. The cry now was, "When do we go home?"
The war was over, but little did we understand the problem which now faced the staff of the S.O.S. Ships had to be made available and France had over two millions all voicing the same cry. There is an old saying in the Regular Army, "Work a soldier or he will work you"; and this must have been the basis on which the training section at General Headquarters scheduled the work which we underwent during the three months we were in these billets. Drills became the order, each detail had to be perfect. Every staff officer had to inspect. Maneuvers were on the program. We hated it, and at that time we did not see the necessity for it; but now as we look back on this period we can understand how bored, dissatisfied and impatient we would have been if G.H.Q. had not kept us busy. Wise men, those Black Braids I
On December 15th Colonel Vidmer was detailed to, Paris to start the organization of a new section of the General Staff and then we lost the man who had been the first officer of the 77th Division to arrive at Camp Upton and prepare for our reception, the man who had organized us, trained us and had fought with us from the beginning to the end without the loss of a single day.
After Colonel Vidmer's departure, the Regimental Head-quarters, remained at Juzennecourt until February 18th. Then, for another two months-months of that cold, rainy French winter-Headquarters was at Grez-en-Bourre. At last, on April 16th, the long aftermath was over, and the Regiment, which had been selected to return to the United States on the same transport with the Division Commander, General Alexander, and his headquarters, moved to Brest. We sailed from Brest on April 19th on the Mt. Vernon. We were crowded and cramped aboard ship, but no longer were there orders to "Douse that glim," or "You can't sleep there, soldier I" And we did not mind discomfort, for we were going home I
The Mt. Vernon docked in Hoboken-good old Hoboken in the early morning of April 25th, and the Regiment was immediately sent to, Camp Mills, where it remained until the day of the Seventy-seventh Division parade. We had known we were home when we had seen the Statue high above the harbor; we had known we were back in
"God's country" when the skyline of Manhattan took shape out of the morning mist. But not until the Seventy-seventh Division paraded up Fifth Avenue did we really under-stand how much it meant to be back again, and how glad New York and the nation were to have their own return.
The "Three-Oh-Six" bivouacked in the 71st Regiment Armory the night before the parade; and on May 6, 1919, as a part of the Seventy-seventh Division, we marched up the Avenue from Washington Square to 110th Street. It was a fitting finale to the days of work and training at Camp Upton, the weeks of fighting in France, and the waiting -the long waiting-in between. All of New York was there, a million people marshaled in precise rectangles on the sidewalks, a million more straining behind police lines a block away. For forty-five minutes as the Division marched past in mass, formation, Fifth Avenue was "a river running bank-full with olive drab and steel." Forty-five minutes of cheering, of bands and songs and smiles and tears-and then at 110th Street General Alexander, with long-stemmed roses across his saddle-bow, fell out of line to take the Division's last salute. . . . The war was really over. . . .
That was our day of glory, and the rest-like the long wait in France-was aftermath.
Following the parade, the Regiment broke into two groups. Those men who had been trained at Camp Upton were sent back to that old familiar "city of barracks," while the Regiment's replacements who had been drawn from all over the country were first returned to Camp Mills and then sent back to cantonments in different parts of the nation for demobilization. There was little time lost in those last few days of the life of the 306th Infantry. Hearty handclasps, "So long's" and brief farewells. . . . Hurried departures. . . . Men all over the country going back to civilian life.
On May 9, 1919, the "Three-Oh-Six" officially went out of existence. But its traditions and its achievements and the memory of those who died in France live on.
HONOR ROLL OF THE 306TH INFANTRY
AWARDS AND CITATIONS OF THE 306TH INFANTRY
AWARDS TO MEMBERS OF
THE 306TH INFANTRY
MEDAL OF HONOR
FIRST LIEUTENANT DWITE H. SCHAFFNER
Company K. Near St. Hubert's Pavilion, Boureuilles, France, September 28, 1918.
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy near St. Hubert's Pavilion, Boureuilles, France, September 28, 1918. In com-mand of Company K, 306th Infantry, he led his men in an attack on St. Hubert's Pavilion through terrific enemy machine-gun, rifle and artillery fire and drove the enemy from a strongly held intrenched position, after hand-to-hand fighting. His bravery and contempt for danger inspired his men, enabling them to hold fast in the face of three determined enemy counterattacks. His company's position exposed to enemy fire from both flanks, he made three efforts to locate an enemy machine-gun which had caused heavy casualties in his company. On his third reconnaissance he discovered the gun position and personally silenced the gun, killing or wounding the crew thereof. The third counterattack made by the enemy was initiated by the appearance of a small detachment advancing well in advance of .the enemy attacking wave, calling as they advanced, "Kamerad." When almost within reach of the American front line the enemy attacking wave behind them appeared, attacking vigorously with pistols, rifles, and hand grenades, causing heavy casualties in the American platoon holding the advanced position. Lieutenant Schaffner mounted the parapet of the trench and used his pistol and grenades with great gallantry and effect, killing a number of enemy soldiers, finally reaching the enemy officer, a captain, shooting and mortally wounding the latter with his pistol, and dragging the captured officer back to the company's trench, securing from him valuable information as to the enemy's strength and position. The information so secured enabled Lieutenant Schaffner to maintain for five hours the advanced position of his company despite the fact that it was surrounded on three sides by strong enemy forces. The undaunted bravery, gallant soldierly conduct, and leadership displayed by Lieutenant Schaffner undoubtedly saved the survivors of the company from death or capture. Residence at appointment: Falls Creek, Pa.
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
COLONEL GEORGE VIDMER
Near Zube, France, September 27, 1918, and St. Juvin, France,
October 14, 1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action near Zube, France, September 27, 1918, and St. Juvin, France, October 14, 1918. By his personal presence, example, and determination he repulsed strong counterattacks and drove the enemy from important positions north of Zube. On October 14 he personally directed the attack of his unit and carried it forward to a successful conclusion under heavy machine-gun, rifle and artillery fire. Address: Care of The Adjutant General of the Army, Washington, D. C. Entered Military Academy from Alabama.
MAJOR JULIUS OCHS, ADLER
At St. Juvin, France, October 14, 1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action at St. Juvin, France, October 14, 1918. Accompanied by another officer, Major Adler was supervising the work of clearing the enemy from St. Juvin when they suddenly came upon a party of the enemy numbering 150 Firing on the enemy with his pistol, Major Adler ran toward the party, calling on them to surrender. His bravery and good marksmanship resulted in the capture of 50 Germans, and the remainder fled. Residence at appointment: New York Times, New York, N. Y.
MAJOR ARCHIBALD G. THACHER
At St. Juvin, France, October 14, 1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action against St. Juvin, France,
October 14, 1918. While commanding the 2nd Battalion in a
flank march across the Aire River, Major Thacher, acting with the greatest gallantry and with utter disregard for his own safety, personally made a reconnaissance in the face of heavy hostile machine-gun and shell fire, well in advance of his battalion, thereby saving his command from heavy losses. It was due to his thorough reconnaissance that his subsequent successful attack on this strong hostile position was consummated. Residence at appointment: 49 East 51st Street, New York, N. Y.
CAPTAIN ROBERT COSTA DE BEAUREGARD
23rd Infantry Regiment, Territorials, French Army, attached to
3o6th Infantry, 77th Division, United States Army. At St. Juvin,
France, October 14, 1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action at St. Juvin, France, October 14, 1918. When communication with the forward observation post was broken and no runners were available, Captain de. Beauregard voluntarily carried a message to the observation post through intense shell fire, displaying great bravery and coolness, and succeeded in reestablishing communication with the regimental post of command. Next of kin: Comtesse Robert Costa de Beauregard, 6 rue La Tremoille, Paris, France.
CAPTAIN BRADFORD ELLSWORTH
Near La Besace, France, November 5, 1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action near La Besace, France,
November 5, 1918. He displayed great courage by leading a mounted reconnaissance patrol a kilometer in advance of our lines, developed the enemy's line by drawing fire from his machine-guns, and remained under this heavy machine-gun fire until the emplacements had been located. Residence at appointment: Yale Club, New York, N. Y.
CAPTAIN ROBERT P. PATTERSON
Near Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action near Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918. Captain Patterson, accompanied by two non-commissioned officers, made a daring daylight reconnaissance into the enemy lines. He surprised an enemy outpost of superior numbers and personally destroyed the outpost. Later he again had an encounter with another outpost, during which several of the enemy were killed or wounded and one member of his patrol wounded. The enemy advanced their outposts, and Captain Patterson covered the retreat of his patrol, during which he dropped into a depression and feigned being killed in order to escape capture. Here he lay until he was able to escape to his lines under cover of darkness. Residence at appointment: Glens Falls, N. Y.
CAPTAIN HERMAN EDWARD STADIE
At Ferme-des-Dames, west of Fismes, France, August 20, 1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action at Ferme-des-Dames, west of Fismes, France, August 20, 1918. While the vicinity of the regimental command post where he was stationed was under heavy bombardment, Captain Stadie, without thought of personal danger, voluntarily ran outside through shrapnel and high- explosive shells, and rescued a wounded runner. Address: Care of The Adjutant General of the Army, Washington, D. C. Residence at appointment: 2564 Creston Avenue, New York, N. Y.
FIRST LIEUTENANT THOMAS J. DUNNE, Chaplain
During the Meuse-Argonne offensive.
For extraordinary heroism in action during the Meuse--Argonne offensive. While a crossroads was being heavily shelled by enemy artillery and after several men had been killed and others wounded, Chaplain Dunne, utterly disregarding his own safety, went to their assistance and ministered to them. He constantly exposed himself to the heaviest fire in order to assist the wounded men of his regiment, at all times displaying heroic conduct and superb devotion to his duty. His splendid and consistent bravery and contempt for his own safety was a continuing inspiration to every man of his regiment and served to build up a fine sense of duty and soldierly obligation in the organization. Residence at appointment: 405 West 125th Street, New York, N. Y.
FIRST LIEUTENANT MICHAEL JOSEPH HAYES*
At Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918, and St. Juvin, France, October 14, 1918.
For repeated acts of extraordinary heroism in action at Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918, and St. Juvin, France, October 14, 1918. On August 14 Lieutenant Hayes led a patrol of five men in broad daylight and without any cover attempting to rescue his company commander, who had fallen wounded near a German machine-gun nest. Failing to find the wounded officer, he crawled to within twenty yards of the post, attacked it with great dash and gallantry, inflicting a number of casualties in spite of heavy fire from enemy machine-guns and hand grenades. On October 14 this officer led his platoon forward into the attack with energy and courage, in the face of heavy artillery and machine-gun fire. In the face of direct fire from enemy machine-guns upon his platoon, disregarding his own personal safety, he went forward to reconnoiter and to find cover for his men from which to continue the attack. In the performance of this courageous enterprise he was killed by machine-gun fire. Residence at appointment: 9214 Empire Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.
FIRST LIEUTENANT THEODORE S. KENYON
In the Forest of Argonne, France, September 27, 1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action in the Forest of Argonne, France, September 27, 1918. He displayed exceptional qualities of leadership and gallantry in action while leading his company against a counterattack of the enemy in superior numbers. Later, although three times wounded, he remained with his command. Residence at appointment: 321 West 82nd Street, New York, N. Y.
FIRST LIEUTENANT CHARLES O'BRIEN
Near Le Cendriere Woods, near the Aisne Canal, France, September 6, 1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action in Le Cendriere Woods, near the Aisne Canal, September 6, 1918. Lieutenant O'Brien
Posthumous award. led his platoon forward toward Le Cendriere Woods under heavy shell fire. When wounded in the left leg, one of his men urged him to stop and have the wound dressed. He answered, "Never mind that; they can't stop us!" and led his platoon through the woods to the bank of the Aisne Canal, where, while placing his men in position, he was struck again and killed. His dauntless courage presented an inspiring example to the men of his platoon. Residence at appointment: 44 N. Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
FIRST LIEUTENANT PHILIP K. ROBINSON
Near Mont Notre Dame, France, September 10, 1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action near Mont Notre Dame, France, September 10, 1918. The 3rd Battalion, 3o6th Infantry, having relieved another regiment in a position in front of Mont Notre Dame, it was reported that wounded members of the organization relieved were in the Bois-de-Cendriere in front of the position occupied by the 3rd Battalion. Lieutenant Robinson, together with a non-commissioned officer and a private of his battalion, volunteered to search the wood and proceeded on his hazardous mission crossing an open field, a distance of six hundred yards, under direct observation of the enemy and under a concentration of heavy machine-gun and artillery fire. Finding several wounded men, he assisted them to return to their own lines, undoubtedly saving their lives. The extraordinary heroism and soldierly devotion to duty displayed by Lieutenant Robinson greatly inspired the men of his battalion. Residence at appointment: 802 Mason Street, Green Bay, Wis.
FIRST LIEUTENANT PAUL KRUSA ROTH
Near St. Thibaut, Bazoches, France, September 10, 1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action near St. Thibaut, Bazoches, France, September 10, 1918. Constantly exposed to a terrific concentration of enemy machine-gun and shell fire, without regard to his own safety, he voluntarily and unassisted rescued five badly wounded men of his regiment, carrying each man upon his back for a distance of one hundred and fifty yards, at all times under observation of the enemy occupying the town of Bazoches. His heroic conduct served as an impressive example to every man of his regiment. Residence at appointment: 421 Seventh Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
SECOND LIEUTENANT CHARLES S. DENNISON
In the Forest of Argonne, France, September 27, 1918-
For extraordinary heroism in action in the Forest of Argonne, France, September 27, 1918. He was in command of a patrol sent out in the afternoon to locate a machine-gun nest. In the course of this operation he received a severe wound, but after reporting the location of the machine-gun nest at company head-quarters he immediately returned to the vicinity of the machine-gun nest and spent the greater part of the night searching for a member of his patrol who was missing. Although he was suffering severe pain from his wounds, he refused to go to the first-aid station before the missing soldier was found. Residence at appointment: 2288 Elm Street, Denver, Colo.
FIRST SERGEANT HERMAN M. SELL
Company A. In Le Cendriere Woods, near Vauxcere, France,
September 6, 1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action in Le Cendriere Woods, near Vauxcere, between the Vesle and the Aisne, France, September 6, 1918. Sergeant Sell volunteered to deliver a message of great importance to his battalion commander after six runners who had been sent with the same message failed to return. He voluntarily crossed six hundred yards of open field swept by shell and machine-gun fire, reached his destination, accomplished his mission, and returned to his company with information of vital importance. Residence at enlistment: Jackson Avenue, Seaford, N. Y.
SERGEANT GEORGE W. BEATTY
Medical Detachment. At St. Juvin, France, October 15, 1918-
For extraordinary heroism in action at St. Juvin, France, October 15, 1918. He went forward to dress the wounds of
an officer who could not be brought in because of the exceedingly heavy machine-gun fire, his bravery being instrumental in saving the officer's life. Throughout the entire day this soldier worked tirelessly at the dressing station under heavy shell fire until he was completely exhausted, showing a persistent devotion to duty. Residence at enlistment: 1462 S. Sherman Street, Denver, Colo.
SERGEANT PATRICK FREEMAN
Company B. In the Forest of Argonne, France, September 27,
1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action in the Forest of Argonne, France, September 27, 1918. He displayed exceptional courage and bravery while leading his platoon against enemy machine-gun and trench-mortar positions and putting them out of action. Although wounded, this soldier remained on duty with his platoon, killing and capturing several of the enemy and finally occupying part of the hostile trench. Residence at enlistment: 458 East 140th Street, New York, N. Y.
SERGEANT GALBRAITH WARI) *
Company M. Near Mont Notre Dame, France, September io,
1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action near Mont Notre Dame, France, September 10, 1918. Voluntarily accompanying an officer and enlisted man of his battalion in a search of the Bois-de- Cendriere for the survivors of a battalion which had been relieved from its position in the line, he crossed an open field under terrific enemy fire a distance of six hundred yards under constant observation of the enemy, sought and found several survivors, and led them back to his own lines. Sergeant Ward was severely wounded in the performance of this hazardous deed and died of pneumonia shortly after. Residence at enlistment:1018 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y.
CORPORAL PATRICK J. CARROLL
Company F. Near Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action near Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918. Corporal Carroll led a patrol of five men to the rescue of his company commander, who was lying concealed within twenty yards of an enemy machine-gun nest. He advanced through the intense machine-gun fire to the enemy's position and, although wounded in nine places, returned to his lines with important information. Residence at enlistment: 158 East 102nd Street, New York, N. Y.
CORPORAL PETER FINUCANE
Company F. Near Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action near Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918. He voluntarily exposed himself to intense enemy machine-gun and artillery fire, crawling forward, in company with four other men of his company, in search of their wounded company commander, who had fallen a short distance in front of his company's position. After a fruitless search for the wounded officer the patrol engaged the nearest enemy post and in a fight with hand grenades destroyed it. Corporal Finucane then assisted a wounded comrade to return to his own lines. The heroic conduct of Corporal Finucane greatly encouraged the men of his company, inciting them to heroic endeavor. Residence at enlistment: 43o East 137th Street, New York, N. Y.
CORPORAL HENRY B. MACPHERSON
Company C. Near St. Juvin, France, October 16, 1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action near St. Juvin, France, October 16, 1918. He volunteered repeatedly during the attack on St. Juvin to carry messages through a severe enemy barrage. Throughout the action this soldier showed entire disregard for personal danger and a devotion to duty far beyond the scope of his position, accomplishing several important missions with success. Residence at enlistment: 431 Rockland Street, Abington, Mass.
CORPORAL ROBERT A. STRAUB
Company F. At Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action at Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918. Voluntarily joining a daylight patrol seeking information as to the strength and positions of the enemy which was attacked about one hundred yards beyond its own lines by an enemy hostile post of seven men. The enemy was immediately attacked from the rear, several of the men killed and the survivors scattered. A moment later another enemy post was attacked and in hand-to-hand fighting Corporal Straub killed one of the enemy and was himself badly wounded. Although unable to walk and under heavy fire from nearby enemy posts, Corporal Straub dragged himself to his lines and gave valuable information as to the disposition of the enemy forces. Residence at enlistment: 6 Hamilton Terrace, New York, N. Y.
CORPORAL AARON YAMIN
Company B. In the Forest of Argonne, France, September 27,
1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action in the Forest of Argonne, France, September 27, 1918. He displayed exceptional bravery by volunteering to cut a strip of enemy barbed-wire to make an opening for his company, which was at that time under heavy fire from artillery and machine-guns. In performing this mission this soldier received wounds from which he afterwards died. Residence at enlistment: 322 East 101st Street, New York, N. Y.
CORPORAL VINCENT P. ZIELINSKI
Company B. At St. Juvin, France, October 15, 1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action at St. Juvin, France, October 15, 1918. He volunteered and carried a message of vital importance in connection with the capture of St. Juvin through an intense artillery barrage, displaying courage and per-sistent devotion to duty. Residence at enlistment: 112 Gorski Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS THOMAS ARSENAULT
Company G. Near Bazoches, France, August 27, 1918-
For extraordinary heroism in action near Bazoches, France, August 27, 1918. With an utter disregard for his personal safety, Private Arsenault rescued a wounded officer and carried him across an area swept by a withering machine-gun fire to a dressing station, preventing the capture of a wounded man by the enemy. Residence at enlistment: Newcomb, N. Y.
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JOHN DUFFY
Company F. At Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action at Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918. Voluntarily joining a daylight patrol seeking information as to the strength and positions of the enemy, which was attacked about one hundred yards beyond its own lines by an enemy hostile post of seven men. The enemy was immediately attacked from the rear, several of the men killed and the survivors scattered. A moment later another enemy post was attacked and in hand-to-hand fighting, Private Duffy killed one of the enemy and was himself badly wounded. Although unable to walk and under heavy fire from nearby enemy posts, Private Duffy dragged himself to his own lines and gave valuable information as to the disposition of the enemy forces. Residence at enlistment: 722 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS RICHARD Foy
Company F. Near Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action near Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918. He voluntarily exposed himself to intense machine-gun and artillery fire crawling forward in company with four other men of his company, in search of their wounded company commander who had fallen a short distance in front of his company's position. After a fruitless search for the wounded officer, the patrol engaged the nearest enemy post, and in a fight with hand grenades destroyed it. Private Foy then assisted a wounded comrade to return to his own line. The heroic conduct of Private Foy greatly encouraged the men of his company, inciting them to heroic endeavor. Residence at enlistment: 495 St. Marks Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS CARL I. JOHNSON
Company B. In the Forest of Argonne, France, September 27,
1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action in the- Forest of Argonne, France, September 27, 1918. He displayed exceptional bravery in volunteering to cut the enemy's wire and thereby make it possible for his company to advance upon the enemy. In performing this invaluable service he repeatedly exposed himself to heavy fire from enemy machine-guns and was severely wounded. Residence at enlistment: 460 Fifty-fourth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS EDWARD F. SCHMITT*
Company L. Near Mont Notre Dame, France, September 10,
1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action near Mont Notre Dame, France, September 10, 1918. Voluntarily accompanying an officer and non-commissioned officer of his battalion in a search of the Bois-de- Cendriere for the survivors of a battalion which had been relieved from its position in the line, he crossed an open field under terrific enemy fire, a distance of six hundred yards, under constant observation of the enemy, sought and found several survivors and led them back to his own lines. The heroic and soldierly conduct of Private Schmitt and his devotion to his comrades greatly inspired the men of his battalion. Private Schmitt was later killed in action while gallantly fighting with his battalion in the Argonne Forest. Residence at enlistment: 22 Rex Place, Buffalo, N. Y.
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JAMES SULLIVAN
Company H. At St. Juvin, France, October 15, 1918.
For extraordinary heroism, in action at St. Juvin, France, October 15, 1918. This soldier fearlessly entered a dugout in which he knew there were Germans singing, and single-handed captured 20 prisoners. Residence at enlistment: 333 East 41st Street, New York, N. Y.
PRIVATE JOSEPH FRANCE BROWN
Company K. Near the Forest of Argonne, France, September 27,
1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action near the Forest of Argonne, France, September 27, 1918. During an attack on the trenches held by his company, Private Brown found an automatic rifle which had been abandoned by a wounded soldier. Though he was unfamiliar with the operation of the weapon, Private Brown opened fire on the enemy with it, killing two of them, and thereby making possible the escape of three of his comrades who had been captured by the enemy. The remainder of the hostile force was driven off. Residence at enlistment: Hogansburg, N. Y.
PRIVATE WILLIAM C. EVANS
Sanitary Detachment. Near Bazoches, France, August 27-28, 1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action near Bazoches, France, August 27-28, 1918. This soldier showed extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty by attending to wounded without rest or relief, under heavy shell fire, until he fell unconscious from exhaustion. He remained at work for two days and a half under circumstances which called for the greatest determination and courage. Residence at enlistment: Plainsville, Pa.
PRIVATE SING KEE
Company G. At Mont Notre Dame, France, August 14-15, 1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action at Mont Notre Dame, west of Fismes, France, August 14-15, 1918. Although seriously gassed during shelling by high explosive and gas shells, he refused to be evacuated and continued, practically single-handed, by his own initiative, to operate the regimental message center relay station at Mont Notre Dame. Throughout this critical period he showed extraordinary heroism, high courage, and persistent devotion to duty and totally disregarded all personal danger. By his determination he materially aided his regimental commander in communicating with the front line. Residence at enlistment: 61 Bayard Street, New York, N. Y.
PRIVATE GROVER C. SULLIVAN
Company L. At La Besace, France, November 5, 1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action at La Besace, France, November 5, 1918. He displayed rare bravery and devotion to duty by remaining on duty after being seriously wounded during a heavy artillery bombardment and giving first-aid treatment to five severely wounded comrades. Residence at enlistment: Elm Street, Norwood, N. Y.
PRIVATE JOSEPH VERCRUYSSE
Company H. At St. Juvin, France, October 15, 1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action at St. Juvin, France, October 15, 1918. He volunteered and carried a message to supporting troops through an intense artillery barrage, displaying courage and persistent devotion to duty. This message was of vital importance in connection with the capture of St. Juvin. Residence at enlistment: 1723 Forty-first Street, Oakland, Cal.
WILLIAM SHEFRIN *
Cook, Company C. In the Ravin de l'Homme Mort, near Vaux-
cere, France, September 5, 1918.
For extraordinary heroism in action in the Ravin de I'Homme Mort, near Vauxcere, between the Vesle and Aisne Rivers, France, September 5, 1918. After both of his feet had been blown off by a bursting shell Cook Shefrin, although mortally wounded, coolly directed the work of rescuing and caring for other wounded men of the kitchen detachment who had been wounded when his transport was struck. Residence at enlistment: 210 Seventeenth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL
COLONEL GEORGE VIDMER
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services. As commander of the 3o6th Infantry, he demonstrated marked ability as a military leader. His sound judgment and tireless energy were largely responsible for the successes which his regiment gained in its operations against the enemy. Address: Care of The Adjutant General of the Army, Washington, D. C. Entered Military Academy from Alabama.
Roster, 306th Infantry
COMPANY A
ROSTER, 306TH INFANTRY
COMPANY A
Captain Henry E. Montgomery, 2nd
Captain Hamilton H. Paterson
First Lieutenant Matthew J. Harkins
First Lieutenant Donald McClure
First Lieutenant John F. R. Packard
First Lieutenant Herman E. Stadie
First Lieutenant John L. Sweeney *
Second Lieutenant John B. W. Bankston
Second Lieutenant Edwin R. Dwelle
Second Lieutenant Thomas J. Fennessy
Second Lieutenant P. Edward Mendenhall
Second Lieutenant Albert F. White *
Abrial, Roland Corporal
Adams, Lawrence W .......... Private
Alfin, Julius.......................... Private
Allen, Francis E . .................Private
Allred, Leland S ................. Private
Alphin, John W . .................Private
Alteri, Frank .......................Private
Anderson, Broi * ................Private
Anderson, Carl A . …….....Private
Anderson, Earl R . ..............Private First Class
Anderson, George R . …….Private
Anderson, Haakon …….....Private
Anderson, James ................Private First Class
Anderson, Nels W . ...........Private
Anderson, William R . ........Private
Arbuckle, Joseph W . .........Private
Askin, John J . ....................Private
Assiante, Michael ...............Private First Class
Aures, William A . ..............Private
Averett, Thomas .................Private
Ayers, Clifford................... Private
Baer, Joseph ......................Private First Class
Bagley, James A ............... Corporal
Balchunas, Frank ...............Private
Bane, Ardle....................... Private
Banks, Millard P .............. Corporal
Barbieri, Andrea * .............Private
Barry, Timothy J . ..............Private
Barveld, Leo .......................Private
Bauer Charles * ..................Private
Beavers, Newton................. Private
Beek, John ...........................Private
Belhurneur, Donatian * ..........Private
Bender, Victor G . ...............Sergeant
Bennett, Allen ………..........Private
Benson, Roy L . .................. Private
Beard, August E. ..................Private
Berka, Otto P L ..................Supply Sergeant
Bezief, Abraham ..................Private First Class
Bigler, Harry F .................... Corporal
Bishop, George W . ..............Private First Class
Bivens, Walker .....................Private
Blewett, James L . Private
Bligh, Harold A . Private
Bloom, William J . Private
Blust, Albert J . Private
Boeddinghaus, Walter E . Sergeant
Boitano, Louis F . Sergeant
Bolatto, Albert Private First Class
Bond,john A . Private
Borst, Albert H . Private
Bowman, James F . Private
Boykow, Ernest Mechanic
Briggs, Charles R . Cook
Britt, Joseph E . Private First Class
Brizee, Lorenzo Private
Brocoli, Felice ............ Private
Brogan, Joseph P . Private
Brower, Bertram H . Private
Brown, Homer C . Private
Brusca, Pasquale Private
Bump, Orlos Private
Burke, John Private
Burnham, Huston Private
Campbell, Niel Private
Candiello, Vincenzo Private
Capelle, Rudolph * Private
Cappelin, Andrew Private
Carpenter, John J . Private First Class
Carroll, Michael Private
Castelucci, Sebastiano Private
Chelberg, James F.* Private
Clark, John L . Private First Class
Clevinger, James W . Corporal
Cohn, Jack .......................... Sergeant
Colgan, George J . Sergeant
Comer, Michael * Corporal
Comerford, John P . Private
Compton, Paul D . First Sergeant
Connolly, Daniel M . Sergeant
Connor, John R . Mess Sergeant
Cooper, Percy A . Private First Class
Corley, John Private
Corley, Leo Private
Courtwright, Wilbur A.* Private
Cox, Ingle W . Private
Crimmins, Lawrence Corporal
Crittenden, F. E . Corporal
Croft, Alexander M . Private
Cullen, Michael Private
Curley, Joseph A . Private First Class
Custer, Cal H . Private
Damato, Anthony* Private
D'Ambra, Giachino Private
Dansbury, Lercy C . Private
Demers, Adhemar Private
Dempsey, Edward J. Private First Class
Deshlevy, Nick Private
Desourdy, Leo Private
Dietz, William F . Private
Di Giovanni, Anthony Corporal
Doerheim, John Private
Donat, Arthur R . Private First Class
Dove, Floyd L . Corporal
Duhamel, Come * Private
Dumais, Elzear Private
Duncan, Almer Private
Dunkin, Ernest 0 . Private
Dunn, James B.* Private
Eades, Charles W . Private
Eckel, George H . Private
Egan, Peter A . Private
Eisenberg, Abraham Private First Class
Eklund, Charles W . Corporal
Elliott, Harley R . Private
Falck, Arthur Private
Faris, Price M . Private
Farley, Tomas C . Private
Farrell, Patrick * Private
Fay, Edward F . Private
Ferry, Bertram Private
Filby, Edgar 0 . Private
Fisher, Kenneth D . Sergeant
Fishman, William Sergeant
Forester, Albert Mechanic
Frederickson, Dublin Private
Gadry, Albert L . Sergeant
Galaska, Stanislaus Private
Gartland, John V., Jr . Corporal
Gatto, Sisto Private
Gazerro, Giovanni * Private
Gehreitz, Augustine * Corporal
Gentili, Severino Private
Gessner, Mike Cook
Ghitti, Alfredo * Private
Girome, Joseph Private
Glass, Alfred Private
Glennon, James J . Bugler
Gluchowsky, Victor Private
Goldberg, Bertram Private
Golden, William H . Private
Goldner, Jacob * Corporal
Goldstein, Jacob Private
Gottheim, Harry Private
Graham, Hugh H . Private
Green, Tyler H . Private
Gregoire, Edward J . Private
Griffith, Jesse E . Private
Grosse, Frederick B . Sergeant
Gurley, William S . Private
Hagen, LeRoy Private
Hall, William J . Private First Class
Hamilton, Coin Private
Hanson, Peter, Jr . Corporal
Harris, George S . Private
Hartmann,. Albert Private
Hastings, Albert R . .Private
Hatt, Daniel B . Corporal
Haverly, Howard G . ..Private
Hayes, Ralph E . Mechanic
Haeney, Thomas Sergeant
Heller, Abraham I . Sergeant
Hibpshman, Joseph E. ..- Private First Class
Hill, George S . Sergeant
Hirschfield, Emanuel Private
Hoffstetter, Roy F . Corporal
Holland, Leo Private First Class
Hollingshead, Leonard Private
Howe, David Private First Class
Hunt, John T . Private
Idem, William . Private
Ignatowski, Walter Private
Jacob, Isidore Corporal
Jacobs, Edward M . Private
Jacobs, Louis L . Private
Jacoff, William Corporal
Jaconne, Murphy Private
Jamison, Mark Private
Johann, Joseph R . Private First Class
Johnson, William E . Private
Johnson, William J . Private
Jolicauer, Williarn* Private
Jones, Jere Private
Jones, Levi Private
Kaish, Morris J . Cook
Kalb, Phillip .....Private
Kaltzow, Adolph Private
Kazlauskas, Vincent Private
Kelimmer, Bernard Private
Kelly, Jack J . Cook
Kennedy, Clifton L . Private
Kenny, Richard Private First Class
Kettas, Angel Private
Khedishian, Aaron Private
Killinger, Clifford A . Cook
Krocki, Michael Private
Kulakowski, Barney Private
Lake, George H . Corporal
Landolfi, Louis Private
Larrabee, William G . Corporal
Latkovis, John Private
Lawrence, Benjamin E.* Private
Leech, George B . Sergeant
Leone, Pietro Private
Lewis, Harry P . Sergeant
Lewis, Hugh E . Sergeant
Linehan, Daniel J . Private
Longo, Alley Private
Longo, Anthony Private
Longo, Francisco Private
Looney, Cornelius Sergeant
Loporchio, Pasquale Private
Loughran, John A . Private
Lovell, Egbert Private
Lusthoff, Charles F . Private
McDougal, James Private
McGrath, Bernard Private First Class
McGuire, Eugene J . Private
McMurty, Edward F . Corporal
McNair, Benjamin F . Private
McQuillen, Henry Corporal
Mager, Francis J . Private
Mahoffey, Roy L . Private
Manciny, James Private
Manning, Stephen Private
Marcellino, Thomas I Private
Marcott, Wallace Corporal
Markes, Lawrence W . Sergeant
Marshall, Grover L . Corporal
Masters, Walter E . Private
Mastrantonio, Antonio Private
Mechanic, Bernard .Corporal
Meister, John C . Private
Meyers, John H . Private
Milan, Thomas Private
Miller, Gabriel E . Private
Miller, Stephen Private
Minor, John M . Private
Montgomery, James T . Private
Moore, Estes I Private
Moss, John Private
Mottley, James F . Corporal
Muller, Arthur J . Private
Muritora, Sebastina Private
Neff, Arthur F . Private
Neville, John Private First Class
Nicharos, Louis Private
Nicolella, Giovanni Private
Nugent, Frank Corporal
Oberg, Harry C . Private
O'Brien, Daniel J . Private
O'Connor, James M . Private
Pagano, Thomas Cook
Panifilio, Prudenta Private
Paradisi, Nazzareno Private
Park, Charles L . Private
Patterson, Charles J . Corporal
Pavlopoulos, James G . Private First Class
Peloquin, Adlelard Private First Class
Pempsell, Joseph J.* Private First Class
Perry, George W . Private First Class
Peterson, Peter Corporal
Petrillo, Aniello . Private First Class
Piastri, Iginio Private
Picollo, Bartollo Private
Pilewicz, Adam Private
Press, Isador Private
Proper, Everett J . Corporal
Przemielewski, Vincent Private
Puck, Lawrence Private First Class
Putman, Giffie B . Private
Regan, William P . Private
Reilly, Thomas F . Private First Class
Renbas, John Private
Resnick, Max Private
Ricco, Tony Private
Rickard, Joseph D . Private
Rigg, Elwell V . Private
Rigney, Peter Private First Class
Robitaille, Eugene Private
Rokas, Frank Private
Ross, Edward H . Private
Rubine, Herman Private
Rusnak, John Cook
St. John, Harold Corporal
Salmanowitz, Benjamin Private First Class
Sanders, Beverly C . Corporal
Sanzone, Frank Private
Satterfield, Wavy L . Private
Scarlato, Nicola Private
Schlageter, Louis F . Corporal
Schreiner, Hugo Private First Class
Schroeder, John H . Private First Class
Schutt, Frank Private First Class
Schweizer Jacob Bugler
Scoma, Thomas A . Private
Scott, George W . Private
Seligson, Hyman Private
Sell, Herman M . Sergeant
Sell, William F . Corporal
Sharp, Darrel S . Private
Sheild, Keith T . Sergeant
Shevlin, Peter Private
Shufelt, Raymond E . Private
Silverstein, Ira Corporal
Sindlinger, William D . Sergeant
Sippel, Edward Private
Smith, James F . Private
Smith, Michael Private
Sojda, Carl Private
Spargo, George B . Private
Stach, Arthur 0 . Private
Straus, Charles Corporal
Strauss, Arthur Private First Class
Strokofsky, Jacob Private
Sturm, Fred Private
Suck, Stephen P . Private
Swift, Ira W . Mechanic
Teofolo, Matteo * Cook
Terris, Edward Private First Class
Tinervia, Salvatore Private First Class
Tisdale, Arthur J.* Private
Tomaszewski, Anthony Private
Toothman, Okey E . Private
Tornetta, Charles S . Corporal
Tremblay, Joseph A.* Private
Turner, William J . Private
Vereiko, Mike Private First Class
Wagner, Theodore Private
Wald, Ruben Private
Walsh, Edward S . Sergeant
Walters, James A . Private
Weber, William H . Private
Weiss, William Private
Whalen, Thomas E . Private
Whitaker, William T . Private
White, Delbert H . Private
White, Frank Private
Wicker, Max Sergeant
Wisniewski, Bronis Private
Wolaski, Henry* Private
Wolfe, Theodore E . Private
Wong, Leong Private First Class
Yerk, Charles J . Cook
Zaniewski, Lucien Private First Class
Zickl, George L . Private
Zirin, Daniel Private
Zirinski, Louis .........Private
COMPANY B
COMPANY B
Captain A. R. Crippen
Captain Theodore S. Kenyon
First Lieutenant Frank M. Eliot
First Lieutenant H. Elbert Foster, Jr.
First Lieutenant Clifford Hendel
First Lieutenant Andrew J. McLean
First Lieutenant Robert L. Payne
Second Lieutenant Grosvenor Ball
Second Lieutenant Frederick L. Edwards
Second Lieutenant J. P. Feeney
Abelov, Samuel S . Private
Allison, Montgomery C . Private
Amcil, Louis S . Private
Anderson, Charles G . Private
Anderson, William M . Private
Aragon, Manuel Private
Auer, Lawrence J . Private
Augustine, Stanley B . Private
Avitable, Tony Private
Bailey, William P . Private
Baker, Thomas Private
Bartenbach, John Corporal
Bauer, Louis Private
Bence, John C . Corporal
Bender, Daniel W . Private
Benson, Harry Private
Benson, Leonard C.* Private
Beranski, John Private
Berentsen, Olaf A . Cook
Bergeson, Clarence H . Private
Bernier, John Private
Berry, Hugh J . Private First Class
Bertuica, CamelIo Private
Bevacqua, August Private
Beverage, Coy D . Private
Bifulco, Gennaro Private
Birmingham, Archie A . Private
Blahak, Joseph A . Private
Blanchard, Alphege Private
Blumer, Christof Private
Bodin, Israel ....Private
Bonanno, Firce Sergeant
Bourassa, Joseph Private First Class
Bowling, Clint Private
Boyd, Edward K . Private First Class
Brady, Charles A . Corporal
Brandes, Philip Private
Braun, John M . Sergeant
Brawick, Peter P . Private
Bray, David* Private
Bregman, Hyman ... Sergeant
Breidinger, William J . Private
Brosky, Louis Corporal
Brosnan, John A . Corporal
Brudwick, Christian J.* Private
Buccheri, Sebastiano .... Private
Buchi, Christy Private First Class
Buckaloo, John W . ............. Private
Burch, Elva C . Private
Burke, Thomas J . Corporal
Burnicki, Max Private
Burton, Howard G . Sergeant
Callahan, Arthur F . Corporal
Campbell, Cecil J . Mechanic
Campbell, Thomas F . ......... Sergeant
Cantare, Eugene ................................. Private
Cappabianca, Joseph Private First Class
Card, Earl Private
Cea, Giuseppe .......................... Private
Cherkes, David Private
Chesin, Philip Private
Chinsano, Antonio Private
Chmielewski, Wackaw Private
Clare,Thomas J.* Private
Clark, Clarence W . Private
Clark, George Private
Class, William F . Private
Clemmens, Clinton C . Private First Class
Coffey, Roy F . Private
Coffman, Kenneth Private
Cohen, Isaac ..... Private First Class
Collier, Roy F . Private
Collins, Eugene Private First Class
Collord, George E . Private
Colombo, Luis Private
Comtois, Ernest L . Private
Conin, Alfred Private
Conway, William J . Corporal
Coogan, William J . Private
Cook, John H . Private
Cook, Lewis Private
Cornell, Estrus L . Private
Contonzariti, Antonio Private
Cotton, Benjamin A . Private First Class
Covello, Antonio Private
Cox,john F . Mechanic
Cox, Walter Private
Curry, Thomas E . Private First Class
Cutuli, Joseph Private
Davis, George W . Private
Davison, Joseph L . Corporal
De Frisco, Victor* Private
De Hoog, Franklin J . Private
Delia Rocca, Antonio Private
Demicelli, Anthony Private
Denike, Russell W . Bugler
Derderian, Sahag Private First Class
De Voe, George* Private
Dickerson, Charles H . Private First Class
Dickey, Omer F . Private
Di Sarli, Michael Private First Class
Doohan, Michael J .................................... Private
Dooley, Henry * Private First Class
Dorobiala, Joseph Private
Dowling, Frank J . Private First Class
Drummey, Thomas J . Private
Drummond, Frank D.* Private
Dumas, Ulric N . Private First Class
Duncan, Russell H . Private First Class
Duncan, William S . Sergeant
Eaddy, C. F . Private
Eger, Richard Private
Elliott, Raphael Private
Emerson, Edward T . Private
Emmons, Oscar V.* Private
Fabbino, Rocco Private
Fasciano, Andrew Private First Class
Fausett, Alfred A . Private First Class
Ferris, Mohammed Private
Fisher, William First Sergeant
Flagg, Michael M . Private
Folan, James P . Private
Flatt, Ike Private
Forger, Alexander Sergeant
Freeman, Manley Corporal
Freeman, Patrick Sergeant
Friendlander, Arthur Private
Gadbois, Stanislas M . Private
Garrison, Floyd L . Private
Gawryszewski, Felix Private
Gillespie, John Private
Gilliard, George Corporal
Girard, Victor Private
Glass, William Private
Gleason, Martin C . Private
Gabble, Mack H . Private
Golub, Isador Private First Class
Goodale, Henry A . Private
Goodell, Charles L . Private
Goodell, Henry Private
Goyette, Philiza Private
Graham, James Private First Class
Graham, Vincent Private
Graves, Max Sergeant
Graves, Otis S . Private
Greene, Edward V.* Private First Class
Gregoire, Edward J . Private
Gregory, James W . Private
Gregory, Jerome Private First Class
Griscom, James R . Private
Groce, Eugene C . Private
Gross, Murray Mess Sergeant
Grow, Harvey C.* Private First Class
Guilli, Alfredo Private
Gustafson, Knut B . Private
Hacker, Edwin C . Private First Class
Hackett, Joseph Corporal
Hagberry, Randel A.* Private
Haley, Roscoe W . Corporal
Hammer, David Cook
Hammer, John Corporal
Hammonds, Robert W . Private
Hansen, Hans W . Mechanic
Harding, John P . Corporal
Harrison, Frank C . Private
Hastriter, Amos B Private
Haught, Columbus Private First Class
Hawkins, Fred M . Mechanic
Hayes, Frank E . Private
Hines, Pleas T . Private
Hines, Vinton G . Corporal
Hogan, John R . ............................ Private
Hoghton, Harry W . Private
Holleman, Joel Private
Hooper, Charles L . Private
Hooper, James Private
Hudack, George J . Private
Huddy, John F . Private
Hueffner, George Corporal
Humphrey, Turner F . Private
Hyman, Samuel Private
Iarinuccilli, Carmine Private First Class
Indyk, Leon Private
Isaacson, Israel Private First Class
Jackson, Delbert H . Private
Jackson, John Private
Jaszka, Joseph A . Private First Class
Jelinski, Stanley E . Private
Jenduso, Joseph Private First Class
Johnson, Carl I . ....................................... Private
Jones, Arthur Sergeant
Kaus, Benjamin Private
Keegan, Joseph Private First Class
Keitel, Charles A . Sergeant
Kelleher, Nelson H . Private
Kenmark, William J . Corporal
Kennedy, John F . Corporal
Kerr, Elmer R . Corporal
Kineke, William J . Private
King, George W . Bugler
Kirchbaum, Karl J . Cook
Koch, Charles K . Private
Koenig, Rudolph F . Private
Korn, Charles G . Corporal
Koster, Joseph A . Private
Krall, Albert R . Private
Kramer, Frank Private
Kraus, Bert Private
Krohn, Elias P . Private First Class
Lankes, Matthew Private First Class
Larson, Clarence E . Private
Larwill, Langdon H . Private First Class
Lauda, Joseph F . Corporal
Lavorin, Ricardo Private
Lehman, George G . Private
Letsinger, Joseph C . Private
Levine, Julius Private First Class
Loratto, William Corporal
Lusturino, Merino Private First Class
McCafferty, Homer F . Private First Class
McCann, Thomas C . Private First Class
McGee, James J . Private First Class
McGinn, John P . Corporal
McGowan, Frank J . Corporal
McIntyre, Edward J.* Corporal
McKeown, John J.* Private
McNeeley, Benjamin Private
Madden, William H . Corporal
Maier, Louis J . Corporal
Maloney, John Private First Class
Mamello, Severio Private First Class
Mamus, John Private
Manson, Harold J . Sergeant
Maroney, Patrick Private
Massarelli, John Private
Masse, Henry J . Private First Class
Mathis, Granville J . Private First Class
Matthews, Robert J . Corporal
Maxson, Jesse Private
Maynard, Albert C.* .... Private
Merlino, Domenico Private
Merola, Joseph Corporal
Mewes, Herman W . Private
Michaelowitz, Samuel Private
Miller, Alexander H . Corporal
Miller, Charles Corporal
Mittleman, Michael Corporal
Mittleman, William Private
Monroe, Ellis Sergeant
Moore, Leonard Private
Morgan, Richard P . Private First Class
Murdock, Ray Private
Murphy, Albert F . Sergeant
Murphy, James M . Corporal
Niesche, Henry J. F . Private
Nolan, Edward P . Private
Nussberger, George G.* Private
O'Brien, Harry Private First Class
O'Rourke, Patrick V . Supply Sergeant
Parker, David Private
Phelan, Albert L . Corporal
Phillips, Clarence N . Private
Phillips, Walter S . Private First Class
Pieart, Henry L . Corporal
Pimental, Manuel Private
Pitsonis, Theros Mechanic
Pittsley, Erford Private First Class
Ploutz, Arthur E . Private
Poll, Isidore Private
Potter, Ernest W . Private First Class
Potter, Ira Corporal
Powell, Charles S . Sergeant
Pregitzer, Frederick Private
Purcell, George Private
Pyacki, Michael Private
Ralph, Edward J . Private
Redwine, Willis J . Private
Reid, Leslie Corporal
Reilly, Andrew J . Corporal
Reiner, John Private
Reiter, Frank H . Private
Resnick, Benjamin Private
Riddell, Albert H . Private
Ries, Frank M . Private
Roark, Archibald Private First Class
Roegner, Clarence M . Private
Ropsevcz, Joseph Private
Rospenda, Stanley Private
Rotwein, Samuel Private
Ross, Nelson Private First Class
Sandaver, Lawrence F . Private
Sauter, Russell Private First Class
Scalia, Giuseppe Private
Scherer, Fred Corporal
Schiavone, Anthony Private
Schmitt, Joseph .Corporal
Schulte, John Private
Schwartz, Charles Private
Senf, Christian Private
Setomersky, Isaac Private First Class
Sewell, Moses F . Private
Sheegog, Samuel S . Private First Class
Shire, Alfred T . Private First Class
Silverman, Nathan Private
Simi, Charles R . Private
Singe, Luigi Private
Singer, Maxwell Private
Slapp, William J . Private
Smith, Floyd K., Jr . Corporal
Smith, Ruben S . Private
Smith, Santford Private
Smith, Thomas E . Private First Class
Solomon, Edward W . Private
Soto, Domingo Private
Speidel, Carl J . Private
Spence, Guy P . Private
Spiker, Raymond B . Sergeant
Spillance, Garrett H . Private
Spritzer, Samuel Private
Staskiewicz, Vincent Private
Stear, James E . Private
Stein, Alexander Private First Class
Stephens, Roy Supply Sergeant
Stifel, Philip Sergeant
Stomersky, Isaac Private
Stubb, John H . Sergeant
Sugg, Nicholas, jr . Private
Sullivan, James W . Private
Sullivan, Jeremiah Private First Class
Sulmonetti, George Private
Swiatlowski, Frank Private
Theiler, Lawrence Private
Thompson, Henry Corporal
Toon, James A . Sergeant
Treakle, Seth W . Corporal
Tucholka, John E . Private
Tyrell, Edson Private First Class
Ugactz, Sam Private
Urgo, William Private
Vanata, Sebastian Cook
Vogel, Charles A.* Private First Class
Walberg, Walter S . Private First Class
Walsh, John* Sergeant
Warfield, Floyd J . Sergeant
Watson, Charles E . Private
Wersba, Henry Private First Class
West, William Private
Wielkiewicz, Frank J.* Private
Williams, Charles B . Private
Williams, Emanuel Private
Wilson, Claude Corporal
Wilson, Frank Private
Wistrom, Reuben C . Private
Wolcott, Ralph S . Sergeant
Wolf, Frank J .Private First Class
Wolfe, Peter T . Corporal
Wolff, Louis J . Sergeant
Wolter, Harvey G . Private First Class
Yamin, Aaron* Corporal
Yantsios, Nicholas Corporal
Zelko, Martin ..Private
COMPANY C
COMPANY C
Captain Ralph J. Sprague
First Lieutenant John P. Childe
First Lieutenant Ebenezer E. Doolittle
First Lieutenant Charles O'Brien *
First Lieutenant Philip W. Wilhelm
Abruzzo, Calogero Private
Adelman, Fred Private
Alberti, Eniglio Private
Aldrich, George M . Private First Class
Alzati, Richard Private First Class
Ambrose, Richard Private
Ames, Fred H . Private
Anzalone, Jerry V . Corporal
Appiarius, John 0 . Private First Class
Babbitt, Sherley D . Private
Bartenbach, John Corporal
Bastone, Luigi Private First Class
Bays, Jess L.* Private
Beck, John J . Private First Class
Benson, Champlin J . Private
Berkowitz, Nathan Corporal
Bernstein, Jacob Private First Class
Bloom, Abraham Corporal
Boyd, Robert Private
Bramhall, Ralph A . Private
Briggs, Walter A . Private
Broesch, Emil 0 . Private
Brown, George W . Cook
Brzoska, Ignatius * Private
Burns, Florian R . Private
Bush, Floridan 0 . Private
Butts, Gerrold Private
Calleo, Louis Private
Cargulio, Michael Private
Carter, James R . Private
Carver, Patrick Private
Cevelo, Bernedo Private
Chernin, Harry Private
Chrisachis, George Private
Clemente, Elias Private
Cole, William T . Private
Collins, Dennis * Private First Class
Conrad, Henry J . ..................................... Corporal
Constantine, Jos. M . Private
Conway, Karl Private
Coon, Herbert L . Private
Coopersmith, Jacob Private
Copple, George Corporal
Corey, Chester A . Private First Class
Courtney, John T . Private First Class
Cowell, Clarence C.* Private
Cranker, Bert Private First Class
Cronin, Edward C . Cook
Crowley, William D.* Private First Class
Cummins, Timothy J . Corporal
Cummisky, Thomas S . Supply Sergeant
Dailey, Clinton R . Private First Class
Dalton, Joseph M . Private
Dame, Harry Private
Damm, William C . First Sergeant
Danielson, Floyd A . Private First Class
Dantzig, Mark * Private First Class
Davidson, Jesse M . Corporal
Davis, Andrew H . Mess Sergeant
Davis, Harry J ............................. Private First Class
Davis, Jerome W . Private
Day, Kenneth G . Private First Class
Deane ' Warren C . Private
Debolt, Lonnie M . Private
De Leo, Frank P . Private
De Lorenzo, Andrew Private First Class
Di Luise, James N . Corporal
De Mott, Ernest Private
Denier, Peter F . Sergeant
Devaney, Patrick Private
Devereaux, Frank E . Private
Devoe, Stephen A . Corporal
Diamilla, Giuseppe Private
Dingledine, Elliot N.* Private
Ditter, Frank R . Private
Doblerstein, George Corporal
Dodge, Fields P . Private
Donovan, Joseph F . Sergeant
Doyle, James P . Sergeant
Dracilowski, Michael Private First Class
Drzewucki, John Private First Class
Dubigk, Maximillian Private
Dubrele, Joseph H . Private
Duffy, John Corporal
Duncan, Dolphy Private First Class
Duntley, Harrison W . Private
Eastwood, Tom Private
Egan, Patrick J . Private
Ehresman, Henry W . Private
Ellwanger, John J . Private First Class
Etzrodt, Albert ......................................... Private
Excell, Raymond C . Private First Class
Fahey, Melvin J . Corporal
Palmer, Adolph Corporal
Farina, Augustino Private
Farmer, Lee Private First Class
Favaloro, Frank Private First Class
Fellows, Oliver S.* Private
Ferrarra, Pasquale Private
Finklestein, Benjamin Private
Finley, Fred C . Private
Finster, Walter C . Private
Fitzgerald, Charles L . Private First Class
Floe, Oscar Private First Class
Funk, George Private First Class
Gagliardi, John Private
GangiIeri, Vittario Private
Gates, Albert Cook
Giacalone, Vito Private
Giamiccolo, Francesco Private First Class
Gibbon, Raymond J . Private First Class
Giglio, Raffaelo Private
Gleason, Raymond F . Private
Goddu, Adjutor Private First Class
Goldback, Frank J . Private
Golden, Samuel Private
Goldstein, Jacob E . Corporal
Good, Charles E . Private
Grabowski, Walter Private
Graham, James R . Private
Gravel, Joseph Corporal
Griffin, Thomas Private
Grunder, Charles Private
Guilfoyle, Ray A . Private
Gutekunst, Christian H . Private
Harden, General J . Private
Harris, Louis H . Private
Haworth, Orrie J . Private First Class
Healy, George J . Private
Henel, John A . Private
Herrman, Dominic H.* Corporal
Holzschneider, Gus * I Bugler
Huber, John E . Private
Hulbert, H. M . Private
Hunter, William B . Private First Class
Huntly, Donald C . Private
Iaquinto, Giovanni Private First Class
Jackson, James J . Cook
Jacobs, Charles Private
Joe, Chee Bow Private First Class
Johnson, Harry Mechanic
Johnson, Oscar T . Private
Johnson, Paul Private
Kahn, Leo H . .......................................... Private
Katsh, Joseph I . Corporal
Kaufman, Nathan A . Private
Kellington, Fred Private
Kelly, Cyril J . Private
Kelly, James C . Private First Class
Kempes, Albert Private
Kerr, James C . Private First Class
Kiefer, Roy T . Private
Kiernan, William R . Sergeant
King, James F . Private First Class
King, Napoleon J . Private First Class
Klecar, Randolph Corporal
Klein, Sidney S . Private
Klenck, John W . Sergeant
Klosin, John Private
Koppy, Joseph J . Private First Class
Kosher, Frank Private
Kracht, Anthony Private
Krack, Robert W . Private First Class
Kreielsheimer, H. D . Sergeant
Kruger, Henry Corporal
Lafartezza, Rafaelle Private
Lambour, Alfred B . Private
Lampley, James A . First Sergeant
Lee, John J . Private
Leeman, William E . Private
Lehman, Walter J . Private First Class
Leo, Joseph P . Sergeant
Leonard, Charles T . Corporal
Leschinsky, Harold A . Corporal
Levan, Dan H . Private First Class
Lewenicht, Louis * Private
Licht, Emanuel H . Mess Sergeant
Linzey, William, Jr . Private
Lombardi, James Corporal
Loronordo, Angelo Private First Class
Lo Russo, Daniel J . Corporal
Lutz, Lester Private
MacPherson, Henry B . Private
McArdle, Hugh J . Corporal
McCarthy, Frank J . Corporal
McDonald, John P . Corporal
McGinley, Fred F . Private
McGrath, Patrick Private
McGuire, James C . Private
McLaughlin, Henry A . Private
McNiff, Terence Sergeant
Malec, Henry L . Sergeant
Manning, John R . Private
Marcotte, Walter Private
Maresca, Vincent Private First Class
Markowitz, Frank A . Private
Marshall, Arthur L . Sergeant
Marshall, Claude N . ....................................
Marshall, Silas Private
Martin, 01 T . Sergeant
............................ Private First Class
Martin, Patrick F . Private
Martin, Thomas Private
Maurer, Louis Private
Mead, George G . Sergeant
Meeker, Franqois * Private
Mendicini, Antonio Private
Merin, Samuel Mechanic
Meyer, Aaron Private
Meyer, Edward Bugler First Class
Meyer, Herman R . Private First Class
Mitchell, Francis J . Corporal
Mule, Joseph Private
Mullally, James N . Cook
Murdock, John Corporal
Murray, Elmer R . Private
Murray, Robert H . Private
Muschio, Henry Private
Muttl, Vincent Private First Class
Nadel, Joseph Private
Nelson, Joseph* Private
Nelson, Julius, Jr . Private
Nelson, Lawrence W . Private First Class
Newman, Charles Private First Class
Newsum, Fred C . Sergeant
Nicolaidis, John P . Private
Nirenberg, Samuel * Private First Class
Noon, William R . Private
O'Boyle, Bernard A . Private
O'Connor, James F . Corporal
Oathes, Arnold M . Private First Class
Olicker, Isidore Private
Olson, Frank L . Private
Oppenheimer, Otto Private
Orlando, Giuseppe Private
Ossman, John A . ................................ Sergeant
Pacelli, Pasquale Private
Palornba, Raffaele Private
Pappas, Vasilios * ** Private
Parant, Gean B . -* Private
Parella, Angelo --*-*-' Private
Pelton, Ralph ** Private First Class
Pennello, Joseph * Sergeant
Perkins, Leroy W . ............. Corporal
Perri, Frank Private
Pezzetti, Benjamin Private First Class
Phillips, Pearl Private First Class
Plante, Mede Private
Plummer, George W . Private
Post, Ira C . Private
Pulveranti, Salvatore Private
Reed, Sherman L . Private
Reming, Peter H . Private
Renna, Nicolo Private
Richards, Dillard W . Private
Rinaldo, Thomas S . Mechanic
Riviezzo, Michael Private First Class
Robb, Edgar F . Corporal
Roberts, Rue Private
Rohe, Frank R . Private
Romeo, Alessandro Private
Roosa, Archie E . Private
Rosemay, Alex Private
Ruderman, Eli Private
Russell, Joseph Private
Russo, Ralph J . Corporal
Ruthrauff, Albert C . Private
St. Germain, Joseph Private
St. Pierre, Phillip Private First Class
Sanborn, Jeremiah J . Private
Sawinsky, Albert W . Private
Scanlon, Edward F . Private
Schaffel, Phillip Private
Schmittman, David Private
Schultz, Morris Private First Class
Schmidt, Herman W. J . Sergeant
Schnittman, David Private
Scott, Ralph Private First Class
Scully, James J . Sergeant
Serepetsakis, Emanuel G . Private
Servatius, Paul H . Private
Sexton, John W . Private
Shefrin, William* Cook
Sheridan, James F . Private
Sherry, John J . Private
Shultman, Isadore Private
Sicilia, Vincent Private
Silevsky, Samuel Private
Silverstein, Jacob Sergeant
Simmons, George W . I Private First Class
Sink, Hubert S . Private
Skelly, George T . ................... Private First Class
Smith, Edwin L . Private
Smith, John Private First Class
Sobezak, Kazimierz F . Mechanic
Spahn, Frederick * Corporal
Spickeman, Mark W . Private
Spigaroli, Fernando Private First Class
Starinieri, Angelo Private First Class
Steierwalt I Victor Cook
Stiles, William B . Private First Class
Still, Bertram T . Private
Stralucke, Carl H . Corporal
Sulinski, Peter D . ....................................... Private
Summerville, Frederick Private
Suozzo, James Private
Swenson, Charles J . Mechanic
Sylvester, Ralph C . Private First Class
Terino, A.* Private
Teufel, John Private
Than, Morris Private First Class
Thomas, John Private
Thompson, Ivan E . Private
Threadgill, Bunk Private
Tiernan, Patrick Private First Class
Tilis, Abram Private
Tremmel, Louis F . Private
Tripp, Claude A . Private
Troutwine, Virgil V . Bugler
Truax, Edward Sergeant
Tudor, Leroy Private
Valente, Bernardino Private
Van Eram, George A . Private
Verrillo, Michael Private
Verrios, Peter A . Private
Viscardie, Nick Private First Class
Vivardi, Roberto Private
Wachowski, John Private First Class
Ward, Harold E . Private
Wassell, John Private First Class
Weiller, Henry J . Private
Weinberg, Morris Private
Weiss, William Private
Welsh, Leonard Private
Werner, Charles Private
West, Robert G . Corporal
Whitmarsh, Richard Private
Wicks, George L . Private
Wilcox, Leo F . Private
Wildner, Harry C . Sergeant
Williams, Ellis 0 . Private First Class
Willrick, Joseph, Jr . Private
Wilson, Fred S . Private
Wojciechowski, Peter P . Private
Wood, Earl H . Private
Woods, John Corporal
Wroblewski, Frank Private
Yarozower, Paul H . Private
Youngbear, Walter Private First Class
Zaino, Anthony J . Private
Zeonka, Harry Private
Ziburske, August Private
Zudlis, George * .................................. Private
COMPANY D
COMPANY D
Captain Henry W. Lehmkuhl
Captain Richard L. Tyner
First Lieutenant Howard D. Baldwin
First Lieutenant Charles S. Dennison
First Lieutenant Salmon Hebard
First Lieutenant John H. Kramer
First Lieutenant Edwin J. Mooney
Second Lieutenant Albert A. Micehenfelder
Second Lieutenant Aloysius J. O'Reilly
Second Lieutenant Walter W. Shadler
Adamson, Carl W . Private First Class
Allen, Albert F . Private
Amsbury, Joseph E . Private First Class
Anderson, Alfred * Private First Class
Antonio, John Private
Bafile, Lugo Private
Ballard, Floyd Private
Barr, Stephen A . Private
Battaglia, Cyrus L . Sergeant
Bennison, Harold Corporal
Berlin, Otto W.* Private
Bertin, Antonio Private
Berzon, Harold Sergeant
Billingsley, jewel B . Private
Bixler, Ralph Sergeant
Boardman, Charles F . Private
Bond, Edward A . Private
Borek, Stanislaw Private
Brady, Peter J., Jr . Private
Brancato, Dominick Private First Class
Brill, Frank Private
Buckley, George B . Private First Class
Burke, Anthony, Jr . Private
Burlingame, William T . Private
Burns, Frances E . Private
Burns, Thomas Private
Camen, Louis Corporal
Cane, Jacob Private
Canfield, Cecil H . Private
Cantwell, John Private
Capozzoli, Angelo Private
Carberry, Michael Private First Class
Carey, Martin Sergeant
Carlson, Sante Private
Carter, Charles Corporal
Carter, Russell G . Sergeant
Cassidy, Francis B . Corporal
Cestone, Canio Private First Class
Chojbacki, Barney E . Sergeant
Cincicolo, Antonio Private First Class
Claar, Charles F . Corporal
Cole, Leo C . Private
Collins, John L . Private First Class
Conwell, Charlie Private
Coogan, Andrew Private
Cornell, Floyd E . Private
Cortinez, Tisdale Private
Crifo, Vincent Private
Cruz, Louis Private
Culbert, John J . Private
Damian, Thomas G . Private First Class
D'Avella, John * Private
Davidson, George S . Private
Davidson, Isaac Sergeant
Dawson, Raymond A . Private
Day, George R . Private
Dean, Hichs Private
De Lia, Vincenzo Private
Denovellis, Joseph Private First Class
Devivo, Ralph Private
Dillman, Frank Private First Class
Dorini, Carlo * Private
Dorman, Frank X . Private First Class
Dormann, William Private
Doyle, Joseph M . Private First Class
Doyle, Martin T . Private
Duignan, Edward Corporal
Dunleavy, Stephen Private
Duryea, Benjamin F . Private
Dyner, Leo Private
Eckert, Anthony Private
Edwards, William Private
Edwinson, Carl E.* .......... Private
Eliopolos, Dimetreos Private
Ellis, Charles E . * * Private
Elmquist, Emil H . ***''* ** Private
Embleton, Edward Mess Sergeant
Emery, Robert S.* Private
English, EarI * Private
Faeson, George Private
Fanning, Nicholas Private First Class
Farbstein, Louis Private
Feinstein, Harry Private
Feinstein, Martin Corporal
Fenton, James P . Private
Feore, James Private
Ferraioli, Pasquale Private
Finazzo, Charles B . Private
Finkenbinder, Ray D . Sergeant
Fiorillo, Gabriele Private
Fischman, Emanuel Private
Fistere, Joseph, Jr . First Sergeant
Fitall, Robert S . Private First Class
Fitzpatrick, Dennis Private
Fitzpatrick, James ' Private First Class
Flato, Isadore *** Private
Fleck, Carl W.* Private
Flemmer, John P . .......... **''* Private First Class
Flynn, Joseph J . ........ **'**'' Sergeant
Forgue, Leroy N . ''**''*'''*'** **' Private
Forman, Harry Private
Fornoff, Phillip G. C . *''** **'*''****'***' Private
Forunier, Raoul **''*''**''*''* Private First Class
Franz, Joseph ............ Private
Frederickson, Frederick J. Private
Freis, Fred P . ........... Private
Frost, Hirma G . Private First Class
Funkey, David G . Private
Gabbola, John Sergeant
Gaice, Joe Private
Garbe, Arthur G. H . Private
Garbe, Charles F . Private
Gardner, Leo G . Private
Garnier, George, Jr . Corporal
Garrett, John W . Private
Gentile, Gacondna Private First Class
Gentzmer, Adolph Private
Giampiccolo, Francesco Private
Gilligan, Edward A . Private
Glanz, Hugo Private
Gohner, Martin F . Bugler
Goings, Lesle E . Private
Gold, Benjamin Corporal
Gold, Charles Corporal
Gorman, Michael J . Cook
Gorzka, Joseph Private First Class
Grablowsky, Max Private
Grabowska, Herman Private
Graffeo, Accursio Private First Class
Gravel, Roy Private
Gray, Theodore T . Private
Green, Benjamin Private
Grider, Burr Private
Grimis, John Private
Gronke, Charles Mechanic
Guilefuss, Clarence P.* Private
Gutierrez, Isaac Private
Gutierrez, Maximilano Private
Haas, William 0 . Corporal
Hallowell, Henry W . Corporal
Hammonds, Marvin L . Private First Class
Hankin, Alfred E . Private First Class
Harkins, Daniel P . Private
Harms, Bernhard Private
Harte, Hugh I . Private
Hartley, Martin L . Private
Hartzell, Warren E . Private First Class
Hauser, Morris Private
Heitzman, Joseph J .................................... Private
Helman, Nathan Corporal
Helmke, Chester C . **---- . Private
Henry, Paul C . Private First Class
Heuer, Reinhold E . Private
Hickey, Lawrence E . Sergeant
Hine, Frederick 0 . Private
Hoagland, Ned First Sergeant
Hofmann, Edward J . Corporal
Hoog, John M . Private First Class
Horner, Fred Private
Hoy, William Private First Class
Huttle, John * Sergeant
Incatasoito, Giuseppe Private
Irish, Eugene J . Private First Class
Isele, Theodore * Private
Ital, August Cook
Jamison, Anthony J ................................... Sergeant
Janas, Frank Private
Jean, George F . Private First Class
Johnson, Bettie M . Private
Johnson, Carl Corporal
Johnson, George E . Private
Johnston, Henry C . Corporal
Jones, Edwin A . Private
Jordan, Michael Private First Class
Josselyn, David A . Private
Jurries, Otto Private
Kager, Anthony J . Bugler
Kallmann, Walter R . Corporal
Kane, John J . Private
Kania, Anthony Private
Kavanagh, Bryan Private First Class
Keane, Michael J . Corporal
Kelly, William F . Private
Kench, William S . Private
Kilburn, William R . Private
Killmer, Harry G . Private
Kocinis, John Private
Kopfmann, Fred Private
Lafleur, Alfred Private
Lafrance, Edward R . ................................... Private
Lane, Julius C . Private
Lawrence, Andrew ............................ Private
Lawson, Walter F.* Private
Leich, August J . Private
Lennon, William T . Private
Lilienthal, Sigmund Private
List, Edward Private
Locken, Olaf * Private
Loftus, William D . Private
Logan, Benjamin Private First Class
Logan, William* Private
Londraville, John C.* Private
Longley, Frank Private First Class
Lucero, Pete : * *---''-'-- Private First Class
Luongo, Carmine Corporal
McAndrew, John Private First Class
McCarthy, Thomas J . Private
McCullough, William J . Private First Class
McDonald, James M . Private First Class
McGee, Jeremiah Corporal
McGough, Phillip T . Cook
Mailloux, Arthur * Private
Mannix, Michael Corporal
Marowski, Frank Private
Marshall, Manuel C . Private
Masciopirto, Nicola Private
Mason, Sherman Private
Matsson, Hall A . Private
May, John J . Corporal
Mazares, Nicholas Private
Mazzucco, John Private First Class
Merrill, Jacob W . Private
Matejka, Edward Private
Michaels, Samuel N . Corporal
Mielenczak, Stanislaus Private
Mignogna, Thomas Corporal
Miliagio, Niccola Private
Miller, Andrew S . Private
Miller, Lloyd E . Private
Milone, Alphonse P.* Private
Moll, Leondar F . Private
Monlish, Michael Private
Montinaro, Frank Private
Morehead, Harry S . Private
Morgan, Buckley Private First Class
Morrell, Geddie B . Private
Mosier, Claude C . Private First Class
Moskos, Peter Private
Murphy, Charles A . Private
Murray, John H . Private
Musgrove, John Private First Class
Myers, James E . Private
Newell, John E.* ....................................... Private
Nilson, Anker Sergeant
Norris, William I . Private
Norton, James D., Jr . Private First Class
O'Donnell, John Private
Offitto, Andrew J . Sergeant
O'Leary, Osborne R . Private
O'Loughlin, John H . Private
O'Neill, William Sergeant
Olsen, Alfred J ........................................ Private
Pankratz, Frank Private First Class
Pappas, Samuel Private
Patkin, Louis Private First Class
Patterson, William R . Corporal
Payne, Fitzhugh L . Private First Class
Peck, Maurice H . Private First Class
Pellittiere, Salvatore Private
Penchofsky, Stephen Private First Class
Perris, Vito Private
Peterson, Ommund Mechanic
Petrie, Edward S . Private
Phair, John T . Private
Phillips, Davis J . Corporal
Phillips, Ray N . Private First Class
Photos, Panos G . Private
Picot, Charles H . Private First Class
Pietz, Jacob Private
Pitt, Silas R . Cook
Platz, Edgar H Private First Class
Plummer, George W . Private
Potter, Thomas E . Private
Potter, Warren Private
Poulos, Argis D . Private
Powers, Richard Private
Preston, Ambrose Private
Pulver, Justin Corporal
Pupke, Herman F. F . Private
Putnam, Archie R . Corporal
Quinn, James V . Corporal
Rakowskie, Joseph Private First Class
Rearden, John * Private
Reeb, Fred Private
Reed, John A . Corporal
Reiche, William A . Corporal
Reilly, John A . Private
Reimenschneider, Frank L . Private
Reindl, George Corporal
Reynolds, Edward J . Corporal
Richardson, A. W . Private
Richey, Verne Private
Riel, Elwood W . Corporal
Ritch, Wilson J.* Corporal
Ritter, Henry Private
Rizzo, Joseph .......................................... Private
Rizzo, Joseph A . Corporal
Robertson, Merle Private
Rogissart, Marcel Private
Rollins, George L . Private
Romang, George J . Private
Rondomanski, P. S . Private
Rose, Morgan M . Private
Roseman, Benjamin Cook
Rothman, Joseph Private
Rubenstein, David Private
Rubenstein, William Private
Sacchettas, Francesco Private
Sahr, George Private
Salyer, John P . Private
Schirmacher, Eugene Mechanic
Schoningh, Joseph Bugler First Class
Schork, Joseph F . Corporal
Scozzafava, Joseph Private
Schwan, John . Mess Sergeant
Schrode, Raymond I . Private
Seaman, Willard B . Private First Class
Sheahan, Cornelius F . Private
Sheridan, George A . Sergeant
Sheriden, James F . Corporal
Shore, Abraham Private
Siller, Charles Private
Silverman, Samuel Sergeant
Skolastic, Joseph Private
Smith, Fred R . Private
Smith, George, Jr . Private
South, Garland Sergeant
Spena, Joseph Private First Class
Steffen, Frederick H . Private
Stewart, Robert B . Private First Class
Stone, Jack Private First Class
Streck, Joseph F . Private
Stringer, John Private
Sullivan, Benjamin Private
Sullivan, Daniel J . Private
Swearington, Himer H . Private
Switalzki, Frank D . Private
Teitz, Benjamin Cook
Theisinger, Edward Private First Class
Thirion, Edward J . Corporal
Thomas, John W . Private First Class
Thornton, Alfred K . Sergeant
Timeus, Fred Private
Tottle, Robert Private
Tracy, Michael Mechanic
Trudeau, Angelo Y . Private
True, Osmond S . Private First Class
Tucci, Andrew Private
Tufo, Stanicilas ........................................ Private
Tuttle, Archie B . Private
Voltz, Fred* Private
Vorland, Benjamin J Private
Wahl, Alfred J . Private First Class
Waldman, Louis Corporal
Warthling, Joseph Private First Class
Wegst, George F . Private
Weidner, Joseph A.* Sergeant
Welch, Richard J . Private
Weremblewski, Michael Private
Wetter, Louis C . Private First Class
White, Theodore C . Mechanic
Whittleton, John Private
Wilcox, Leon E . Sergeant
Willis, Vernon E . ............ Private
Wilson, Stacy Private
Winebrenner, Orvis Corporal
Wiseltier, Henry Sergeant
Witasek, William Private
Witte, Adolph H . Private
Wolfe, Charles E . Private
Worman, John W . Private First Class
Zacher, Charles L . Private
Zincola, Gaetano Private
Zingoni, Daniel .......... Private
Zoder, Charles W . Private
Zuiver, John H . ........................................ Private
COMPANY E
COMPANY E
Captain James L. Hartney
Captain Charles F. Johnstone
Captain Archibald G. Thacher
Captain Arthur M. Wolff
First Lieutenant Joseph F. Byrne
First Lieutenant Ralph E. DeWitt
First Lieutenant James A. Dutro
First Lieutenant Matthew J. Harkins*
First Lieutenant Rochester B. Jones
First Lieutenant Barnet P. Sharpe
First Lieutenant Edwin L. Slocum
First Lieutenant Horace W. Stokes
Second Lieutenant Francis J. Hoffman
Second Lieutenant William J. Luke
Second Lieutenant Roger W. Thompson
Abissi, Carmelo Private
Abrosini, Louis Private
Ackerman, Isador * Private
Adamowitz, Steven Private
Ahern, Charles Private First Class
Balfussas, George J . Private
Ball, Theodore ............... Sergeant
Banks, Philip J . Sergeant
Barclay, Frank E . Private First Class
Baschnagel, Fred J . Private
Bastone, Pietro F . Private
Beckett, Edward F . Private
Ben, Elis Private
Bennett, Elmer E.* Corporal
Bennett, Thomas J . ............. Private
Bianco, Anthony Corporal
Bills, Arthur Supply Sergeant
Bixler, Rodney Corporal
Blessing, Edward Corporal
Bloch, David Private
Bloch, Samuel Corporal
Boberek, Michael Private
Boulton, Moses Private
Brandreth, Sidney S . Private
Breault, Armand Private
Brophy, Daniel E . ...................... .............. Corporal
Brown, King D . Private
Brown, Martin 0.* Private First Class
Brown, Ray C. M . Private
Brust, Philip J . Corporal
Buckley, John E . Private
Budds, Benjamin Private First Class
Bulger, James J . Private
Burns, Roy L.* Private First Class
Burow, Walter F . Private
Byrne, Denis Cook
Calamari, Frank L . Private First Class
Camp, Peter J . Private
Caplan, Samuel Private
Caprile, Anthony Mess Sergeant
Carney, John J . Sergeant
Carulli, Nicola Private
Chubb, Claude A . Corporal
Clapper, Henry Private
Cohen, Paul Private
Connolly, John J . Private
Cooley, Melvin Private
Craddock, Robert C . Private
Crawford, Harlan L . Private
Cymnik, Konstanz Private
Dalton, Thomas Private
Daly, Bernard Private
Darakis, Mike Private
Darling, Herbert D . Private
Daven, George Private
Davis, Archibald Corporal
Dawson, Charles J., Jr.* Private
Debien, Joseph 0 . Private
Debski, Stephen Private
DeLaire, Frederick G . Private
De Lamer, Bernard Private
DeMott, Frank Mechanic
Dempsey, Frank Private
Deyo, Raymond S . Private
Diambrosi, James Private
Dickinson, Elmer Sergeant
Dionne, jean B . Private
Di Stasio, Nicola Private
Dittmaier, George Private
Dondero, Paul A . Bugler
Dorney, James F . Private
Doyle, Louis M . Private
Doyle, Michael William Private
Dreyfuss, Sydney Sergeant
Druckerman, Samuel Private
Drumgold, Charles H . Corporal
Duke, James N . Private
Dumont, Alphonse Private
Eberhardt, William F . Sergeant
Edson, George M . Private
Edwards, Clayborne H . Private
Ehlerman, Philip A . Private First Class
Feeney, Austin J . Corporal
Feinstein, Oscar Private First Class
Feldman, Louis Private
Ferraro, Nicholas Private First Class
Ferry, John Private
Fine, Louis S . Private
Fleming, Binion Private
Fletcher, Charles E . Private
Foley, Joseph J . Private
Frasier, Adlia M . Private
Frazier, Elgia M . Private
Frazier, Wallace G . Corporal
Freund, Clifford K . Corporal
Gagliardi, Rocco Private
Gagliardi, Vito Private
Gaines, James L . Private
Gibbons, Bernard H . Mechanic
Godbout, Fred J . Sergeant
Gomes, Manuel Private
Gordon, Abraham Private First Class
Gorey, Frank Sergeant
Graves, Elmer W . Sergeant
Gray, Thomas H . Private
Greenberg, Charles Private First Class
Gregory, Porter Private
Grizzle, Henry D . Private
Guinan, Daniel L . Private
Gushue, William Private
Hacay, Fred J . First Sergeant
Halbig, Alfred J . Private
Halley, James M . First Sergeant
Hannafin, James Private
Hansen, Harry W . Private
Hansen, Nickolai Private
Hanson, Alfred C . Private
Hanson, Hans C . Private First Class
Hanson, Henry C . Private
Harrington, Dean R . Private
Harris, Hiram S . Private
Harris, James L . Private
Hattrup, Bernard H . Private
Hauschild, Edward Private
Havernick, William Private
Hazelrigg, James R . Private
Heaney, Andrew Cook
Heidt, John B . Bugler First Class
Heller, Israel C . Corporal
Helton, Harry A . Private
Herdman, Robert W . Private
Herzbrun, Samuel ...................................... Private
Hicks, William ; Private
Hillman, George W . Private
Himmelmann, John L. H . Private First Class
Hirsch, Isaac C . Private
Hoffman, Archie E . Private
Holbrook, Melbourne C . Private
Holek, Steven Mechanic
Hon, Otho 0 . Private
Hooker, David C . Private
Hoops, Ernest W . Sergeant
Horowitz, Harry Private
Horton, Cam T . Private
Houtchens, Lewis E . Private
Huber, Lawrence M . Private
Hudson, Homer H . Private
Huff, Neil E . Private
Huffecutt, Earl S . Private
Hughes, John F . Private
laconetti, Domenico Private First Class
Ilka, Charles Private
Ilmanen, John J . Private
Jackson, Ercil M . Mechanic
Jacobs, Charles Private
James, John H.* Private
Jenkins, Charles Corporal
Jensen, Morini Private
Johnson, Charles 0. - Sergeant
Johnson, George L . Corporal
Johnson, Gunder Private
Jozwiak, Louis B . Private First Class
Kahn, Harry Private First Class
Kalb, Samuel S . Private
Kalinowski, Joseph H . Private
Kantor, Joseph Private
Kaszvbski, Vincent Private
Kearns, John F . Private
Kelly, John F . Sergeant
Kelsey, Charles Private
Kershisnik, Peter F . Private First Class
Kessel, Roy G . Private
King, Henry T . Private
Kinnally, Edwin A . Corporal
Korn, Marcus Private First Class
Kowalski, Frank M . Private
Kreutchic, Murray Private
Krig, Anton Private
Krupnick, Jacob Private
Kurzman, Harold M . Private First Class
Laddori, Vittorio Corporal
Landin, Carl W . Private
Lang, Adolf Private
LaPenna, Raphael Private First Class
Larkin, Herbert R . ...................................... Private
Ledbetter, David L . Private
Lees, Joseph W . Private
Lewis, Antone Private
Lewis, Hays L . Private
Loga,john Private
Logan, Robert Private
Lopica, Salvatore Private
Lowery, William * Private
Lungberg, Emil 0 . Private
Lupo, Giovanni Private
Lyle, Frank A . Private First Class
McCarroll, William E.* Corporal
McCormack, Walter J . Corporal
McCullen, John Private
McDonald, James J . Corporal
McDonald, Peter F., Jr . Private First Class
McIntosh, Richard W . Private
McMullen, William Private
McPadden, Michael Corporal
McRoberts, Carl C . Corporal
Macaluse, Anthony H . Private First Class
Mack, Lester Private
Madden, Thomas H . Private
Madigan, James H . Private
Mahoney, John J.* Private
Malatesta, Guido Private
Mannering, Herbert W . Sergeant
Manus, Harry J . Corporal
Marino, Gasper Private First Class
Marsh, Charles, Jr . Private
Martin, Benjamin Private
Martin, Edward Sergeant
Menard, Leo T . Private
Mennen, Samuel Private
Merin, Samuel Private
Meyer, Edward Private
Michalowski, Edward Private
Mircovich, Nicholas Private
Mintz, Bronslaw Private
Mitchell, Vincent P . Private First Class
Moashan, Joseph Private
Moffat, Walter G . Private
Monroe, James A . Private
Monteverde, Joseph Private
Montross, Archie D . Private
Morel, Tony Private
Moriarity, John Private
Morris, Edward J . Private
Morris, Owen 0 . Private
Murtha, James P . Private
Neave, Frank Private
Nelson, John 0 . Private
Olicker, John 0 . ........................................ Private
Olinger, Lee H . Private
Ollright, William Private
Olson, Ole Private
Olson, Thomas Private
O'Neill, Terrence J . Sergeant
O'Neille, Charles J . Private
O'Rourke, Edward J . Private
Oswald, Raymond Y . Private
Palmer, Forest V . Private
Palmer, Fred ....................... Private
Palmer, Lennie A . Private
Parent, Napoleon Private
Parsely, William E . Private
Parsons, Lott E . Corporal
Passalacqua, Frank Private
Perry, Vern Private
Petrone, Anthony M . Private
Pfister, Adam J . Private First Class
Phiffer, John J . Private
Phillips, William I . Private
Pierce, Edwin Private
Piersa, John K . Private
Piotrowski, F. M . Private
Pittarelli, Louis Private First Class
Pocaro, Peter * Private
Prada, Paul Mechanic
Pullen, Harold D . Private
Pyle, Harry C., Jr . Private
Quirk, William A . Sergeant
Radist, Samuel Private
Reardon, Francis X . Corporal
Reeb, Louis M . Private
Reigler, Leiu S . Corporal
Reilly, Joseph A . Private First Class
Renner, Paul E . Corporal
Reynolds, Eugene E . Private
Reynolds, Leon R . Private
Rhodes, Edward B . Sergeant
Rice, Floyd E . Private
Rideout, Ernest R . Private
Rinaldo, Thomas S Private
Rink, Henry Corporal
Ristow, Archie Mechanic
Rivers, Anthony J . Private First Class
Robson, Charles S . Sergeant
Rogowski, Frank 8 . Private First Class
Rolloff, John J . Private
Roncace, Romana Private
Rosenglick, Samuel Private
Rousseau, Thomas J . Private
Ryan, Charles E . Private
Salerno, Joseph Private
$alvucei, Luigi Corporal
Santibiachi, Antonio Private
Scharmer, Harry * Private
Scheiber, Anthony Private
Schubert, Gottfried Corporal
Seligman, Albert Private First Class
Shillington, Harry L.* Private
Shumaker, David J . Private
Siegel, Joseph Private
Silberbusch, Solomon Private
Simberg, Samuel Private
Simone, Dominic Private
Skelley, George T . Private
Smarsh, William V . Private First Class
Smith, Errol * Private
Smith, Floyd A . Cook
Smith, Orson Private
Smith, William A . Private First'Class
Smith, William P . Private
Souther, James L . Private
Sperber, John B . Private First Class
Springer, William P . Private
Stavig, Albert Private
Steele, Andrew C . Cook
Steff, Louis Private
Steinman, Henry L . Private
Stirpi, August Private
Stohre, John S . Private
Strikulis, Victor Joseph Private
Stronach, Horace B . Private
Strouse, Ralph Corporal
Sturm, Christian F . Private First Class
Surnear, William Private
Swanson, Hugo Private
Swanson, Ralph E . Private
Tagliani, John Private
Tenvorde,john R . Private
Thomas, Claude E . Private
Thomas, Roscoe Private
Thompson, Byron Private
Toomey, Edward Private First Class
Torrance, Ralph A . Private
Troise, Ralph Cook
Tucker, Ross F . Private
Turner, Clarence R . Private
Turner, Edward B . Private
Turner, Robert A . Private
Tutewohl, John F . Private
Valletta, Blase Sergeant
Vanderveldt, Albert J . Private
Van Deusen, Earl Private
Vaneske, Renee Private
Vernon, Frank S . Private
Von Hagen, Leo P . .................................... Private
Walker, James N . Private
Wallenbrock, Gustave H . Private
Waring, William B . Supply Sergeant
Weibrand, Frank Private First Class
Weisbrod, Stephen Private
Weiss, Henry Private
Weissberg, Jacob Private First Class
Westphal, Charles Sergeant
Wheeler, Banks W . Private
Whitacre, Henry G . Corporal
Whitehouse, James A . Private First Class
Wilemon, George F . Private
Wilson, Finley L . Private
Windell, Earl Private
Winkowski, John Private
Winowiecki, Enzebusze Private
Winzenreid, Adolph Private
Wisdom, Robert E. L . Private
Wise, Harold B. J . Private
Witte, Fred C . Private
Wituliski, Alexander Private
Wojtusiak, Joseph I . Private First Class
Woodward, William A . Private
Wunderlich, George Private
Yeaple, Mancer Private First Class
ZwaId, Simon, jr . ...................................... Private
COMPANY F
COMPANY F
Captain Robert P. Patterson
First Lieutenant Richard R. Blazer
First Lieutenant Michael Joseph Hayes
First Lieutenant John M. Oskinson
First Lieutenant Walter J. Sutherland
First Lieutenant John A. Walsh *
First Lieutenant Lloyd H. Warnecke
Second Lieutenant Raymond Berkman
Second Lieutenant James C. Hunter
Second Lieutenant Ralph G. McCarthy
Second Lieutenant Earl G. Weadley
Abowitz, Abraham Private
Adler, Jerome R . Private
Akin, Lonnie S . Private
Allen, George W . Private First Class
Alvikas, Anthony Private
Appel, George Private
Arroll, Henry Corporal
Becker, Fred Private
Becker, John W . Private First Class
Benedetto, Roger Private First Class
Beltliff, Thomas G . Private
Bernauer, Joseph L . Private
Bilbrey, Clifford E . Private
Bischon, Isadore Private First Class
Black, Walter 8 . Private
Blackowski, John Cook
Blume, Clarence C . Private
Blumenfeld, Sidney Private
Bonetti, Dominick Private First Class
Boresch, Charles Private
Botchlett, Leo D Corporal
Bouchard, Appolinaire Private
Bracken, Raymond Private
Bradshaw, Matthew E . Private First Class
Breitwieser, Henry J . Corporal
Bremen, Cornelius Private
Brenner, Morris Private First Class
Breuseski, William Private
Broiskin, Joseph H . Corporal
Brown, Philip Private First Class
Bruton, Roscoe Private
Burney, Bert A . ........................................ Private
Byrne, Thomas A . Private First Class
Cade, William Private First Class
Cameron, Everett E . ..... Private First Class
Campise, Giuseppe Private
Campisi, James Private
Campo, Paolo Private First Class
Capabianco, Rocco . .................... Private
Caprino, Daniel Private First Class
Carney, Frank Corporal
Carrigan, Charles C . Private
Carroll, Patrick J . Corporal
Carter, Michael * Private First Class
Case, James R . Corporal
Cassidy, James A . Sergeant
Cesario, John Sergeant
Charles, Frank J . Private
Charles, Harry Private
Chasson, Joseph Private
Cinnamon, Halburt M . Private
Coinner, James Private
Coleman, Ray H . Corporal
Confer, Walter Private First Class
Conley Michael Sergeant
Conlin, Martin Private
Conte, Joseph Private
Copeland, Stanley R. . Private
Crawford, George T . Private
Cuda, Frank T . Private
Curtis, Joseph E . Private
Daescher, Robert B . Private First Class
Dalconzo, Vito Private
Damato, James J . Private First Class
Dameo, John Private First Class
D'Atrie, Barney Private
Davis, Andrew H . Mess Sergeant
Davis, Gordon Private
Davis, Joseph V . Private First Class
Dawson, Fred 0 . Private First Class
DeLuca, Guglielmo Private
Dennison, Walter F . Private
Devaney, Patrick Private
Dillingham, William H . Private First Class
Dolan, John J . Private
Donnelly, Charles Corporal
Dore, William F . Private
Dowling, William J . Private
Drabkin, Jacob Private First Class
Drageon, Morris Private
Dresse, Donald D . Private
Duffus, John H . Corporal
Duffy, Edwin J . Private First Class
Duffy, John Corporal
Duffy, John T . .......................................... Private
Dunne, John W . Private
Dunnigan, William J . Private
Durrant, James E . Private First Class
Ebert, John A . Private First Class
Egan, Michael J . Private
Enochs, Commie E . Private
Epperson, Mack Private
Erikson, Sven R . Private First Class
Estrin, Hyman Private
Etheridge, Carlton 0 . Private
Eve, Francis L . Private
Falconi, Vincent Private
Fanning, John Private First Class
Fantin, Hugo M . Sergeant
Farrell, John J ............................. Private First Class
Faucher, Joseph A . Sergeant
Fierro, Giuseppe Private
Fine, Morris Private
Finley, Fred C . Private
Finster, Walter C . Private
Finucane, Peter Mess Sergeant
Fischofer, William 0 . Private First Class
Fitzpatrick, Andrew J . Private
Flecheri, Rocco Private First Class
Flynn, John B . Private First Class
Fontano, Joseph Private
Fosen, Enute Private
Foster, Alfred J . Corporal
Fox, Sylvester R . Private
Foy, Richard R . Corporal
Franger, Arthur H . Private
Fredenburgh, Paul E . Private
Freiberger, Charles A . Private
Fry, George E . Private
Gamache, Emile Private
Garrard, Robert Private
Gates, Hugh Roy Private
Gay, Charles C . Private
Giannuzzi, Lewis D . Private
Giddings, Alfred J . Corporal
Gillen, John J . Private
Gillouly, Charles J . Private First Class
Giudice, Frank Private First Class
Glover, Andrew J . Private
Goad, Lonnie A . Private
Gravey, Thomas Private
Greenli, Jens Private
Greindl, John J . Private First Class
Grisham, Otha J . Private
Grushoff, Louis Private
Guernsey, Raymond F . Private
Hadsall, Carl W . Corporal
Hafslund, Olaf ........................................ Private
Hale, Richard B . Private
Hall, John L . Private
Halliburton, Walter Private
Hamlen, Albert P . Private
Handlin, Leland S . Private
Hansen, Harold N . Private
Hanson, Chester L . Private
Hanson, Sidney Private
Hennessey, William F . Sergeant
Henseler, William A . Private
Herlan, Jesse Private
Hess, Sidney Sergeant
Hesse], Gustaf H . Private
Hill, Alexander Private
Hobencamp, Walter W . Private
Holmstrom, August B . Private
Honrud, Louis 0 . Private
Hopkins, Verne H . Private
Horne, Colin W . Private
Hornell, Fritiof 0. A . Private
Hughes, Joseph E . Private First Class
Hunn, Cyrus E . Private
Hyde, John A . Bugler
Itzler, Abraham Private
jessee, Louis C . ........ Sergeant
Johnson, Charles J.* Sergeant
Johnson, Frank J . ........................... Private
Johnson, James T . Private
Jones, George F . ...... Mess Sergeant
jouanes, jean Cook
Jourdan, George Private
judge, Thomas D . Private
Kehoe, John T . Private First Class
Keiser, Arthur Private
Kerr, Albert W . Private
Kinaski, Frank Private
King, Chauncey M . Cook
Kirmis, Emanuel T . Private
Knutsen, Erik Private
Koch, August Private First Class
Koch, John Private
Kochlosky, Joseph Private
Kolb, Jacob Private First Class
Kraus, Peter J . Private
Krauss, Anthony J . Private First Class
Kropa, John Private First Class
Kumiss, Goddman Private
LaFleur, George Private
LaForge, Harry Private First Class
LaGrow, Lyle J . Corporal
Laine, Thomas Corporal
Laino, Thomas * Corporal
Lanfear, Matthew Private First Class
Larson, Reynold Private First Class
Lavin, Richard E . Corporal
Lawson, Alex E . Sergeant
LeFort, Edwin P . Private
Lehing, Frederick W . Corporal
Leichter, Louis Private
Levy, Irving A . Corporal
Levy, Sidney Corporal
Lewis, Albert Corporal
Lieberman, Max S . Private
Lio, Angelo Private
Linarello, Rocco Private First Class
Lipinski, Stephen Private
Livingston, John P . Corporal
Longe, Carmin J . Corporal
Loppo, Martin Private
Loewenthal, David Private First Class
Ludtka, John F . Corporal
Luiso, Sante Private
Lyman, Frederick G . Private
McAndrews, James S . Private
McCann, Linton Cook
McCole, John A . Private
McFadden, Ernest E . Private First Class
MacGaffney, James Private
McGrath, James F . Corporal
McLoughlin, Edward F . Sergeant
Madden, Joseph P . Private First Class
Mammino, Device Private
Marcelletto, Angelo Private
Marciano, Dominico Private
Meandato, Bangero Private
Meringer, Lester J . Sergeant
Messick, Everett Corporal
Miklinski, John P . Private
Mikowski, Stephen Private First Class
Militerno, Encolina Private First Class
Miller, John D . Corporal
Miller, Frank E . Corporal
Molinari, William A . Mechanic
Monguso, Pasquale Private
Montesano, Anthony Private
Moore, Charles S . Private
Mooso, Henry L . Private First Class
Morse, Harold L . Private First Class
Murphy, William A . Private
Murray, John J . Private First Class
Musdollo, Basso Private
Nichols, Clayton E . Corporal
Null, Onie H . Private
O'Donnell, James F . Corporal
Ohlochlager, Harry J . Private First Class
O'Meara, John F . Private First Class
O'Mora, Guido Private
Oricchio, Samuel Private First Class
O'Rourke, William M . Private First Class
Paetz, Joseph W . Private First Class
Paoline, Orest Private
Papamichael, Epaminondas Private
Partain, Elmer S . Private
Persh, William C . Private First Class
Peterson, Frederick W . Sergeant
Petrolini, Alessandro Private
Pezor, Pauvilos Private
Phillips, Isaac R . Private
Phillips, John Private
Pierson, Reuben E . Sergeant
Pike, Leeman W . Private First Class
Pisano, Emory M . Private
Pizik, Ralph Private
Poglitsch, Frank B . Private
Poland, Arthur L . Private
Polosk, Joseph Private
Pospolitak, Efim Private
Pratt, Charles H . Private
Priefer, William H . Private First Class
Proul, Archibald W . Private
Quinlan, Charles Private
Quinn, Francis T . Private
Rachan, Thomas Private First Class
Rauckis, Powell Private
Reikow, Carl W . Private First Class
Retrossi, Angele M . Cook
Reynolds, John J . Private First Class
Rheault, Nestor Private
Ritzman, Arthur W . Corporal
Robe, Harlan K . Private
Roberts, Wesley Private
Rode, Edward N . Private
Roden, Elmer F . Private
Rose, Philip W . Private First Class
Rossi, Emils Private
Rother, Edward C . Private First Class
Royland, Elias Private
Rudolph, Fred Private
Rund, Earl Private
Ruppertsburg, William Corporal
Russell, Cecil A . Private First Class
Ryan, Bernard R . Private
Rygg, Mike* Private
Sahloff, John H . Private First Class
St. jean, Charles Private
Salvini, Armando Private First Class
Sanders, Daniel W . Private
Saubak, Halver Private
Sauer, Charles J . ....................................... Private
Seaccio, Paolo Private
Schissler, Joseph J . Private
Schneider, George Private
Schonebaum, Martin A . Private
Schoemaker, Lee Private First Class
Schreibman, Louis Private
Schubring, Albert Private
Scott, Joseph J . Corporal
Searles, Wallace E.* Private
Seewald, Edward G . First Sergeant
Shaleen, Arthur 0 . Private
Shaw, William H . Private
Shea, John Private
Shedlin, Philip Sergeant
Sheer, Wesley A . Private
Shefrin, William Corporal
Shevill, James G . Private
Shifrin, Abraham Private
Shrun, David B . Corporal
Sidener, Jack A . Private First Class
Sidener, Robert L . Private
Silverstein, Samuel Corporal
Sims, George N . Private
Sissom, Everett D . Private
Slover, William T . Supply Sergeant
Smith, Charles F . Private
Snelling, Stuart P . Sergeant
Snyder, August J . Private First Class
Sormenshein, Jacob J . Private
Southard, George E . Private First Class
Spergel, Moe Private First Class
Stamatakos, Nicholas Private
Stearns, Bert L . Private
Stephen, Henry C . Private First Class
Stephens, Carlton H . Private
Stewart, William R . Corporal
Stork, William H . Corporal
Straub, Robert A . Corporal
Stroh, Jacob Private
Sturm, Andrew R . Cook
Sullivan, John P . Corporal
Taggart, Charles A . Sergeant
Tallon, Thomas W . Sergeant
Taylor, Frank J . Sergeant
Tenaglia, Louis Corporal
Tepper, Meyer Private First Class
Theilo, Edward K . Private
Thiesen, Martin Corporal
Thornton, Harry F . Private
Tinin, Stanley A . Private First Class
Tollesbo, Ole Private
Tricosi, Joseph Private
Tryon, Thomas C . ...................................... Private
Ulness, Arthur T . Private First Class
Ulness, Oscar E.* Private
Umland, John H . ...................... Private
Unverferth, Louis A . Private
Vagliardo, James Private
Van Laarhoven, Johannes G. A . Private
Van Patten, Archie * Private First Class
Vascio, Troy Private
Venson, William T . Private
Verbaum, Jacob L . Private
Vest, Ellis M . Private
Vivola, Michele D . Bugler
Voce, Salvatore Private First Class
Vradenburgh, Arthur E . Private
Wagner, Frank P . Private
Waldmiller, Martin M . Private
Walker, Bruce L . Private
Walz, Matthew C . Private
Wanti, Joseph ...................................... Private
Warham, Cleave Private First Class
Washington, Andrew Private First Class
Watson, John P . Corporal
Webb, Asbury Private
Weinberg, Marcy Bugler First Class
Weiss, George Private First Class
Weiss, Robert 8 . Private
Welch, George R . Private First Class
Welch, Ivon N . Private
West, George W . First Sergeant
Whelan, William H . Private First Class
White, Henry T . Corporal
Whitney, Raymond ............. Sergeant
Whitney, Raymond E . Sergeant
Whitt, Wallace Corporal
Wickburg, Charles A . Private
Wilen, Gustaf A . Private
Williams, Bert Mechanic
Williams, Harry E . Private First Class
Wogatzke, Charles W.* Private
Wolnik, Joseph Private
Woodcock, Albert Private First Class
Woodhead, Enoch C . Private
Wright, Fred H . Private
Wright, Homer S . Private First Class
Wynot, Henry S . Private First Class
Yenne, Samuel P . Private First Class
Young, William C . Mechanic
Yudowitz, Isidore Private
Yunker, Johnnie Private
Zanata, Antonio Private
Zeeb, George C . Sergeant
Zimmerman, Joseph E . ................................. Sergeant
COMPANY G
COMPANY G
Captain Charles M. Bull, Jr.
Captain Oliver W. Morris
First Lieutenant Loren F. Collins
First Lieutenant Gordon C. Gregory
First Lieutenant James N. Henry
First Lieutenant John J. McAleer
First Lieutenant Jonathan D. Reed
Second Lieutenant John R. Chynoweth
Second Lieutenant Owal C. Painter
Second Lieutenant Rudolph L. Samide
Second Lieutenant Reynolds S. Shoop
Abissi, Carmelo Private
Allen, Norman Private
Allison, Robert * Private First Class
Andrews, Raymond L . Sergeant
Antonakos, Peter Private
Armstrong, Horace E . Private
Arnold, Earl G . Sergeant
Arsenault, Thomas Private First Class
Atorio, Carmelo ................ Private
Austin, Oliver D . Private
Baker, Walter L . Private First Class
Banke, Adolph E . Private First Class
Banner, John L . Private
Baptista, John P . Private
Barolo, Gennaro Private
Barron, Louis Private
Baschnegel, Fred J . Private First Class
Bastone, Luigi Private
Bastone, Pietro F . Private
Bellissi, Paul L . Private First Class
Berkowitz, Moses Private
Berniholtz, Harry Private
Beseth, Howard S . Private
Besse, James N . Private First Class
Blank, Samuel A . Sergeant
Bliss, Walter W . Private First Class
Bobst, Johann F . Private
Bock, John T . Private
Bohm, Otto E . Private First Class
Bolosh, Stephen ....................................... Corporal
Borrensen, Borge Cook
Brady, Charles N . Corporal
Braverman, Nathaniel Private
Briggs, Harold K . Private
Broderick, Michael J . Private First Class
Brown, Floyd P . Private
Buckley, Bartholomew J . Private
Bye, Albert G . Private
Canzi, Tony Private
Capua, Pietro Private First Class
Caron, Gilman J . Private
Catapano, Henry Private
Cecil, Matt Sergeant
Celcer, Idous E . Private
Cerrulo, Frank Private
Clark, John F . Private First Class
Cohen, Morris No. 1 Private
Cohen, Morris No. 2 Cook
Cohen, Paul Corporal
Coldwell, Sewell E. K . Private
Cooley, Edwin P.* Private First Class
Cooper, Henry* Private
Copper, Harry A . Supply Sergeant
Coppersmith, Jacob Private
Coupe, Clarence R.* Private
Cross, Charles E.* Private
Dalhouse, Herman A . Private
Dalton, Thomas Private
Damato, James J . Corporal
Darling, James H . Private
Davis, Henry G . Private First Class
DeBlasi, Frank Private
DeFeelds, Louis Private
Dempster, Charles Sergeant
DeSanctis, Antonio Private
Deyo, Ramond S . Private
Dieter, Louis C . Corporal
Directar, Samuel* Private First Class
Docteur, Michael C.* Corporal
Dodd, George L . Private First Class
Domiano, Louis Sergeant
Donati, Giuseppe Private
Dooris, John F . Corporal
Dredger, Oliver Sergeant
Duhamel, Hector Private
Dunne, William A . Corporal
Dupee, Dan, Jr . Private
Durant, Joseph N . Private First Class
Erickson, John R . Private
Etzrodt, Albert Private
Faucett, Oren V . Corporal
Feldman, Gershon Private
Fillion, Phillip L . Private First Class
Finch, Furman F . Private
Frankel Sol Sergeant
Franz, John J . Private
Franz, Rudolph A . Corporal
Fuchs, Frederick L . Sergeant
Gaines, Earl D . Private
Garrison, Alvon Private
Gerlach, Sigmund W . Private First Class
Getner, William Private
Giles, James * Private
Gillispie, Clyde M . Private First Class
Glass, Frank Private
Gleich, Louis Private
Goldstein, Frank P . Cook
Gonzales, Arthur J . Private
Goodman, John Private
Goodwin, William I . Corporal
Goubeaud, Wilbur P . Mess Sergeant
Graeff, Charles A . Private
Graham, Thomas M . Sergeant
Gravert, Charles Private
Green, Fred A . Private
Greenspan, Rubin Private
Grimoch, Stanley Private
Guidice, Sebastian Private
Gunter, Guy W . Corporal
Gushue, William Private
Hacker, Henry G . Private First Class
Hanger, John H . Private
Hardgrove, David * Private First Class
Hargaden, James P . Private
Hargrave, William Corporal
Harney, Patrick * Private
Harrelson, Clifford Private
Harris, Hiram J . Private
Hauswirth, Charles B . Private
Hawker, John G . Corporal
Hayum, Arthur H . Sergeant
Heinrichs, Alphons T . Private First Class
Hennessy, Thomas F . Private
Heyller, Edgar M . Private First Class
Hicks, William Private First Class
Higgins, Thomas F . Private
Hill, Clarence W . Bugler
Hill, Gus Private
Hille, Oscar Private First Class
Hindt, Ernst H . Private
Hofto, Knute Private
Hoiaas, Gunnar Private
Hollar, William C . Private
House, John Private First Class
Howe, David E . Sergeant
Howe, Theodore ....................................... Private
Hurd, Stephen A . Private
Hutchinson, Charles A . Private
Jacobson, Louis Private First Class
Jaffe, Abraham Private First Class
Jakuboweez, Edward Private
Jones, Charles W . Sergeant
Jones, Harry Private
Kalbinger, Harry C . Private
Kanter, Benjamin W . Mess Sergeant
Kantis, Andrew W . Private
Kavanaugh, John Private
Kee, Sing Private
Kelliher, Maurice T . Private First Class
Kemper, Albert H . Private
Kerr, Albert * Private
Kerr, Walter L . Private First Class
Kildare, Joseph N . Private
Kinnard, Herman D . Private
Kinksie, Clarence W . Private
Klosowsky, John Private
Klostermeir, Caper C. W Private First Class
Kluzak, Fred Private
Kneiberg, Harry Private
Konesky, George J . Private First Class
Kriesel, Walter L . Private
Kreuger, Karl Private
Kurek, Anthony Private First Class
LaBell, Arthur C . Private First Class
LaForge, Harry Private First Class
Lagace, Rosareo J . Private
Lampert, John P Private First Class
Lane, Urbane B . Private
Langenthal, Moe Corporal
Lapkin, Samuel Private First Class
Larson, Alvin Private
Larson, Oscar W . Private
Latham, Ora Private
Lawlor, David E . * - Private
Lawson, John M . Corporal
Lehmann, Walter Sergeant
Lemon, William C . Private First Class
Leonhard, Louis H . Private
Levin, Joseph P . Private First Class
Lewis, Albert A . Private
Lewison, Emil Private
Ley, George J . Private
Lindenmulder, Adrian H . * Private
Liska, Frank Corporal
Lo Bon], Joseph First Sergeant
Lockwood, George R . Private First Class
Loeb, Phillip Corporal
Lonergan, Thomas F . Private First Class
Long, Charles .......................................... Private
Longarino, Salvatore Private
Lorber, Martin A . Corporal
Lozo, Joseph E . Private
Lubecki, Casimer Private
Lucas, John W . Private
Lucks, Emil Private
Ludwig, William F . Corporal
Lund, Carl J . Private
Lutovsky, Charles Private
Lynch, George R . First Sergeant
McCarthy, Howard T.* I Private
McCauley, Edw . Private First Class
McCormack, Thomas No. x Private
McCormack, Thomas NO. 2 Corporal
McCormick, W . ......... Sergeant
McDonnell, George V . Sergeant
McGinn, Harry Sergeant
McGinnis, Howard G . Private
McGrath, Joseph P . Private
McGuire, James J.* Sergeant
McLendon, Alvin W . Corporal
McLeod, Lester J . Private
McMahon, Michael Private First Class
Mace, Andrew B . Private
Madsen, Ingardt M. L Private First Class
Maltby, Raymond Private
Mancinelli, Dominick Private
Mancoranal, Marius 0 . Private
Maniscalco, Frank Private
Manning, Richard Private First Class
Marold, Carl Private
Marpe, George H . Private
Matuszewski, Walter .... Private
Medlock, John E . Private
Meehan, Joseph F . Private First Class
Mercer, Grover C . Private
Mercier, Albert Private
Merriman, Carl H . Private
Merritt, Alven Private
Meuller, Clarence Private
Meyer, Leroy Private
Miles, Earl Private
Miller, Howard G . Private
Miller, Joseph Private
Millette, Joseph Private
Minthorne, Grover Private
Miranda, Cecil C . Private
Mollinello, Giuseppe Cook
Monson, Chester B . Private
Moore, James D . Private
Morehead, Charles F . Private
Moreland, John A . Sergeant
Morford, John N . ...................................... Private
Morger, Earl R . Private
Morin, Dalpert 0 . Private
Mulligan, Henry A . Sergeant
Murawski, John Private
Murden, William F . Private
Neave, Frank Sergeant
Nelsen, Martin C . Private First Class
Nelson, Johnny Private First Class
Nelson, Norman Private
Newkirk, William G . Private
Neymeyer, Frederick* Corporal
Nicholson, Emslie J . Private
Nickelsan, Nick Private
Nickles, John M . Private
Nix, Henry Private
Norlander, Carl Corporal
O'Brien, Dennis C . Private
O'Brien, James E . Private
O'Brien, James P . Corporal
O'Brien, Jeremiah Corporal
O'Byrne, Victor K . Private First Class
O'Connell, Edward P . Private
O'Connor, Phillip A . Private
O'Hara, Herbert F . Private
Olds, Harry W . Cor 1? oral
Oleson, Nels Private
Olsen, Alfred Private
O'Neill, Basil J . Cor ]? oral
Orton, Beecher B . Private
Overbo, Christ Private
Palmgren, Emil Private
Panages, Theodore G . Private First Class
Pappas, William S . Private
Parker, William H . Private
Patterson, Lewis B . Corporal
Paulson, Frank Private
Pederson, Albert M . Private
Pell, Hilmer 0 . .................. Private
Peloke, Ernest J., Jr . . Corporal
Perraut, Mikel Private
Perreault, Joseph Private
Peterson, Carl C . Private
Petti, Paul Private
Piatasik, Stanislaws Private
Pistulka, Charlie Private
Poine, Paul H . Private First Class
Pomanoski, Peter P . Private
Powell, Frank M . Private
Powell, George G.* Mechanic
Pragacz, Stanislaws Private
Prindle, Lester G . Private
Provenza, Raffaele Private
Quigley, Patrick J . Private First Class
Quinn, Francis T . Private
Ramberg, Henry* Private
Rappoport, Isadore Private
Rauckis, Powell Private
Reinike, George P . Private
Reinke, Herman Private
Reuss, Edward T . Private
Reynolds, Newton V . Private
Robinson, John W . Private
Rogers, John W . Private
Ronning, Oscar E . Private
Rosebrooks, Walter E . Private First Class
Rothenstein, Moses * Corporal
Rousseau, Thomas J . Private
Rubin, Leo A . Private First Class
Ruple, Doane Cook
Rypka, Stephen Private
Sager, Henry Mechanic
Salit, Max Private
Sanders, Jack Private First Class
Sargeant, William H . Private
Sarno, Ralph Private
Sarro, Joseph Private
Schauff, Frank Private
Schmid, John G . Private First Class
Schoening, Henry C.* Private
Schoonmaker, Melvin Private
Schrader, Clifford H . Corporal
Schumaker, Willis Private
Schwarz, Franklin Private
Schwarz, Richard R . Corporal
Scott, Fred H . Private First Class
Scott, Ray E . Corporal
Senf, Fred W . Private
Senk, Balestau Private
Severin, Walter E . Private
Sharratt, Evan Private
Shortt, Alfred N . Corporal
Sidote, James Private First Class
Silluzio, Frank Private
Simmons, Nolen G . Private
Simonson, Michael Private
Sims, Fieldon N . Private
Siskind, Samuel Private First Class
Skidmore, Charles J . Private
Skonnard, Ole 0 . Private First Class
Slater, Titus E . Private
Slatis, Abraham Bugler
Slominski, Frank Private
Smith, Edward Corporal
Smith, John B . Private
Smith, Virgil T . Private
Soeder, Eugene H . Private First Class
Spaay, Frederick F . Private
Spell, Leslie C . Private
Sperring, John Corporal
Speziale, Peter Corporal
Spychalski, VAad Private First Class
Starnes, Leslie R . Private
Staub, Arthur W . Private First Class
Stephens, George W . Private
Stevens, Charles E . Private
Storey, Archibald Private First Class
Storrs, Benjamin P . Private First Class
Stoters, Floyd C . Private First Class
Stouke, Frederick Private
Stuart, Frank Private
Stypczynski, Leonard Private
Sutherland, James D . Private
Sweeney, Joseph (? Swaney) Private
Swanson, Emil T . Private
Swanson, John R. P . Private
Swanson, Luie 0 . Private
Taylor, A. S . Sergeant
Terranova, John B . Private
Testa, Thomas Private
Thielman, William Private First Class
Thornelle, Edward R . Bugler
Tiplitz, Jacob Corporal
Townsend, Stith Private First Class
Tresp, Frederick C . Corporal
Turnwall, Milton R . Private
Underdahl, Martin Private
Vehrs, Bert E . Private
Veroven, Ceil Private
Verteromo, James Private First Class
Veseth, Mons Private
Walstad, Thomas Private
Walter, Albert J . Corporal
Warden, William F . Private
Watland, Andrew E . Private
Watson, Willis R . Corporal
Weber, Reinhart F. G . Private
Weberg, John W . Private
Webster, George D . Corporal
Wedekind, Harry Private
Weisberg, Morris Private
Weissberg, Jacob Private
Welch, Charles W . Private
Werner, August A . Private First Class
West, Herman L . Private
Whitacre, Henry G . Sergeant
White, Floyd W . Private
Widowski, Joseph J . Private
Wilson, Frank Private
Wilson, Phelix L . Private First Class
Windhorst, John E . Sergeant
Winjum, Albert Private
Winter, Martin D . Private
Witte, Fred C . Private
Wood, Herbert C.* Sergeant
Woodward, William A . Private
Wysocki, Anthony F . Private
Yannace, Dominick Private
Yeury, Edgar, Jr.* Private First Class
Young, Wallace Private First Class
Yozwak, John J . Private
Zack, Harry H . Private
Zielke, Harry F . Mechanic
Zuck, Arthur ..................................... Sergeant
COMPANY H
COMPANY H
Captain Julius Ochs Adler
Captain Eugene A. Dye
First Lieutenant Anthony Czak
First Lieutenant George L. Flannery
First Lieutenant Edward McGarvey, Jr.
First Lieutenant F. L. Whitmarsh
Second Lieutenant E. H. Arnold
Second Lieutenant Howard G. Bissell
Second Lieutenant George T. Crowell
Second Lieutenant Philip J. Seeger
Second Lieutenant John S. Walker
Abbey, I. F . Private
Acker, Abijah Private
Adamski, William B . Private
Albis, Michael Private
Albus, Anthony Private
Alger, George Corporal
Allen, Lauren W . Private
Allspaugh, Adam R . First Sergeant
Amegood, Samuel * Bugler
Ancona, Giuseppe* Private
Andrew, Josephus D . Private First Class
Babkiewicz, Peter Private
Bader, Fred Private
Baker, Harold G . Private
Ball, William Private
Barnett, Carl G . Private
Barolo, Gennaro Private
Bartsch, John G . Private First Class
Becker, Francis R . Private
Becker, Raymond F . Private
Beck, John J . Private
Bennett, Cornelius A . Private First Class
Better, William * ........ Corporal
Biller, Leonard W . Private First Class
Birge, Levi W . Corporal
Black, Donald J . Private First Class
Blatt, Joseph Private First Class
Blatz, Edward Private
Bock, John T . Private
Boiardi, Giovanne ...................................... Private
Boland, Clement M . Sergeant
Bolyard, Wesley C., Jr . Private
Borszich, Peter P . Private First Class
Boscono, Maurilio Private
Bosz, Fred Private
Bowran, Thomas 8 . ....................... Corporal
Braimbridge, Henry R . Private
Bretts, Salvatore Private
Brown, Ansel G . Private
Brown, Irwin H . Private First Class
Buchfelder, Joseph Private First Class
Budke, Robert E . Mechanic
Burdick, Brink W . .................. Private First Class
Burke, Michael Private First Class
Burns, Patrick J . Private First Class
Butler, Joseph Private First Class
Carpenter, Charles D . Private
Carper, Louis Private
Casey, Michael Private
Chapponi, William A . Private
Charlop, Joseph J . Private
Chism, Noah B . Private
Civin, Israel Private First Class
Cohen, Jacob ................... Private First Class
Comes-from-War, Frank Private
Condon, John J . Private First Class
Connell, William A . Private
Connolly, Sylvester S . Private First Class
Cothren, Emmit Private
Constantis, Sotiry Private
Cragan, Edward ................... Private
Crowe, James Private
Dauble, Eugene Corporal
Davis, Cecil T . ............... Private
Davis, Charles J . Sergeant
Davis, Marks Private
Demerley, Lee M . Private
De Prima, Samuel Private First Class
Desmond, Willis S . Corporal
Devine, James Private
Dickinson, Merle J . Private
Di Filippa, Santo ......... Private
Diotes, John G . Cook
Dolan, Joseph M . Private
Dolan, Philip A . Corporal
Dooley, Thomas J . Mechanic
Dow, George C . Private
Dudley, Kennith L . Private
Economar, Nicholas Private
Ehresman, Henry W . Private First Class
Erardy, Louis P . Private First Class
Fioretti, Carmine Private
Fisher, Francis .......................................... Private
Fiske, Harold E . Private
Foster, John Corporal
Foster, Robert Private
Fowler, Raymond D . Private
Fox, David, Jr . Private First Class
Fransmoni, Joseph Private First Class
Freer, Clarence P . Private
Fritch, William J . Private
Gabelman, Henry L . Private First Class
Garner, Bozzy Private
Garreffa, Samuel Private
Garridan, Owen E . Private
Gaynor, James D . Private
Gelbart, Isidore Private
Goddard, Ormy Private First Class
Goette, Joseph H . Private
Goldenberg, Morris Private
Goldman, Charles A . Private
Golomb, Morris Corporal
Grauman, Marvin * Private
Gray, Lewis Private
Greer, Algie Private
Gregory, Ralph E . Corporal
Grier, John H . Private
Guaradno, Gallieno Private
Guiamano, Nicola Private
Guttmaker, Joseph Private First Class
Hall, Basil D . Private
Hand, Benjamin Private
Harnels, John M . Private
Harrell, William T . Private
Harris, Walter Private
Hart, Amos Private First Class
Healy, Michael J . Private
Heckman, Joseph J . Private
Held, George W . Sergeant
Herold, Herbert T . Private First Class
Heuser, Charles J . Private First Class
Hicks, Perley J . Private First Class
Hildebrant, Victor Corporal
Hillock, Michael Private
Hjort, Andrew W . Private
Hoffman, Edward A . Private First Class
Hofmann, Charles P . Sergeant
Hofmann, George C . Sergeant
Hofmeister, Andrew F . Private
Holbert, William J . Private First Class
Holland, Condie M . Private
Houlihan, John P . Private First Class
House, John Private
Hovey, Luke W . Private
Hudgins, George W . Private
Hyde,john A . Bugler First Class
lannicelli, Victor Sergeant
Jacobs, Nathan Corporal
Jenckes, Edwin K . Corporal
Johnson, Arthur H . Private
Johnson, Freddy Private
Johnson, Waldemar C.* Private First Class
Kastantis, Gerotheos Private
Keeler, Lambert* Private
Kelly, Cyril J . Private
Kelly, Frank J . Sergeant
Kerr, Walter L . Private First Class
Kessel, George W . Private First Class
Kessler, Hugh H . Private
Kirby, James M . Private
Kitchener, Harold J . Corporal
Klei, Adolph Private
Koch, Charles W . Private
Kolbe, Richard A . Corporal
Kolind, Peter P . Private
Kreuger, Peter Private
Krollage, Herman W . Private
Krouza, Louis Private
Kutair, Samuel Private First Class
Lackey, Alva L . Private
Laganos, George Private
Lancer, James J'.* Private
Landahl, Fred Private
Larson, Carl A . Private First Class
Larson, Reynold Private First Class
Leadon, Michael H . Corporal
Lerner, Carol Private First Class
Liggeiro, Antonio Private
Liogrante, Nicola Private First Class
Lindholm, Roy W . Private First Class
Lockie, Aloysius B . Private
Long, Charles Private
Loth, Albert F . Private First Class
Louden, Charles E . Private
Lucke, William J . Corporal
Lundin, Andrew Private
Lupton, William Private
Lynch, James Private
Lynd, Willard Private
Lypnesk, Wojciech Private
McAleese, Daniel A . Sergeant
McAndrews, James J . Private
McCabe, Edward Private First Class
McCabe, Peter Private First Class
McCaffrey, John F . Corporal
McCarthy, Leo J . Sergeant
McClenahan, Walter J . Mechanic
McCormick, Donald W . Corporal
McDonnell, Patrick J . Corporal
McGrath, James F . Private First Class
McHugh, Hugh Corporal
McKenzie, Narcisse Private
McKinley, Alexander S . Sergeant
McKinney, Robert L . Private
McLester, Charles Private
McMurray, Edward G . Private
McNamara, John Corporal
McNeill, James * Private First Class
McNulty, Michael J . Private
McSorley, William A . Private
McVay, Everett C . Private
Mages, John W . Private
Malkon, Samuel Private
Mallon, Augustus Private First Class
Manfredi, Serafino Private First Class
Marsiglia, Michael Private
Martines, Joseph Private
Masdea, Frencesco Private
Matteson, Alfred P . Bugler
Meaney, Michael J . Private First Class
Messing, John Private
Miller, George C . Private
Miller, Jacob Private
Miller, Joseph Private
Miller, Thomas D . Private
Mindlin, Max Private First Class
MiragIia, Vincenzo Private
Monahan, John J . Private First Class
Mooney, William J . Sergeant
Moreland, John A . Corporal
Morocco, Benjamin Corporal
Moskowitz, N . Private
Motilerno, Antonio Private
Muller, Walter E . Sergeant
Mulvey, Martin Private
Murshtain, Alexander Private
Neiss, Richard Private
Nelson, Harry Private
Nicholson, David Private
Nolan, James T . Sergeant
Nolan, Joseph N . Private First Class
Nygaard, Samuel Private
O'Brien, Joseph J . Private First Class
O'Brien, Joseph P . Private
O'Brien, Philip Private
O'Connor, John Private
O'Connor, Philip A . Private
Olson, Michael J . Private
Oppenheimer, Otto Private
O'Riorden, Patrick J., Jr . Private First Class
Ormsby, John F . Sergeant
Ostrander, Louis A . Private First Class
Palleschi, Francesco Private
Palmisano, Enrico Private
Pappas, Marcos Private
Patterson, Daniel J . Sergeant
Pattison, Cyrus E.* Corporal
Paul, Frederick Private
Pell, Louis Private
Peluso, Pasquale Private
Pendergrass, Archie H . Private First Class
Persky, Max Private First Class
Petti, Paul Private
Phelps, Elbert H . Private First Class
Piermont, Benjamin Sergeant
Pizikiewicz, John Private First Class
Playford, Harry H . Private
Powrie, Ralph S . Private
Price, Claude C . Corporal
Prior, Harold J . Private
Procharchuk, Andrie Private First Class
Proschia, Gioacchi Private
Pyle, Earl 0 . ... ... ... ... ... .................. Private
Quinn, John Sergeant
Rabinowitz, Louis Private
Rappaport, Samuel Private First Class
Rapuzzi, Emilio Private First Class
Rekstad, Ole Private
Remsen, Leonard 0 . Private First Class
Reynolds, Newton V . Private
Robertson, Thomas I . Corporal
Robinson, Bernice Private
Roesch, John 0 . Sergeant
Rogers, James Cook
Romanelli, James Corporal
Roneker, Charles Private
Rosenburg, Samuel Private
Rubino, Joseph Private First Class
Ruffa, Dominic Private
Ruga, Vincento Private First Class
Runyan, George M . Private
Rush, John, Jr . Private
Sadler, Aldis Private
Sager, August F . Private
Sandmann, George E . Private
Sansone, John J . Private First Class
Sarno, Ralph Private
Sarro, Joseph Private
Sauerwald, John D . Corporal
Schecker, John Private
Schell, Jefferson S . Private
Schmidt, Bernard G . Private First Class
Schmidt, William A . Corporal
Schneider, Julius Private
Schoales, Joseph A . Private First Class
Schryves, Jacob J . Private
Schultz, Paul R . Corporal
Schunke, Francis Private
Schwarze, George F . Corporal
Seadurg, Harry S . Private
Seaton, Charlie Private
Seibert, George W . Corporal
Sernfield, Henry Private
Shannon, Joseph B . Private First Class
Sheehan, Daniel M.* Private First Class
Simmonds, Lowell S . Private
Simpson, Merrit C . Mechanic
Sinofsky, Louis Private
Skomra, Tomasz Private
Smith, Cornelius K. B . Private
Smith, Hicks Private
Snopek, John Private
Soeder, Eugene H . Private
Songberg, David E . Private
Spoelstra, William Private First Class
Stackman, Herman Private First Class
Stephens, Rollie Private
Stroud, Elbert Private
Strumpf, Herman Private
Sullivan, James Sergeant
Sullivan, Leo J . Mess Sergeant
Svatba, Charles Corporal
Szfranski, Adam J.* Private
Tambarro, Michael Private First Class
Taylor, Robert Private First Class
Tedesco, Tomaso Private
Terperming, Theodore Corporal
Thomas, Daniel P . Private
Thompson, Elmer D . Private
Thompson, Sylvester Private
Tiernan, Hubert Corporal
Troge, Albert B . Corporal
Tsorkris, Platon Private
Tuntland, Olie Private First Class
Tupadlo, Jan Private
Urff, Paul W . Corporal
Vahl, Charles V . Private
Vahl, Clarence E . Private
Vangaasbeek, Jesse N . Private
Vertruysse, Joseph Private
Voeller, Leo Private
Von Pellenburg, Louis Corporal
Walker, Charles N . Private
Watson, William H . Private First Class
Waxman, Louis Sergeant
Weinberg, Hyman Private
Weis, Harry W . Private First Class
Welt, Emil ........................................... Sergeant
Werges, Albert M . Private
Wheeler, Mark Private
Whilemski, Joseph Private
White, Quincy Private
Wilbur, Charles B . Corporal
Wildman, John 0 . Private
Williams, John Private
Wilson, William 0 . Corporal
Wismer, Kai Sergeant
Witnauer, Leo P . Private
Wodarczak, Frank Private
Wong, Mo Private
Woodard, Hosea Private
Woods, James W . Private First Class
Woody, Robert S . Private
Wright, Edward, Jr . Private
Wyllie, William W . Private
Yost, Carl A . Private
Younger, Wyatt W . Private
Zahn, Fred Cook
Zambruno, Carlo Private
Zarvas, Nick Cook
Zeilinski, Vincent P . Corporal
Zlobecki, Joseph Corporal
COMPANY I
COMPANY I
Captain Earl Marshall
Captain Ernest C. Poillon
First Lieutenant James A. McIlvaine
First Lieutenant Harry C. Silver
Second Lieutenant Leo Crank
Second Lieutenant H. J. Henderson
Second Lieutenant Gradwell G. Sears
Adimando, Carmine Sergeant
Amok, James R . Private First Class
Andel, John Sergeant
Anderson, Abraham Private First Class
Anderson, August Private
Anderson, Ronald M . Private First Class
Antanewisus, Zigmas Private First Class
Audish, Isar G . Corporal
Avery, Leroy B . Private
Bakkethun, Ole Private
Barse, Horace C.* Private
Barteaux, Warren E . Private First Class
Basso, John Private
Battista, Rosco Private
Beaudriault, Franqois Private
Beck, Martin Private First Class
Becker, Edward * ............................... Private
Becker, Frank Private First Class
Bedard, Ernest Private
Bennett, Russell H . Sergeant
Bentkowski, Chester A . Private
Benz, Lorenz A . Private
Benzin, John H . Corporal
Bernstein, Nathan Corporal
Bicharah, Thomas J . Private
Bishop, Leroy Private
Borsuk, Jack Corporal
Bosse, Arsene Private First Class
Bourassa, Edward A . Private
Boyle, Martin Private
Brennan, Thomas F . Private
Brosnahan, John T.* Private First Class
Brown, Edward F . Private
Brown, Ira S . .......................................... Private
Bushy, Richard E . Private
Bux, George Private First Class
Buzone, Louis Private First Class
Caldwell, Allen J . Sergeant
Caple, Karl F . Private
Carney, James A . Sergeant
Carroll, Leonard G . First Sergeant
Carucci, Amerigo A . Private First Class
Ciezak, Martin Private
Cohen, David Private First Class
Cohen, Irving Private
Colby, Frank* Private
Colasconte, Joseph Private
Conklin, William J . Cook
Cook, John G . Mechanic
Cornell, George D . Private
Cota, Joseph Private
Coughlin, Russell J . Private
Crean, Patrick J . Private
Crownover, Arthur Private
Darling, Jesse L . Private
Dean, Elmer Private
Dedicos, George A . Cook
Deinerstein, Aleter Private
Denninger, Henry L . Private First Class
DePalmo, Domenico Private
Devlin, William J . Private First Class
'Dickinson, Roy R . Private
Dickson, George H . Private First Class
DiGerimo, Luciano Private
Dondero, Francis J ......................... Private First Class
Doss, Jesse V . Private
Dougher, John Private First Class
Doyle, Timothy Corporal
Drake, Herbert S . Private
Dunham, Charles M . Private
Emery, George D.* Private
Enser, Walter C . Private First Class
Epstein, Morris Private First Class
Eschbacker, Cornelius 0 . ..... Mechanic
Farber, Harry Private
Fendrick, Samuel Private First Class
Finger, Fred D . Private
Fisher, Harry M . Private
Fitterling, Howard J . Cook
Fitzgerald, Joseph P . Private
Fjorstad, George K . Private
Fleury, George P . Private
Flynn, Joseph A . Private
Fornfeist, Oscar Private
Forsythe, George W . Private
Fowler, Alvin L., Jr . Corporal
Fowler, Lester M . ..................................... Corporal
Fox, Murphy Private
Franson, Carl Private
Franzini, Augustine Private First Class
Frayer, Miles P Private First Class
Fugen, Otto M . Private First Class
Fydrick, Bronislaw Private First Class
Gallagher, Patrick A. J . Private
Gallant, Anselme, Private
Garritano, Frank Private First Class
Garwood, Ernest R . Private
Gates, Rosco Corporal
George, Donald I . Supply Sergeant
Gerwl, Casmier Private First Class
Gesel, Jerome G . Private
Giampaoli, Raffaello Private
Gibbons, Erhile A . Cook
Gill, Justin F . Private First Class
Gillo, Michael Private First Class
Glassock, Hubbert Private
Goodman, Sydney L . Supply Sergeant
Gramlich, Leonard E . Private
Grandin, Edward Private First Class
Gratt, Bernard Private
Greco, Martin Private
Griesbaum, Andrew Private
Guertin, Herve * Private
Gunnels, Arthur H . Private
Gustafson, Gust Private
Haase, Bruno J . Corporal
Haggerty, Francis J Private
Halloran, John B . Corporal
Hanley, Hubert J . Sergeant
Harrod, Johnnie Private
Hawkins, Lester A . Private
Hawley, Lewis Private
Hazer, George Private
Heath, Edward J . Private
Heft, Joseph J . Corporal
Heuneke, Albert Private First Class
Hilton, Mark 0 . Private
Hoffman, Edward J . ....................................
.Private
Horgan, John R . Private First Class
Horowitz, Emanuel Private
Hosbach, Christian Private
Hover, Frederick H . Private
Hume, Robert J . Corporal
Hunter, Harold C . Corporal
James, George Sergeant
Jarvis, Ralph D . Bugler
Johnson, Connie Private First Class
Joyner, Eulys Private
Kantor, Samuel Private
Kearn, Lester W . ..................................... Sergeant
Kee, James H . Private
Ketcham, William H . Mechanic
King, Henry Private
Kirkpatrick, Hugh Private
Kistner, Jacob D . Corporal
Kix, Fred E . Corporal
Kleinfeld, Herman Corporal
Knab, Frank J . Private
Knauber, Leo V . Private
Knobloch, George L . Corporal
Koratsky, Jack Private
Krounelis, Walter Private
Kulinski, Frank J . Private
Lafler, Raymond F . Corporal
Lance, George Private
Langguille, Arthur U . Private
Larussa, Pietro Cook
Latla, Peter Private
Lawrence, Robert M . Private
Lear, Jacob G . Private
Lee, Thomas E . Private
Leins, Alfred A . Private
Leiske, Gustav Private
Levesque, Etienne Private
Levine, Joseph D . Corporal
Limoge, Eugene J . Private
Lohman, Jacob Private
Longendyck, Samuel A. W . Private
Luderman, Wallace C . Private
Lutz, Joseph D . Corporal
Lynch, Thomas F., Jr.* Private
McCarthy, Patrick Private First Class
McCormick, John J . Private First Class
McCue, Robert V . Private
McCulloch, Fred J . Private First Class
McDermott, Daniel Private First Class
McElhinney, Clarence V . Private
McGinley, Joseph Corporal
McGinnis, Joseph M . ....................... Private
McGuire, James Private First Class
McGuire, William Corporal
MacKirdy, Edward Private
McNally, Thomas F . Cook
MacRae, William R . Corporal
Madden, Coleman E . Private
Madden, John Private First Class
Maganeet, Sheehi Private
Magnusson, Otto E . Private First Class
Magowan, John W . Private First Class
Mahoney, William J . Private First Clase
Maiessky, Joseph L . Private
Mamatusk, George Private
Mangieri, Alphonse Private First Class
March, James E., Jr . Corporal
Marsh, Robert C . Private First Class
Marquis, Archie H . Private
Mason, Harry A . Corporal
Masserana, Richard E . Private First Class
Mauer, Michael J . Corporal
Mauer, Robert Private First Class
May, Herman Private First Class
Meehan, Alfred J . Sergeant
Mehegan, Charles W . Private
Mendenhall, Roy E . Private
Messer, James Private
Metz, Fred Private
Meyer, John E.* Private First Class
Meyer, Walter H . Private
Micieli, Giuseppe Private First Class
Miglio, Peter Private
Miller, Julian Private
Miller, Newton Private
Miller, Walter C . Private
Mills, Fred Private
Mirabel, Bernardo Private
Mitchell, Henry 0 . Bugler
Mitchell, Milford F . Private
Mittelstadt, John Sergeant
Mohr, Richard Private
Monaghan, George L . Corporal
Monteney, William J . Private
Moore, William F . Private
Moore, William W . Private
Mordal, Thomas 0 . Private
Morin, Edward * Private
Morris, Carl Private
Morrison, James Private
Mortimer, Sidney E . Private
Mostel, Marcello Private
Moylan, James Private
Mulvey, John J., Jr . Private
Murphy, Thomas J . Sergeant
Muzzonigro, Patsy Private
Myers, Angus Private
Nanik, Anton G . Private
Nathan, Albert A . Private
Negro, Stefano Mechanic
Nelson, Clarence D . Private
Nelson, Sigvart J . Private
Nelson, Theodor Private
Nesmith, Oscar Private
Neumann, Joseph V . Private
Newman, Jesse . Corporal
Nixon, Albert B . Mess Sergeant
Nixon, Edward P . Private
Norris, William H . ..................................... Private
Norton, Guy E . Private
Odegaard, Sigurd Private
Ogulin, Steve Private
O'Haire, Joseph' Corporal
O'Heir, Harry T . First Bugler
Owens, James R . Private First Class
Pace, Grover G . Private
Page, Charles H . Private
Parker, Frank Private
Parry, Otto E. . Private
Pederson, Thommes Private
Perry, Joseph T . Cook
Peterson, Carl A . Private
Peterson, George W . Private
Peterson, Isak Private
Peterson, John A. M . Private
Peth, August C . Private First Class
Petz, Albert A . Private First Class
Phillips, Homer A . Sergeant
Picotte, Edward J . Private First Class
Piek, Herbert P . Private First Class
Pincus, Adolph M . Corporal
Piotrowski, Mikolay Private
Pittari, John Private
Porter, Jack J. F . Private
Potter, Frank W . Private
Press, Jacob Private
Proper, Harry Private First Class
Quattrococchi, Cesare Private
Quinn, Daniel Private First Class
Radominski, Boniface Private
Rankin, Grover Private
Raskopf, Harry Corporal
Ravit, Joseph Private First Class
Reffs, Svend H. B . Sergeant
Reilly, Robert L . Corporal
Reinhardt, Fred E . Private
Ricciardi, Angelo Private
Rice, George B . Sergeant
Richardson, George L . Private First Class
Rieden, Charles Private
Riegel, Lewis A . Private First Class
Rierdon, Raymond H . Sergeant
Riley, Hugh Private
Rinato, Gabriel Private
Rissuto, Philip * Private
Roberts, Elmer Sergeant
Robitaille, Albert J . Private
Roll, Albert T . Private
Rondinelli, Giuseppe Private
Rosen, Maurice A . Private
Rossi, John L.* Private First Class
Rotatori, Saverio ....................................... Private
Rubenstein, Daniel Private
Ruoff, John* Corporal
Rusco, Leo A . Private
Russell, George S . Private
Ryan, Daniel F . Private
Ryer, Irving Private
Sachs, Edward P . Corporal
Salvia, Dominick B . Corporal
Sanchez, Eduardo Private
Sank, Max Corporal
Schaefer, Fred H . Private First Class
Schwartz, Charles F . Private First Class
Schwing, Harry R . Private First Class
Seidowitz, Samuel * Private
Sennick, Jake Corporal
Shariff, Abalarn B. H . Private First Class
Shay, Robert F., J'r . Private
Shea, Daniel Private First Class
Shea, Eugene Private
Shepper, Morris Private First Class
Shields, George K . Sergeant
Shields, James Private First Class
Shimer, Ralph W . Private First Class
Siegel, Isidor Corporal
Siegel, Moe Corporal
Simpson, James W . Private
Skurzynski, George Private
Smidt, August E . Sergeant
Smith, Calvin V . Corporal
Smith, Harold A . Private
Smith, James H . Private
Smith, John J . Private
Solomon, Harry Private
Sorocco, Charles A . Private
Stefano, Giovani Private
Stein, Benjamin B . Private First Class
Stiles, John H . Private
Stramigioli, Giuseppe Private
Streater, Frank J . Mechanic
Sugarman, Emanuel D . Private First Class
Swanson, Albin R . Private
Switalski, Ignatz Private First Class
Synoracki, Barney Private
Szot, John Private
Tamborski, Theodore Private
Taylor, John W . Private
Thompson, Charles A . Private
Thompson, Donald A.* Corporal
Thompson, John Mess Sergeant
Vogt, Frederick Private First Class
Wagner, John H.* Private First Class
Waisselberg, Louis Private
Walters, Harry C . Private First Class
Watzka, William P.* Corporal
Weil, Monte A . Private First Class
Weisner, Louis Private
Welch, Raymond W . Private First Class
Wells, Ward B . Private
Westman, Robert C . Corporal
Whitmire, jasper J . Private
Wiegele, Thomas Private
Wieleba, Stanley Private
Wilson, Joseph A . Sergeant
Winkle, Fred Private
Wistort, Walter Private
Withington, William* Private
Woodall, Luther R . Private
Zymienski, Stefan Private
COMPANY K
COMPANY K
Captain David Hoagland
Captain John K. Olyphant
First Lieutenant Charles DeWolf Gibson
First Lieutenant Garth M. Lowrie
First Lieutenant William E. Michaelis
First Lieutenant Thomas E. Peirce
Second Lieutenant Herbert E. Bothwell
Second Lieutenant Charles R. Cain
Second Lieutenant Thomas M. Fraker
Second Lieutenant Ernest W. Ruscher
Abbott, Lloyd Private
Ackerley, Claude Private
Albee, Jesse F . Corporal
Albert, Abraham Private First Class
Alsaker, Gilbert Private First Class
Ambrose, Charles F . Private
Andrews, Walter Private
Arbuckle, Andrew J . Corporal
Arneaud, Francis E . Private
Arrigoni, Angelo Private
Assnes, Oscar Private First Class
Ates, William Private
Atkinson, Harold Private
Avnst, Harry Private First Class
Bagley, Peter T., Jr.* Mechanic
Baird, Charley W . ........... Private
Baker, Benjamin Corporal
Baker, Walter D . Private
Balcchino, Angelo Private
Banther, Dock Private
Baransky, Hyman Private
Bates, John W . Private
Battista, Nicholas ...... Mechanic
Bazemore, Arthur E . Private
Beirne, John P . Sergeant
Belin, William H . Private
Bell, Peter A . Private
Bellon, Henry Private
Benguerel, Edson A . Corporal
Benson, Fred S . Corporal
Bentley, Archie R . Corporal
Bernard, James Private
Bernardo, Alberto Private
Bilstad, Gjermund Private
Birkelo, Rasmus Private
Blaszak, Louis E . Private First Class
Bleuer, Arthur R . Corporal
Blood, LeRoy A . Private
Blood, Robert E . Private First Class
Bohner, Fred A.* Private
Bolkan, George Private
Bracken, John F . Sergeant
Bradley, George S . Private First Class
Brede, Carl J . Sergeant
Brizzolara, Louis Private First Class
Brooks, Alph * Private
Brooks, Thomas F . Private
Brown, Henry Private
Brown, Joseph Private First Class
Brown, Vernon M . Corporal
Brown, William M . Private
Brunick, Edmond F.* Private
Brunie, Angelo Private
Burdick, Louis E . Private
Burns, John D . Private
Byerley, Cecil Sergeant
Cabbage, Herman A . Private
Cacchiotti, Rafele Private
Cain, Henry Private
Calhoun, Olive Private First Class
Capelli, Louis Private First Class
Caplan, Samuel Private First Class
Carbonari, Salvatore Private
Carden, Walter Private
Carnevale, Geriano Private
Casey, Edward L . Corporal
Castleberry, James W . Private
Cavanaugh, Edward W . Corporal
Cerchiara, Domenico Private
Chiettini, Giuseppe Private
Childs, John M . Private First Class
Clendenning, Joseph Private
Clifton, Harry* Private
Cohen, Max Private
Cohn, Walter M . Private
Colangelo, Archangelo Private
Coleman, Martin G . Corporal
Colwell, William N . Private
Connors, William J . Private
Cormier, P. A . Private
Coshnear, Samuel Private
Craver, Donald T . Private First Class
Crawford, Clyde W . Private
Crugnale, Enricole Private First Class
Cugnidoro, Giuseppe Private
Cullum, Archibald W . Private
Data, Augusto Private
DeBartolo, Alexander Private
D'Emic, John Corporal
Denkiewicz, Roman Private
Denoma, Roy C . Private First Class
Denoma, Bazle A . Private
DeRoo, John Private First Class
Diehl, Christian Private First Class
Dieter, Clark W . Private
Deitz, William W . Corporal
Donahue, Matthew W . Corporal
Donahue, Thomas D . Private
Douan, John Private First Class
Dunn, Thomas F.* Private
Elbert, Herman Private First Class
Edwards, Matthew A . Private
Ehrman, Clarence W . Private
Eide, Lars Private
Eklund, John C . Private
Ellingson, Nels A . Private
Elston, Harry A . Private First Class
Elton, Gillman G . Private
Englund, John A . Private First Class
Fairbrother, Daniel W . Private
Falls, Anton Private First Class
Fanning, William H.* Private
Feldman, Samuel ...... Private First Class
Fenske, Otto H . ' Private
Fernstrom, Simon E . Private First Class
Ferrerro, Giavano Private First Class
Ferry, Henry J., Jr . Private First Class
Ferry, Niel J . Private
Fifliponi, Luigi ...... Private
Fitzgerald, Thomas J . Private
Fitzpatrick, Henry R . .... Sergeant
Franklin, Thomas L . Mess Sergeant
Franzonelli, Benny Private
Freidenreich, Samuel Bugler
Gallo, Tony Corporal
Gammelgaard, Peder C . Private
Genoch, Julius Private
Gerard, Robert Corporal
Geske, Emil C . Private
Geisler, Joseph E . Private
Giannicchi, Rocco Private
Gilbert, Craig I . Private First Class
Gioney, Alexander Private First Class
Girouard, Omer Private
Givens, Morris B . Private
Glock, Anthony Private
Gober, Gasper ............................. Private First Class
Goldernberg, Abraham Corporal
Goldstein, Henry Private
Goldstein, Isaac Private First Class
Gondo, John * Private
Goodfreind, Samuel Private First Class
Goodman, Jacob* Private
Grady, Timothy Private
Gravina, Charles Private
Green, Ernest Private
Greenbaum, Lee A . Supply Sergeant
Grendahl, Henry Private
Grosi, Michael Private
Groven, Emil H . Private
Guckery, Harry Sergeant
Guth, William Private
Hamlin, Frank 0 . Private
Hammond, Earl B . Mechanic
Handy, Leon A . Private
Hanstein, Lambert L . Sergeant
Hassel, Benjamin Private
Heitman, Edward C . Private
Herring, William R . Private
Hilger, Charles G . Private
Hirsh, Benjamin Cook
Hitt, Jesse T . Private
Hoeltge, Henry Private First Class
Holland, Thomas Private First Class
Hallander, Sam Private First Class
Horton, George M . Private
Howard, Joseph Private
Hurd, Frederick S . Private
lanotto, Ferdinando Private
Jacob, Peter Private
James, Frank Sergeant
Jankowski, Leonard A . Private
Jaros, Jaroslav Private
Jaruzwski, John Private First Class
Jenks, Henry N . Private First Class
Jensen, Frank E . Private
Johns, Barry J . ............... Private First Class
Johnson, Henry P . Private
Johnson, John E . Private First Class
Johnson, Nels Private First Class
Johnstone, John K . Corporal
Jones, Clifton B . Private First Class
Jordon, Hawkins D . Corporal
Kahn, Samuel Private
Kane, John J . Mechanic
Kasal, Anton Private
Katz, Isidore Mechanic
Kelly, William C . Private
Kemp, Walter Corporal
Kempner, Abner Supply Sergeant
Kessler, William G . Private First Class
Kiem, Johan Private
Kirk, James Private
Klaffka, John *
Knoess, Gerald V . .................................... Private
Corporal
Knowles, Ira J . Private First Class
Koller, Ignatz Private
Kravitz, Morris Private
Kraysler, Jake Private
Kullman, Erich Private
Kuzminsky, Samuel Private First Class
Kwedras, John J . Private First Class
Ladwinker, Henry J . Private First Class
Laffin, Martin* Private
LaMont, Charles Private
Lamort, Carmine Private
Lampley, Harry E . Private
Lannon, John Corporal
Lanza, Leonardo Private
Leonard, Philip C . Private
Levy, Harry Private First Class
Lewandowski, Stanley Private First Class
Libertelli, Josei Private First Class
Lignetts, Angelo Private
Linnin, Thomas Corporal
Lintner, Frank P . Private
Longyear, Elijah, Jr . Private
Lucas, John
Lynch, Cornelius P . Private
Private
McAuliff, John J . Private First Class
McCormich, Luther Private
McDowell, Joseph M . Private
McGovern, John * Private
McMenemy, John T. P . Mechanic
McNeil, John J . Cook
McQuade, Michael F . Corporal
MeWhirther, William C . Private First Class
Madigan, Alfred J . Private
Mahoney, Edward Private First Class
Maier, Sam .. : --- Private
Mancini, Antonio Private
Marcus, Oscar Private
Margolies, Fred Private
Martel, Amedeo '' '' *
............. Private
Martin, Gerard Private
Martin, Joseph A . Bugler First Class
Masters, Ambrose C . * Private
Maurer, Daniel Private First Class
Mead, Samuel Private
Meiss, John Private
Merneh, Edward H . Private
Metzger, Abraham Private First Class
Meyer, Harry F . ...................................... Sergeant
Mihlrad, Harry* Private
Ming, Clinton J . Private
Mitchell, Myron J . Sergeant
Mulvey, Ambrose L . Sergeant
Murray, Joseph M . Corporal
Newkirk, James C . Private First Class
Neidleman, Charles B . Private First Class
Nobile, Ercole Private
O'Brien, Aloysius M . Private First Class
O'Connor, Daniel * Private
On Ching, Young Private First Class
O'Rourke, Frank D . Private
Oschmann, Henry Corporal
Pascale, Louis Private
Paskiewicz, Joe Private
Peach, Robert J . Private First Class
Pelletier, Hector M . Private
Pennisi, Joseph Private
Penny, Leslie V . Corporal
Petelenski, John Private
Peterson, Harry E . Sergeant
Phillips, William E . Private
Plattner, Edward H . Private First Class
Prophets, Manuel Private First Class
Purcell, Turner W . Private
Quigley, James H . Corporal
Quinn, John J. Private
Rappaport, Gustave Private First Class
Ray, George F . Private
Reaney, Thomas J.* Corporal
Redican, Patrick Private First Class
Reedy, William Private
Rennie, Edward P . Private First Class
Reubell, Frank ........................... Private First Class
Rhines, Leslie C . Private
Richards, Louis* Private
Richards, Walter A . Private First Class
Rockett, Edwin P . Private First Class
Rogan, Joseph * Corporal
Root, Edward Private First Class
Rosser, August P . Corporal
Rogavin, Abraham Corporal
Rosemark, Joseph Private
Ruffini, Louis Private
Rumley, Will Private First Class
Russell, Ralph G . Private
Ryan, Charles S . Private
Ryan, Clarence Private
Ryan, Jeremiah F . Private
Ryan, Louis J . Private First Class
Sabattucci, Adelino Private
Saggers, Henry Private
Sarvold, Sivart ......................................... Private
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Sarivo, Michelle Private Wessler, Lawrence G . Private
Schaefer, William Corporal West, Homer Private
Schaffer,john Private First Class Wetzel, Walter C . Cook
Schernig, Richard -- .............. Private First Class Wheeler, James W . Private First Class
Schickling, John L . Private White, George J . Private
Schifrin, Abraham Mess Sergeant Widlak, Frank L . Sergeant
Schlueter, Bernard M . Sergeant Williams, Elbert Private First Class
Schmeiser, Joseph Private Williams, Percy Mechanic
Schreiber, Frank Corporal Williamson, Robert D . Private
Schroeder, Joseph R . Private I
Wilson, Andrew Private First Class
Sculley, James ..... Private Wilson, Fred M . Private
Schulze, Charles J . Bugler Winston, Chester A . Private
Seide, Morris M . Private Wittman, Fred J. G . Private First Class
Seikora, Robert J.* Private Woerther, Albert F . Private
Seils, Erich H . Sergeant Wolfe, Noah J . Private
Shelby, Fred Private Young, George R . Private
Shepherd, Willis F . Sergeant Zarra, Ralph Private
Sherard, Benjamin F . Private Zino, Manuel ........................... Private
Shoop, Gordon T . Private First Class Zulz, Frank J . Private First Class
Sikorski, Kazmierz Private First Class
Sittner, Edward * Private
Skaurud, Cornelius Private
Smith, Homer R . Cor oral
p
Smith, Joseph Corporal
Smith, William J . Private First Class
Sniffin, Harry Corporal
Snow, James C . Private
Stark, Herman 0 . Private
Steele, Leon E . Private
Stone, Gilbert Private
Strandvold, Irving Private
Strassenberg, Henry J . Private
Straus, Nelson * Private
Susong, John C . Private
Swinscoe, William Private First Class
Taylor, Ray F . .... -- .... Private First Class
Thornton, Niles S . Private
Tibollo, Michael .................... Private
Toelle, Earl H . Private First Class
Tressell, Jacob Private
Tunnicliffe, Harry Private
Van de Velde, Peter Private
Van Waldick, Clarence R . Private
Wade, Edward H . Corporal
Warner, Albert F . First Sergeant
Wartogow, Gustave Sergeant
Waxman, Meyer Cook
Webster, William H . Private
Weinstein, Samuel Private First Class
Welleghen, Emil V . Private
Welsh, Francis E . Private
Welsh, Jim Private
Werner, William A . Private
COMPANY L
COMPANY L
Captain Herman H. Fahr
Captain James H. O'Reilly
First Lieutenant Robert B. Fleischer
First Lieutenant M. Campbell Lorini
First Lieutenant Ferdinand G. Sanford
Second Lieutenant Herbert C. Herr
Second Lieutenant Arthur P. Hess
Second Lieutenant Steven J. Hirsch
Second Lieutenant Richard F. Kirkpatrick
Second Lieutenant John Acton Parker
Second Lieutenant George F. Toye
Aden, Harvey B . Sergeant
Allen, Cleo H . Private
Allen, William W . Private
Ambrose, William Private First Class
Amico, Charles Private
Anderson, Arthur J.* Private First Class
Balbi, Innocenzo Private
Basso, Robert Private
Bates, Frank * Private
Battagliola, Joseph Private First Class
Bambis, Edward R . Corporal
Beam, Elmer R . Private
Bean, Guy Cook
Behrens, Louis Private
Bender, Charles F . First Sergeant
Berger, John C . Private
Blackburn, Thomas M . Private First Class
Blair, Lewis W . Private
Blanchard, Lester H . Private
Bolognetta, Salvatore Private First Class
Braverman, Benjamin Corporal
Brehney, James Sergeant
Brenn, David Corporal
Brooks, Frederick J . Private
Brose, Paul M . Private
Burns, John R . Sergeant
Burrell, Burleigh C . Private
Burstein, David Sergeant
Caldwell, George J . Private
Calestrino, Anthony Private
Cangislose, Charles Private
Cardone, Sebastiano Private First Class
Carney, Harry J . Corporal
Cochran, James E . Private
Cohen, Herbert E . Sergeant
Cook, Joseph F . Private
Coughlin, John J . Private First Class
Coughlin, Leo G . Private
Cowen, Claud Private
Cummings, Clarence H . Private
Curley, John W . Private
Damico, Joseph Private
Darcy, James Private
Dalshanty, William J .................................. Sergeant
Delaney, Thomas A . Private
DeLuca, Dominick Private
Denson, Melvin Private
Devlin, Patrick J . Private
Difasi, Vito A . Private
Dilworth, Daniel Private First Class
Dineen, James J . Private
Dolan, Albert J . Private First Class
Donnelly, Thomas, Jr . Cook
Donnini, Daniel Private
Dooley, Thomas G . Corporal
Doscher, Fabian Corporal
Dowling, Edward F . Corporal
Drews, Charles G . Private
Dubois, Andrew Sergeant
Duffy, Daniel Private First Class
Eagan, Edward L . Corporal
Edes, David 0. N . Private First Class
Edwards, Bert R . Supply Sergeant
Engel, Clarence Private
Erikson, Linus Private First Class
Etts, Sherman Private
Feeney, Henry F . Private
Finn, Edward D . Corporal
Fitzgerald, William Private First Class
Fitzpatrick, Edward, Jr.* Private First Class
Fogarty, William J . Private First Class
Fonteine, Louis H . Sergeant
Forde, Patrick Private
Franke, William F . Private First Class
Freund, Tobias S . Sergeant
Fuller, Walter B . Private
Gaddi, John Corporal
Gallagher, Peter C . Private
Gallant, Joseph A . Private
Gannon, James H . Private First Class
Giovaniello, Francisco Private
Glotzer, Louis Corporal
Glover, Robert .......................................... Private
Goldfarb, Harry * Private First Class
Grosman, Abraham J . Sergeant
Grossman, Jacob Private First Class
Guerin, Michael Cook
Gurvin, Charles A . Private
Haarstick, Herman C. W . Private
Haerens, Louis Private
Hatstad, Carl A . Private
Halvorsen, Christian M . Private
Hanrahan, Martin F . Corporal
Hansen, Fred H . Corporal
Hanson, Anton 0 . Private
Harder, Herman A . Private First Class
Harding, George E . * Private
Harrison, Millard Private
Hart, Roland Private
Harthun, Adolph G . Private
Hasselwander, George H . Private
Hayes, Edward T.* Sergeant
Hedman, Oscar M . Private
Hein, Walter Private
Herlihy, Ernest H . Sergeant
Hicks, Robert Private
Hilde, Melvin Private
Hillman, William I . Private First Class
Hillstrom, Carl Private
Hjamlson, Wilhelm Private
Hoben, John J . Private
Hoffman, Ferdinand Private First Class
Holst, George W . Private
Holzmacher, Edward W . Private
Horn, Jacob J., jr . Private
House, Jesse Lee Private
Houston, William F . Private First Class
Hovey, Ward B . Private
Howe, Arthur Private
Hoyt, Robert Private
Hughes, Lee R . Private
Hughes, Peter E.* Private
Hyde, George B . Private First Class
Inciardi, John Private
Irwin, James, jr . Private First Class
jacks, Charles W . Private
jacks, Thomas E . Private First Class
Jadrnak, Joseph Bugler
jerabek, Anton T.* Private
jerussi, Joseph Private
Johanson, P. Ragner Private
Johnson, Anton W . Private
Johnson, Clyde Private
Johnson, Jonas A . Private
Johnson, Oscar H . Private
Johnson, Sigurd Supply Sergeant
Johnson, Willie N . Private
Jones, William G . Private
julson, Albert Private
Kaestner, Bruno Private First Class
Karle, John C . Private First Class
Kearins, John J . Private
Keeney, Alvin Private
Keil, William R. 0 . Private
Keilt, Charles B . Bugler
Kelly, Joseph E . Corporal
Klein, Frank Sergeant
Knox, Ross Cook
Knutson, John Private
Koester, Walter M . Private
Komula, Elmer Private
Kosak, Adam Private First Class
Koss, Eric G . Private
Kravitz, Peter Cook
Kuneffsky, Frank Private
Kuns, Clive Private
Lamberg, Joseph Private
Lapham, Philetus Private
Larkin, Owen F . Private
Larsen, Harry A . Private First Class
LaRue, James F . Private
Larum, Oscar* Private
Laurino, Daniel Corporal
Lavalley, Adelard P . Private
Ledene, Theodore C . Private
Lefkowitz, Morris M . Private
Leigh, David McK . Private
Lerner, Nathan Hale Sergeant
Lide, Adrian K . Private First Class
Liebeskind, Herman Private
Lion, Henry Sergeant
Logue, Joseph E . Private First Class
Lovell, William . Private
Luciano, Ralph Private
Lunda, Sigurd A . Private
Lupowitz, Joseph Private First Class
Lyewski, Michael Private First Class
Lyons, John J . Corporal
Lyons, Simon Peter Corporal
McAllister, James Ira Private
McCarthy, William Private
McGowen, William L . Private
Macaluso, Antonio Private.
Mahoney, Timothy J . Private First Class
Mallion, William H., jr . Private
Markland, Raymond M . Private First Class
Maroney, John L.* Corporal
Marvelle, Bernard Mess Sergeant
Mathes, Dewey H . .................................... Sergeant
Melanson, Frank Private
Mersdorf, Edward Corporal
Mertz, Theodore A . Private
Metsker, Charles Mechanic
Metzner, John F . Corporal
Militeanu Carl Corporal
Milman, ~braham Private
Milot, Emile A . Private
Morgan, Enos Private
Moyers, Harry P . Private
Mrozek, Anthony Private
Muller, William Corporal
Neisler, Ote E . Private
Neureuter, Valentine C . Private
Nicholson, George Mechanic
Noll, William H . Corporal
Norris, Andrew J . Private
O'Brien, Charles Private First Class
O'Brien, John F . Private
Oehler, Francis J . Private First Class
O'Halloran, Edward B . Private
Olsen, Charles S . Private
Olson, Allen C . Private
Onorati, Ernest Private
Oquist, Axel E.* Private
Orenbach, Michael Corporal
Ortis, Benjamine * Private
Osterman, Einer T. F . Private
Ott, Robert Private First Class
Page, George J . Corporal
Paluma, Paul* Private
Pantera, Edward J . Mechanic
Parisi, Joseph Private First Class
Paulkouski, Naustic Corporal
Peck, Max L . Private
Penna, Fiorinnda Private
Pero, James N . Private
Peters, George C . Private First Class
Pfann, George B . Private
Pfeiffer, Edmund F. J . Private
Phaneuf, Philip Private First Class
Philbert, Peter, Jr . Private
Pietro, Francisco Private
Pinna, Giuseppe ................... Private
Pinto, Joseph Private
Powers, William F . Bugler
Pugliese, Michael Private
Putnam, Charles J . Private First Class
Quednau, Charles A . Private
Raab, Joseph E . Corporal
Reeder, Samuel Private
Rielly, Cornelius A . Private
Rieman, Stephen W . Private First Class
Rice, Wiley Owen Private First Class
Riedel, Frank Corporal
Roe, Louis F . Private First Class
Romeno, Franciso Private
Romeril, Elbert Sergeant
Roserneyer, Harry M . Corporal
Rossillo, Gilbert Private First Class
Rubin, Louis C . Corporal
Ryan, Myles J . Private
Santangelo, Pasquale Private
Saperstein, Benjamin L . Private
Saresky, Samuel Sergeant
Schaller, Joseph Private First Class
Schmidt, George W . Private
Schmitt, Charles J . .............................. Sergeant
Schmitt, Edward F.* Private First Class
Schneid, Frank J . Private
Schrack, William A.* Private First Class
Schrage, Chatskel Private First Class
Schwarz, Philip A . Corporal
Schwarze, Henry G . Private
Seifert, William Private First Class
Senk, Alfred Private First Class
Sessler, Jacob J Private
Shannon, Patrick W . Private First Class
Shannon, Thomas F . Private
Shaw, Abraham Private First Class
Simard, Arthur A . Private
Skelly, James C . Private
Skinkis, Joseph A . Corporal
Smith, Samuel Corporal
Sobotka, Antoni Private First Class
Staff, Joseph A . Private
Stafford, Walter N . Private
Stalker, Embry Private
Steidle, John * Private
Steiner, Arthur J . Corporal
Stendardi, Frank Private
Stetzer, Samuel * Corporal
Still, William P . Private
Stolz, Harry J . Mechanic
Stratton, Warren L . Corporal
Sturzer, Charles Private
Sullivan, Chester Private First Class
Sullivan, Grover C . Private First Class
Summers, James P . Private
Surrette, Eugene A . Private
Sweat, Corbett E . Private
Sylvester, Joseph Private First Class
Tetreault, Ernest J . Private
Theetge, Joseph W . Private First Class
Thorhang, William K . Private
Thursam, Edward L . Private
Tischler, Matthew Private First Class
Tomasulo, Vincent Corporal
Tracy, Thomas F . Private First Class
Traverso, Peter Private First Class
Troise, Ralph Private
Turner, George T . Private First Class
Tuthill, Silas C . Mechanic
Vallette, Thomas S . Sergeant
Vandeventer, Earl F . Corporal
VanDyne, Cecil Corporal
Vessles, Claude Sergeant
Wagner, Andrew J., Jr . Mechanic
Walders, William G.* Private
Walker, Harry D . Private
Wallace, Harry A . Cook
Watson, Fred W . Mechanic
Weiss, Edward F . Private
West, Frank C.* Private
Wheeler, Lee Private First Class
Whittenburg, William C . Private
Wiener, Abraham Private First Class
Wiesnet, Albert A . Private
Willford, John T . Private First Class
Windham, Hugh Private First Class
Wing, Thomas Private First Class
Wolfe, Edward D . Private
Wood, Eben H. M . Private
Young, William E . Bugler
Zach, Leon H . Private First Class
Zeigler, George L . Corporal
Zinn, Samuel Private First Class
Zoesch, William E . Private
Zwillinger, Harry Private
COMPANY M
COMPANY M
Captain John P. Freeman
First Lieutenant John J. Riordan
First Lieutenant Dwite H. Schaffner
First Lieutenant Walter E. Seibert
Second Lieutenant Edwin J. Adams
Second Lieutenant Lynn M. Dewey
Second Lieutenant Melvin A. Metzger
Second Lieutenant Philip K. Robinson
Second Lieutenant Paul K. Roth
Anderson, Andrew E . Private
Anderson, Arthur J . Private
Anderson, Frederick A . Cook
Ashley, Claude Private
Atzrott, Henry J . Private
Avisati, Antonio Private First Class
Backe, Edward . Private
Baiocco, Giovanni Corporal
Barnett, Milton ............. Corporal
Baxter, Walter H . Corporal
Beckman, Peter 0 . Private
Belval, Henry A . Private
Berge, Bright T . Private First Class
Blackwell, Sam Private
Bowring, James Corporal
Brill, Abe Private
Brown, Percy D . Mechanic
Brown, William T . ............ Private
Brugge, Otis F . Mechanic
Buffa, Salvatore Private First Class
Burke, Henry P . Private First Class
Cadman, Robert I . Corporal
Caffrey, Francis J . Private
Cantor, Max .............. Private First Class
Carhanan, Marion C . Private First Class
Carnunigriano, Vito Private
Carsello, Giuseppe Private First Class
Carson, George R . Private First Class
Chapin, Reginald F . Sergeant
Chiesea, Victor Private First Class
Chimenti, Vincent L . Private First Class
Clark, Andrew L . Private
Coakley, Raymond J. F . Corporal
Cochran, Henry G . ........Private
Coffey, James J. Private First Class
Cohen, George Private First Class
Cohen, Louis Corporal
Connelly, Fred A . Private First Class
Connolly, John Corporal
Conroy, John F . Corporal
Conti, Frank Cook
Crowley, J . Private
D'Angelo, Arthur Private
Darling, Homer C . Corporal
Davis, Ira H . Battalion Sergeat Major
Deegan, Frank P Sergeant
Degnan, Thomas* Private
Deuschl, Joseph Corporal
Devine, Patrick Private First Class
Dieterle, Glenn R.*Private
Dillahay, Charles W . Private
Doherty, John Private First Class
Doolin, Alvil J . Private
Doumanian, Souren Private
Duffy, Michael Private
Dumstrap, George Private
Dupont, Fred Private
Edelman, Samuel Private
Ellingson, Casper E . Private
Eppe, Phelin D . Private
Erickson, Albert G . Private
Faulkner, Delmar W . Private
Fazio, Thomas Private First Class
Fecht, Charles Corporal
Ferraro, Michael Private
Fiore, Rosato Private
Fisch, Harry C . Private
Fischer, Jacob Private
Fisher, Albert H . Private
Fixler, Benjamin Private
Foley, Herbert Corporal
Fountain, Joseph Private
Fox, Henry Private
Fox, Pitt E., Jr . Private
Francia, Mike Private
Frank, Harry P . Sergeant
Franks, Forest M.* Private
Freitas, Joseph L . Private
Friscia, Leonard Private First Class
Frizzell, Edward M . Private
Fundas, Ponogeotia Private
Furletti, Casimiro Private
Fustero, Jose E . Private
Gallagher, Thomas E . Sergeant
Gallo, Michael Private
Galvin, James H . Private
Galvin, Paul L . Sergeant
Gameiser, Charles Private First Class
Gardella, Angelo Private
Gardella, Csesare Private
Gardiner, Haber Private
Gavett, Victor H . Private
Gelot, Samuel Private
George, Lambre N . Private
Gerhauser, Carl F.* Private
Germano, John A . Private
Getzoff, Louis Private First Class
Gibson, George W . Private
Giles, George Private
Gillen, Gale R . Private
Gillen, John J., Jr . Private First Class
Gilmore, Leo Private
Glennen, Walter W . Private
Gobstein, Abraham Private
Goetz, Morton M . Private
Golden, Albert H . Private
Goldschmidt, Sydney Private
Goodyear, Sidney C . Corporal
Goulder, George W . Private
Grabowski, Anthony Private First Class
Green, Daniel J . Private
Greenfield, Alvin C . Private
Gregersen, Niels C . Private
Grotle, Christoffer Private
Haase, Henry Private First Class
Hadora, Norman A . Private
Hagan, Leonard Corporal
Haller, Henry T . Private
Hallings, Ray E . Sergeant
Harry, Leslie G . Private
Hennessey, Joseph F . Private
Hewitson, George Private
Higgins, Albert J . Private
Hodges, William E . Private
Hoey, James A . Corporal
Hoffmeister, Harry W.* Private
Holden, Lester S . Corporal
Hollis, Ernest R. J . Private First Class
Holt, Sidney A . Private
Honsberger, Frederick Corporal
Howe, Marcene L . Private
Huff, Herman H . Private
Hummell, William D . Private First Class
Hunt, Charles H . Cook
Hunt, Malachy J . Corporal
Hynes, Patrick J . Corporal
Ing, Joseph C . Private
Janas, Albert Private
Janek, John ...Private
Jaynes, Charles H . Private First Class
Johnson, Clarence 0 . Private First Class
Johnson, Lester Private
Jones, Claude E . Private
Karasick, Solomon Private First Class
Kasprzyk, Kasmierz Private
Kaufman, Milton M . Private
Kavanaugh, Aloysius J . Corporal
Kessler, Fred C . Corporal
Killen, Joseph Private
Kishilimsky, Max Private
Klein, Peter Private
Krueger, Adolph R . Corporal
LaCamera, Camelo Private
Ladnier, Xavier Private
Lane, Harold V . Private
Langlas, John Private
Lapidus, Philip Private
Laurino, John Private First Class
Little, Fabe Private
Loewenthal, Jerome Corporal
Lopez, Joseph M . Private First Class
Lorenzo, Antonio Private First Class
Lotz, Hubert A . Private
Lucas, William J . Mechanic
Luke, William J . Sergeant
Luongo, Fiore Private First Class
Lydon,john F . Sergeant
McCann, Joseph Private First Class
McCrane, William J.* Corporal
McDonald, Henry Private
McDonnell, Charles Private
McGee, Dudley W . Private
McHugh, John E . Private
McLean, Floyd W . Private
McMahon, Gustave Private First Class
McMorrow, Charles Private First Class
McNulty, Peter Private
McVay, Mitchell C . Private
Madden, Matthew Private
Mantell, Abraham Private First Class
Marrow, Hugh S. J . Private
Martin, George C . Private
Martin, William Private First Class
Marzocki, Germano Cook
Maso, Joseph Private
Matar, Habib J . Private
Matashevitz, Louis Private First Class
Melton, Lester Private
Mettler, Richard * Private
Michaels, Arthur J ................................... Sergeant
Miller, Louis A . Private
Mills, Luther D . ........................................ Private
Mitchell, James A . Corporal
Moore, Edward Private
Morgan, William H . Private First Class
Morris, James H . Private
Moscariello, Thomas * Private
Muldoon, Denis Private
Mule, Calegero - Corporal
Mullan, Thomas L . -Sergeant
Muller, August Corporal
Mullins, John G . Corporal
Mullins, Lester I . Private
Mungovan, Peter J . Private
Munn, Charlie R . Private
Murray, Frank J . Private
Muzzio, Lamont A . Private First Class
Myers, Ira L . Private
Naimoli, George Corporal
Naliboff, RobertCorporal
Nimphius, Julius F . Private
Noia, Paul -- Private
Norton, Julian H . .............................. Corporal
Obialero, Frank Private
O'Brien, Robert J . Private
O'Connell, Arthur A . Private First Class
O'Grady, Maurice J . Corporal
Olerevik, Adam Private First Class
Olmsted, Leslie D . Sergeant
Olson, Olaf E . Private
Orzalkiewics, Felix Private First Class
O'Shea, Clifford Private
Ostermano, Paul Corporal
Owens, Clarence 0 . Private
Owens, Thurman -- Private
Pahr, John M . Private
Parson, Edward Private
Payton, Harry J . Private First Class
Pearson, Elmer B . Private
Peonia, Nicola - Private First Class
Petruzella, Vincent Private
Peuplie, William Private
Pickett, William L . Private
Pierce, Morris L . Private
Pietoriz, Walter Private
Pirk, Paul J . Private First Class
Piwinski, Bernard Private First Class
Porton, Harry Cook
Posser, Henry - Private
Powers, Charles P . Private First Class
Powers, William F . Bugler
Price, Paul P . Private
Pruett, Roy Private
Pullis, Stanislaw Private
Ramboy, Louis ............ Private
Raccuia, Pietro Private First Class
Ramowski, Waclaw Private
Rath, Charles P . Corporal
Redmen, Samuel Private
Reggio, Ernest Private First Class
Reiff, George A . Bugler
Reilly, George Private First Class
Rethmeier, Fred G . Private
Robinson, Van Private
Roccuzzo, Raffaele Private First Class
Rogera, Raymond B . Private
Rose, Gilbert, Jr . Mechanic
Rosenthal, Samuel Private
Roy, John J . Private First Class
Rygg, Oscar Private
Sacks, Samuel Private First Class
St. George, Charles W . Private First Class
Samuelson, Edwin E . Corporal
Schafer, Walter E . Private
Schall, Louis C . Corporal
Scheer, Samuel L . Sergeant
Schleiffer, Leopold Private First Class
Schmidt, Henry F . Private
Schroeter, August W . Private First Class
Schultz, Elmer Private First Class
Schutzenbach, Lewis Private First Class
Scott, William J.* Private
Scaly, Toby L . Bugler
Sefchik, Joseph Private
Sevilla, Josi Private
Sexton, Charles P . Sergeant
Shatto, Floyd V . Private
Sher, Max Private First Class
Sherman, Blatchford Sergeant
Shima, John Private
Simounet, Eugene C . Private First Class
Sloane, Charles T . Private First Class
Slocum, Samuel C . Private
Smith, James J . Private First Class
Smith, John Private
Soderstron, Albin Private
Spiker, Charles H . Private
Spreitzer, Otto Private
Stang, George H . Sergeant
Stanger, George L . Sergeant
Starace, Candido Private First Class
Stewart, James J . Private
Stitch, Henry J.* Corporal
Sullivan, Edward F . Private
Swierezynski, John M . Private First Class
Taphouse, Harry H . Private First Class
Testa, Giovanni F . Private
Thanhauser, Seymour A.* Private First Class
Theodore, Demetrius N . Private
Thorp, Walter F . Private
Thursland, Edward Private First Class
Tondu, Arthur F . Private
Tralongo, Salvatore Private First Class
Trinka, Louis Private
Trotzky, Benjamin Sergeant
Tullumello, Samuel Private First Class
Tumarkin, Isidor ................................ Private
Tyler, Joseph W . : Private
Tynan, Timothy Private
Vadney, Raymond G . Private First Class
Valpreda, Floran Cook
Van Denbergh, Walter L . Private First Class
Variole, Alfred Private First Class
Vellono, Joseph Private First Class
Verrillo, Vito Private
Villiers, George V., Jr . Private First Class
Vincent, LeRoy Private
Vogel, Joseph Private
Voight, Louis A . Private
Vosburgh, William A . Private
Waite, Arthur 0 . Bugler
Walinski, Zygmont Private
Walters, William L . Private
Ward, Edward F . Private
Ward, Galbraith * Sergeant
Wayman, George A.* Private
Weber, Alexander Corporal
Wehe, John Corporal
Weichsel, Jacob Private First Class
Wertz, George Private
Wesner, Henry E . Private
Wessels, George H . Corporal
Wilensky, Isek Private
Wilfley, Eugene Private
Wilkens, Alfred E . Private
Wilken, Lester S . Corporal
Williams, Ernest L . ..... Private First Class
Willmann, Otto C . Private First Class
Wind, George Private
Woeckowesc, John Private First Class
Wolcott, Howard A . Private First Class
Wolk, Benjamin Private First Class
Worthington, Harley R . Private First Class
Wruck, Fred A . Private
Wujek, Ignacy L . Private
Zappala, Michael Private First Class
Zehner, Louis J . First Sergeant
Zick, Herman B . .... Corporal
Zito, Baldassarre Private First Class
Zittel, Harry Corporal
Zucker, Sidney A . Private First Class
HEADQUARTERS
HEADQUARTERS COMPANY
Captain John C. Butler
First Lieutenant Don L. Antozzi
First Lieutenant Joseph F. Byrne
First Lieutenant Elverton C. Crandall
First Lieutenant Daniel L. Dayton
First Lieutenant Bradford Ellsworth
First Lieutenant Anthony J. Rivers, Jr.
Second Lieutenant James H. Cleveland
Second Lieutenant Wilbur J. Lacey
Second Lieutenant Leon P. Oberschmidt
Abrams, Harry Private
Ahrens, Richard L., Jr . Private
Allan, Edward H . Sergeant
Anderson, Charles G . Private
Anderson, John A. E . Private
Andonopoulos, Andrus Private
Atcheson, William D . Private
Aumiller, Harry Private First Class
Badrow, John F.* Private
Baker, Claude R . Private
Banner, Gustave Private
Baptiste, Robert R . Private First Grade
Barone, Antonio Musician First Class
Barontis, Thomas Private
Baske, William H . Private First Class
Beggy, Bernard T . ..... Private
Bello, Michael Private First Class
Beneditle, Peter P.* Sergeant
Benson, Clifford A . Horseshoer
Benton, Daniel W . Corporal
Blake, Edward T . Musician First Class
Blood, Robert E . Private First Class
Boitano, Mario Private
Bolton, George V . Private
Bond, Egbert A . Private
Boriskin, Joseph H.* Corporal
Brandt, Conrad Band Corporal
Breen, Thomas F . Private First Class
Brown, Floyd P . Private
Brown, William H . ........ Private
Bruce, Henry G.* Battalion Sergeant Major
Buboltz, Walter Private
Buchner, Louis A . Private
Butler, Donald Corporal
Butterworth, Lewis H . Private
Bye, Albert G . Musician Third Class
Byrn, Clarence Band Leader
Byrnes, James J . Private First Class
Campanelli, Salvatore
Canaday, Harper D . Private
Capelle, Rudolph Sergeant
Carbone, Augustus : Private
Carey, David F . Mu sici a n Third Class
Carey, Peter A . Private
Carroll, Patrick J . Private
Private First Class
Cashdollar, James I Private
Cassidy, Thomas J . Corporal
Casucci, John Private
Celander, Walter B . Private
Chaityn, Harry Private First Class
Chatterton, Joseph V. Sergeant
Coffin, James V . .....Private
Coffman, Kenneth Private
Cohen, Herbert Musician Third Class
Cohen, Joseph I . Corporal
Collins, Francis E . Private
Condon, Ernest E . Private
Cook, William D . Mess Sergeant
Cromier, Philibert A . Sergeant
Costa, Jose . Private
Courtney, Earl F . Musician ..Second Class
Cressy, George L . Wagoner
Crowl, Melville Musician Second Class
Crum, George ..Wagoner
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Cummings, Clarence H.Private First Class
Deane, Henry J . Private
DeBaun, Harold B . Regimental Sergeant Major
DeHoog, Franklin J.
Delia Rocco, Antonio Musician Third Class
DeMott, Percy W . Musician Third Class
. .
Denton, Herbert M . Corporal
D'Esposito, Ferdinand Corporal
Dietz, Robert G . Sergeant
Dixon, Thomas W . . ..Musician First Class
Dobrow, Samuel Private First Class
Dodson, George M . ..........Private
Donnellon, Joseph J.* Private
Donnelly, Charles Private. First Class
Dougherty, Felix j . ......Private.First Class
Doxsee, Oscar H . .Color. Sergeant
Doyle, Joseph P . Sergeant
Duffy, Edward J . Private
Duffy, James F . Sergeant
Duffy, William E . Private First Class
Dworkin, Morris Private
Eckert, Arthur J.* Private
Eckert, John J . Private First Class
Eckert, William J . Mechanic
Eisenberg, Daniel Private First Class
Ellenbogen, Henry D . Private First Class
Ellis, Vernon Private First Class
Enoch, James E . Private
Epstein, Nathan Private
Evans, Brinkley L . Corporal
Evans, Michael Private
Eviglis, John B . Private
Farren, Frank H . Private
Feil, John W. Corporal
Fish, Charles S . Private First Class
Fitzgerald, Garrett Private
Flood, Frank Private
Foley, Patrick J . Private First Class
Foley, Patrick J . Private
Freiberger, Charles A . Musician Third Class
Freyer, William A . Sergeant
Frisbee, Simon B . Private
Frost, William M . Private
Furber, Everett M . Sergeant
Gallagher, William F . Private First Class
Galuppi, Giovanni Private First Class
Garney, Benjamin Private
Gautraud, James Private First Class
Gebo, Levi V . Private
Geiger, Albert A . Musician First Class
Geipel, William J . Private First Class
Gelin, Benjamin E . Private First Class
Giesse, Herman H., Jr . Private First Class
Glaser, Max Musician First Class
GIeich, Louis Private
Goette, Joseph H . Band Corporal
Gohner, Martin F . Musician Third Class
Goldberg, Joseph Corporal
Gormley, John A . Private
Graliski, Felix Corporal
Greitz, William P . Private First Class
Grunder, Charles S . Private First Class
Hanscom, Albert A . Corporal
Hardel, Herman A . Private
Harder, Oswald B . Private
Hart, Michael J . Private First Class
Harty, Edward J . Private
Hassett, Patrick Private
Hearl, John Private
Heiss, Henry C . Private
Helgett, Joseph Private
Hennessy, Thomas F . Private First Class
Hess, William T . Private First Class
Hessler, William Mechanic
Hicks, Robert Stable Sergeant
Hill, Charles E . Band Sergeant
Hill, Loren E . Private
Hillen, Joseph S . Corporal
Hilton, Mark 0 . Sergeant
Hochstein, David Assistant Band Leader
Hoepfinger, Martin A . Private
Hoffman, Charles P . Private
Holzman, Louis Private
Honest, Jacob J . Corporal
Hooley, Charles Corporal
Hormuth, Philip Private
Howard, James F . Wagoner
Howard, Robert L . Sergeant
Incagnoli, Paul J . Musician
Inciardi, John Musician
Isaac, Charles Private
Isbrandt, Anthony Private
Janicsewski, Peter Private
Johnston, Frank E . Corporal
Jones, William C . Private
Jordan, Ralph E . Band Corporal
Kaiser, Edward W . Corporal
Kane, Daniel E . Private
Kaufmann, Theodore Cook
Kee, Sing Color Sergeant
Kehlenbeck, Henry E . Private First Class
Kehoe, Edward Private
Kelly, Joseph E . Corporal
Kelly, Lawrence S . Sergeant
Keller, Robert B . Corporal
Kenney, Edward Private
Kesper, Jacob Private
Klinger, Michael J . Sergeant
Kohler, Casper F . Private
Koilocousis, Theodore H . Private
Kroyer, Harry A . Corporal
Kruger, Carl W . Private
Krugman, Frank * Sergeant
LeCroix, Alexandre G . Corporal
Lambert, Joseph J . Sergeant
Lappos, John Private
Latisky, Herman Corporal
Laufer, Harold Corporal
Lavenberg, Alfred Private
Leigh, Louis Band Sergeant
Leischner, Arthur C . Private
LeMaster, John A . Private
Lent, Elmer Private
Levan, Joseph 0 . Private First Class
Levin, Norman Sergeant
Levinsky, Michael Private First Class
Licker, Ralph A . Private
Longstreet, Maurice Private
Losee, James A . Private
Lubardo, Andrew Private
Luper, Phillip Private
McAllinden, Harry J . Corporal
McCabe, Peter Private First Class
McCarthy, Frank C . Corporal
McCormack, John E . Private First Class
McCormick, Henry L.* . Private
McCullough, John J . Private
McDermott, Lawrence Corporal
McEneany, James J . Private
McEver, John Private
McGoey, Bernard J . Private
McGoldrick, John Private First Class
McGoldrick, John D . Private First Class
McGrath, Joseph P . Musician Third Class
McKnight, Robert S . Private First Class
McLoughlin, John M . Private
McLoughlin, Robert S . .............. Private
McManus, Oscar T . Private
McNamara, Cornelius F . Private First Class
Mackintosh, James Private
Madden, Joseph P . Private
Mahoney, John J . Private
Maietta, Charles Musician Third Class
Majewski, Anthony Private
Major, Clarence W . Private First Class
Maloney, Raymond F . Private
Manley, William H . Private
Marcus, Oscar Private
Marks, Isidore Sergeant
Marthia, Louis C . Private First Class
Mastantanio, Antonio Musician Third Class
Matteson, Alfred T . Musician Third Class
Mauro, Rocco Private
Meagher, Paul V . Private First Class
Mendicini, Antonio Musician Third Class
Menicocci, Alberto N . Private
Mercury, Joseph F . Private
Midtbruget, Louis Private
Miller, Benjamin B . Corporal
Miller, Lester L . Private
Miller, Lloyd R . Sergeant
Minks, Henry Private
Mirsky, Leon Mechanic
Mitchell, Henry 0 . Private First Class
Mittenhuger, Gustave Private First Class
Monaghan, Patrick J . Private First Class
Montanero, Frank Private First Class
Morel, Tony Musician Third Class
Morrell, Geddie B . Private
Morton, Paul C . Private
Moskowitz, Max Band Corporal
Mod, Frank A . Private
Mod, John R . Private
Mulheen, Lawrence J . Private First Class
Muller, Edward C . Private
Murphy, William A . Private
Murphy, Thomas Private First Class
Nasta, Phillip * Private
Nead, Olan Private
Neudecker, John Private
Nevins, Joseph V . Supply Sergeant
Newell, George R . Musician Second Class
Niemi, William J . Private
O'Brien, Fred W . Private
O'Connell, John J . Private
Odegarde, Theodore Private
Oehler, Max S.* Private First Class
O'Hanlon, Robert E . Private
Ojala, Thomas Private
O'Keeffe, Timothy Corporal
Oldfield, Charles W . Private First Class
Ollendorf, David Sergeant
Olson, Carl A . Private
Orkosky, Phillip Corporal
O'Rourke, John C . Band Corporal
Oxford, William A . Private First Class
Pace, Alfonzo Private
Pace, Connie J . Private First Class
Palen, LeRoy Private
Palermo, Giacomo Private First Class
Pallakat, Alfred M . Sergeant
Palm, William F . Private
Parson, Carl E . Private
Peck, Mylon M. . ~ Private First Class
Peck, Stanley Sergeant
Pemberton, John C . Battalion Sergeant Major
Pendergast, Frank A . Sergeant
Peterson, Emil G . Cook
Peterson, Fritz E.* Private
Pfeiffer, John * Private
Phillips, Harry Band Sergeant
Pickel, Peter J . Cook
Pleus, Henry Corporal
Pleuss, Frank E . Private
Poglitsch, Frank B . Private
Pollard, Edward F . ............................... Private
Porcello, Raphael Private
Portman, William Cook
Price, Henry Private First Class
Pulin, Harold S . Private First Class
Quinn, John J . Musician Second Class
Quinn, Martin L., Jr . Private
Raess, John G . Private First Class
Raphael, Jesse S . Private
Rath, Fred W . Private First Class
Reader, Chester V . Private First Class
Reid, George W . Private First Class
Reissman, Sidney Corporal
Rickard, Charles A . Corporal
Riesz, Edward N., Jr.* Private First Class
Roach, John J . Private
Robb, Robert J . Private
Robbins, Arthur Private First Class
Robinsky, Charles A . Sergeant
Rodehau, Carl A . Sergeant
Roeser, Henry G . Private
Rogals, Charles J . Private
Rosanoff, Lieff Musician First Class
Rowland, John E . Private
Roy, Louis P . Private
Ruggiere, Salvadore Private
Ryan, George J . Corporal
Salmiery, Stephen Private
Sampson, Harry P . Private
Sanders, Robert Private
Santulli, Carmine N . Musician Second Class
Sawyer, Wesley S . Private First Class
Schenck, Ferdinand S., Jr . Mess Sergeant
Schlesinger, Jerome Sergeant
Schneider, William, Jr . Private First Class
Schnoor, Walter J . Private
Schumann, Edward Private First Class
Schreiber, George Cook
Schremer, Hugo Musician Third Class
Seewald, Edward G . Battalion Sergeant Major
Seidler, David Private First Class
Sergi, John Sergeant
Sessions, Claude C . Private
Sheehan, Cornelius F . Corporal
Sheehan, John * Private
Sibeo, Charles Private First Class
Sicard, Brian Sergeant
Skippen, George Private
Singer, Murray N . First Sergeant
Slatis, Abraham Musician Third Class
Slayter, Russell G . Band Sergeant
Smith, Floyd R., Jr . Corporal
Smith, Morrell First Sergeant
Speczenski, Mniescztaw .......... Musician Third Class
Sperbert, Otto Private
Spinella, Frank Private First Class
Spini, Guido Private
Stapleton, William Private First Class
Stone, Percival Private
Stuart, Robert B . ....................................... Private
Sullivan, Francis D.* Sergeant
Sullivan, John J . Corporal
Supkowski, John Cook
Swainson, Elza D . Private
Swann, Verne S . Private First Class
Tangney, Patrick * Private
Telesco, John Private First Class
Telesco, Michael A . Private First Class
Tennow, Daniel E . Musician Second Class
Thornell, Edwin R . Musician Third Class
Tichenor, Russell H . Private First Class
Torrono, Joseph Corporal
Trausneck, John F . Private First Class
Travers, William J . Corporal
Trovick, Anton Private
Truppo, Anthony M . Private First Class
Tucci, Andrew Musician Third Class
Tunick, Walter B . Regimental Sergeant Major
Turner, Michael Private First Class
Tyler, Charles A . Private
VanBrunt, Thomas Corporal
Van de Water, George W . Private First Class
Voigt, Harry A . Private
Volanofsky, Frank Private
Voorneveld, Harry Assistant Band Leader
Vysehrad, Otokr Musician Second Class
Wagner, Alfred C . Musician Third Class
Waite, Arthur 0 . Musician
Walker, Clark D . Private
Walters, William Corporal
Webster, Franke E . Private First Class
Wehman, Edward J . Private First Class
Weinberg, Marcy Sergeant Bugler
Weller, Arthur H . Private
Weltzin, Fred Corporal
Werner, Joseph G . Corporal
Werrel, Angus K . Private
Wesolowski, Vincent Private First Class
West, George W . Color Sergeant
Whalen, John Private First Class
Wheeler, Edgar E . Sergeant
Whiting, Ralph D . Private
Wille, Robert S., Jr . Private
William, Franklin K . Wagoner
Williams, Harry E . Stable Sergeant
Williams, Percy Private
Wilson, Gerald E . Private
Wilson, William D . Private
Wismer, Kai Sergeant
Wolff, Henry E . Corporal
Wolff, Louis J . Battalion Sergeant Major
Wood, Russell W . Private
Wood, William H . ...................................... Private
Young, Harold C . Sergeant
Youngman, Joseph Private First Class
Zech, Joseph P . Private First Class
Zepht, Ernst E . Band Sergeant
Zuber, Anthony F . .................................... Corporal .
MACHINE GUN COMPANY
MACHINE GUN COMPANY
Captain Robert I. Aitken
First Lieutenant Aaron A. Caruthers
First Lieutenant John R. Hay
First Lieutenant Donald R. McIntyre
Second Lieutenant William S. Burleson
Second Lieutenant Elmer C. Carrier
Second Lieutenant Henry 1. Duff
Second Lieutenant Solon Emery
Second Lieutenant David S. Humphreys
Second Lieutenant Henry E. Kelly
Second Lieutenant Frank J. McNulty
Second Lieutenant Chester L. Morgan
Second Lieutenant Conrad Shumway
Second Lieutenant Frank Walther
Adams, Richard N . Private
Akst, Louis Bugler
Albrecht, Harry D . Private
Aron, Abraham Private
Aronson, Robert Sergeant
Baker, Bert F . Private
Baldwin, Lester J . Corporal
Barth, William E . Private First Class
Bettelheim, Spencer D . Supply Sergeant
Bibeau, Alfred A . Private
Bittner, Harry Private
Blake, Bruce S . Private First Class
Bonfield, Harry A . Private
Bradberry, Charles C . Private First Class
Brady, August S . Private
Brennan, John J . Sergeant
Brown, Robert H . Private First Class
Bruno, Egnozio Private
Buhl, William Private First Class
Burkard, Arnold P . Mess Sergeant
Byrne, Martin R . Private
Cannon, Patrick First Class Private
Caplin, Adolph Private
Carlson, Albert B . Private
Carroll, John J . Private First Class
Clark, Peter Corporal
Cloughly, David S . ................................... Sergeant
Coggins, John T . Private First Class
Collins, James Private
Cosgrove, Raymond J . Private
Cummings, Joseph A . Private First Class
Daly, William J . Mechanic
Davis, Fred H. Private
Degenhart, William M . Private First Class
Delaney, Edward C . Private
Delisle, Fred L.* Private
Devitt, Thomas* Private
Dilgen, John C . Private
Dillon, Michael Private First Class
Dodd, Henry F Private
Dolen, Philip Private
Donohue,john F . Private First Class
Duffy, Joseph Sergeant
Duffy, Peter Private First Class
Eggert, Bernard W . Corporal
Fasolino, Emil A . Corporal
Fenton, John W . Private
Fisher, Louis Private
Fitzgerald, Thomas F . Private
Flynn, William J . Private
Friedlander, David Private First Class
Frye, William Private
Garrigan, Owen E . Private
Glickman, Richard Corporal
Glover, Joseph Private
Grant, Richard V . Private
Grecco, Thomas Private
Greentuck, Hyman Private
Griffin, James Private
Grimes, Samuel A . Private
Guerin, John Horseshoer
Haggerty, William Private
Hall, Bernard L . Private
Hanshow, Harold R . Private First Class
Harms, Harry Private
Hartigan, Richard Private
Heavrin, Charles Sergeant
Heitman, Clarence H. 0 . Private
Heitman, William Private
Held, Samuel Private First Class
Heim, George B . Private
Henderson, Edward T . Private
Herold, Joseph Private
Hogan, Patrick * Private First Class
Hotchkiss, George R . Private
Huelser, Charles A . Sergeant
Itskovitz, Sam Private
Jackson, Lawrence A . Private
Johnson, Joseph F . Private
Johnson, Winfield R . Private
Joiner, Henry W . Private
Kacprznski, Ramon Private
Kahres, John P Private
Kaiser, Karl R . Private
Kanel, Benjamin Private
Kaufmann, Adolph, Jr . Sergeant
Kay, James Private
Kistel, Tobias Private
Knutson, Torkel Private
Kosulka, Carl Private
Kugeloff, Morri . Private
Lacombe, Joseph E . Private
Laferriere, Henry J . Private
Liccardi, John S . Bugler
Looney, William A . Private
Lowe, Douglas H . Cook
McCarthy, Bartholomew Private
McComas, Albert Private
McDonnell, Thomas F . Mechanic
McEvoy, Joseph P . Private
McGlynn, Michael F . Private First Class
McKay, Robert A . Private
McManigle, John F . Private First Class
McNeill, MacGregor Private
MacNaughton, Herbert* Private
Madeiros, Joseph Private
Mahler, George H . Private First Class
Maibaum, Alexander Private First Class
Mallett, Sanford K . Private
Marsiglio, John Private
Marson, Otis E . Private
Martin, Herbert Private
Martin, William E . Sergeant
Matela, Joseph Private First Class
Matuszewski, Joseph Private First Class
Mayer, Arthur * Private
Mazzei, Frank Private
Meier, William Private
Meredith, Charles B . Private
Moeller, Edward Mechanic
Moncore, Fred Private
Monroe, James Private
Montagna, Pasquale* Private
Moonis, William Corporal
Moroge, Edward Private
Moynihan, Denis Private
Murphy, Frank T . Private
Murphy, George F . Private
Neal, James C . Private
Nickels, William M.* Private
Nolan, Andrew S . Private
Noli, Joseph Private
O'Brien, Charles H . Private First Class
Olson, Inor Private First Class
Ormsby, Orson C.* Private
Oscher, Harold Private
Otto, Ernest W . Cook
Parr, Charles H . Private
Paul, Elmer D . Private First Class
Pershall, Arthur G . Private
Peterson, Reuben M.* Sergeant
Pettke, William Private
Phillips, David C . Private
Phillips, Stephen J . Stable Sergeant
Pomerantz, David Corporal
Prastill, Louis Cook
Price, Sidney C . Private
Pucillo, Rafaello Saddler
Purcell, Andrew J. A . Private First Class
Quinn, Frank J . Cook
Radzikoesky, Leon Private
Rainey, Joseph A . Sergeant
Randel, Samuel Sergeant
Reagan, Michael Private
Reichart, Otto Sergeant
Reister, Frank Private
Resler, Franklin G . Private
Rettus, George W . Private
Riddler, Edwin R . Corporal
Robertson, Henry L . Private
Robiehan, Thomas Private First Class
Rodgers, Aubrey S . Private
Rosenzweig, Benjamin Private
Ryan, Thomas F . Private First Class
Salmon, Vernon W . Private
Savarese, Frank J . Private
Scheibner, Raymond Private
Schmidt, Robert F . Corporal
Schmill, Carl G . Private
Schneider, John S . Sergeant
Schramm, Fred Private
Seman, Floyd Corporal
Searles, Lynn L . Private
Seibert, William D . Sergeant
Severson, Bert Private
Shackleton, Joseph Sergeant
Sharpe, Thomas Private
Sherer, Ray E.* Private
Simones, Edward A . Private First Class
Simpson, Elwin D . Sergeant
Sink, Jesse C . Private
Sirota, Morris Private
Skea, Charles Private
Sloan, John T . Private
Smith, Frank R.* Corporal
Smith, Herbert J . Private First Class
Sohn, John H . Private
Soldin, Elmer A . Private
Sommer, Nathan Private First Class
Stack, James Private First Class
Stanius, Robert Private
Stark, Earl G . Corporal
Steinel, Frank T Private
Stevenson, Roden W . Private
Strasslo, Frederick H . Private
Strudler, William Private
Stuck, Adolph W. A . Private
Taylor, Harold H . Private First Class
Teal, Edmund Private
Thibault, George ... Private
Thomason, Chester Private First Class
Thompson, Burton Private
Tillotoon, Walter H.* Private
Torsiello, Albert F . Private First Class
Travis, Walter R . Private First Class
Trovato, Peter Private
Uebele, Charles T . Private
Vaile, George Private First Class
Vinson, Roland* Private
Vitale, Rocco Private First Class
Walsh, Michael J . Private
Wamsganz, John E . Private
Wass, Anthony Private
Waxelbaum, Harry Private First Class
Webster, Frank E . Sergeant
Weeks, Francis M . Sergeant
Weinstein, Benjamin Private
Werner, William J . Private
Windram, Edward Private
Witte, August W . Private
Wolper, Morris Private
Woodburn, Edward Corporal
Worthen, Frank J . Private
Wurster, Walter L . Sergeant
Wylegala, Leo J . Corporal
Yates, Francis J.* Corporal
Yeske, Fred C. A . First Sergeant
Yett, Benjamin Private
Zablothy, John G . Private First Class
Zepfler, William P . Private
Zimmerman, Gustav Private
Zinser, Leonard J . Private
Zobel, John Private First Class
Zysk, Andrew .......................................... Private
SUPPLY COMPANY
SUPPLY COMPANY
Captain Anthony J. Czak
Captain Thomas P. Durell
First Lieutenant Jack Smith
First Lieutenant John L. Sweeney
First Lieutenant Morton M. Taubman
First Lieutenant Thornton York
Second Lieutenant H. E. Hoopes
Second Lieutenant J. S. McAvoy
Second Lieutenant Daniel S. O'Neal
Ahlers, Carl J. T . First Sergeant
Ahrend, William F . Wagoner
Aldorosi, Charles Wagoner
Alexander, Emanuel Private
Anderson, John Private
Attina, Salvatore Mechanic
Avery, Leroy B . Wagoner
Avery, William H . Private
Bahlinger, Gustave A . Horseshoer
Barberio, Alfonso Private
Barczykowski, Raymond Wagoner
Batnick, Morris Wagoner
Bauer, Louis Wagoner
Becker, Arthur Supply Sergeant
Beers, William F . ........ Private First Class
Beggy, Bernard T . Stable Sergeant
Benfatto, Samuel Private
Benson, Edwin W . Cook
Bonasera, Gastano Wagoner
Bonomi, Achille Corporal
Bosco, Robert J . I Private First Class
Bosz, Fred Wagoner
Bowen, James F . ........................ Wagoner
Bowman, Lawrence F . Wagoner
Brown, John J . -Wagoner
Bruton, Michael Wagoner
Burke, Michael J . First Sergeant
Burke, Patrick J . Private
Burnside, William T . Wagoner
Cabler, Frank Wagoner
Carozzo, George J . ................ .. Wagoner
Casey, Thomas J . ................................... -Wagoner
Chiesa, Joseph Cook
Chubb, Earl E . Wagoner
Ciannella, Vito Private
Cincotta, Dominick Wagoner
Clerici, Paolo Cook
Colandro, Nicholas Wagoner
Colin, Martin J . Wagoner
Considina, John J . Wagoner
Cordell, Stover F . Wagoner
Cordes, Henry Private
Costello, William Private
Cox, Joseph Wagoner
Crowley, Joseph Wagoner
Cullum, Archibald W . Wagoner
Curtis, Joseph E . Wagoner
Dean, John W . Supply Sergeant
Dedicos, George Cook
Denehy, Charles F . Wagoner
DePaoli, David Wagoner
Donohue, James P . Wagoner
Donohue, John J . Wagoner
Drake, Vernon E . Wagoner
Drake, William H . Wagoner
Duffy, John M . Private
Duffy, John T . Private
Dunn, Alfred . Wagoner
Egan, Michael 'i-*s`e*p*h- ''Wagoner
Elliot, John Private
Engelke, Frederick A . Saddler
Fagan, Charles E.* Wagoner
Fairbrother, Daniel W . Wagoner
Fall, John Wagoner
Farrata, Michael Private
Farrell, Leo A . Supply Sergeant
Fassanella, Michael ................................ Wagoner
Ferry, John Wagoner
Fessler, John M . Wagoner
Fiengo, Vincenzo Mechanic
Finch, Hubert B . Private First Class
Fine, Louis Private First Class
Fitzmaurice, Richard Horseshoer
Flaherty, Stephen J . Wagoner
Folan, James Private First Class
Fontana, Anthony IT . Wagoner
Forde, Patrick ................. Private
Franc, Otto H . Regimental Supply Sergeant
Gaynor, James D . Wagoner
Gebhardt, John Private
Glienke, Benjamin Private
Glover, Andrew J . Wagoner
Goodman, Gilbert Wagoner
Greco, Vincenzo Wagoner
Greenberg, Jacob ..... Cook
Gremer, John A . Wagoner
Guidice, Sebastian Wagoner
Hambridge, Leslie A . I . Private
Hamer, Clarence J . Regimental Supply Sergeant
Harrison, Joseph J . Private
Hawes, William W . Wagoner
Hawley, Lewis Wagoner
Heckman, Walter Regimental Supply Sergeant
Heizer, William S . Wagoner
Herlan, Jesse G . Wagoner
Hess, Sidney Supply Sergeant
Hewlett, Marshall I . Wagoner
Higgins, Thomas F . ................. Private
Hill, John Private First Class
Hillock, Michael Private
Hisel, George W . Wagoner
Hopkins, William E . Wagoner
Horan, Joseph Wagoner
Horan, Thomas I . Wagoner
Jeff s, Jimmie C . Wagoner
Kalinoski, Joseph Wagoner
Keyes, John A . Corporal
Kime, Edward Wagoner
Knapp, Isaac L . Wagoner
Knopfer, William Private
Koster, Joseph A . Wagoner
Krueger, Peter Wagoner
Kussius, Fred Mechanic
Laffin, Martin H . Private
Lake, Frederick B . Wagoner
Lefort, Edwin P . Wagoner
Levin, Norman Private
L'Hommedieu, David C . Mechanic
Linzey, William, Jr . Wagoner
Lopica, Salvatore Horseshoer
Lord, Ralph E . Wagoner
Lupton, William Wagoner
Lutjen, William Corporal
McCarty, William Private
McCormack, Edward F . Wagoner
McCormack, Thomas P . Wagoner
McCullen, John Wagoner
McDonnell, Charles A . 7 Wagoner
McGann, Frank Wagoner
McIllvennan, Stewart Supply Sergeant
McManus, Oscar T . Private
McNamara, Henry Private First Class
McNamara, James Private
Maas, Anthony Wagoner
Maher, Patrick J . Wagoner
Marina, Cxsar M . Mess Sergeant
Marron, James F . Private
Meaux, Bryant ....................................... Wagoner
Miley, George J.* Wagoner
Miraglia, Frank Wagoner
Modrock, Joseph Corporal
Moriarty, David Private
Morreale, Gasparo Wagoner
Morris, Joseph Wagoner
Mortoly, John Cook
Moskowitz, Harry Private
Mungovan, Peter J . Wagoner
Murden, William Paul Wagoner
Murphy, Michael J . Wagoner
Murtha, James P . Wagoner
Narkowski, Peter Private
O'Connor, William Corporal
Peaco, Robert 8 . Private First Class
Peck, Raymond L . Wagoner
Pinna, Stephen R . Regimental Supply Sergeant
Poeller, Charles F . Private
Reeb, Louis M. W., * * , * * * * * * * **-*--***--*- Wagoner
Reeder, Samuel Wagoner
Rehbock, Edward J., Jr . Wagoner
Richards, Louis Private
Roach, Charles C . Sergeant
Rogers, William R . Private
Rosalino, Arcara Mechanic
Ruane, James T . Horseshoer
Runyon, George M . Saddler
Schaefer, Raymond G . Private First Class
Schaefer, William Private First Class
Schecker, John Private
Schoolcraft, Archibald P . Private First Class
Secrest, Mark Private
Sheehan, James J . Corporal
Sheridan, Frederick Wagoner
Smith, Covert F . Sergeant
Smith, George L . Wagoner
Smith, John Wagoner
Snyder, Clifford Private
Sorocco, Charles A . Private
Stolles, Robert Wagoner
Struwe, John C . Wagoner
Sullivan, Patrick J . Wagoner
Sullivan, Thomas J., Jr . Wagoner
Sutliff, Edward A . Mess Sergeant
Szopanski, Joseph Wagoner
Talty, Hugh Wagoner
Thompson, Robert H . Regimental Supply Sergeant
Tierney, Owen J . Private
Tinkoff, Frank Private First Class
Tucker, Howard H . Wagoner
Ursinis, Frederick Wagoner
Valprada, Floran Cook
Van Waldick, Clarence Private
Vaughan, Matthew A . Wagoner
Verrillo, Vito Wagoner
Wachs, Edward Wagoner
Walsh, Edward * Cook
Walters, James A . Wagoner
Webber, James S . Wagoner
White, Harry T . Private
White, James E . Wagoner
Wilinsky, Isek Wagoner
Wilkinson, Harold B . Wagoner
Wolnik, Joseph Private
Wood, Edward Cook
Woodward, Walter L . Wagoner
Zielinski, Frank S . Wagoner
SANITARY COMPANY
SANITARY DETACHMENT
Major Roydon M. Vose
Captain Robert H. Lott
Captain Frank M. Ramsey
First Lieutenant Martin H. E. Bry
First Lieutenant Kenneth M. Davis
First Lieutenant Charles W. Frieman
First Lieutenant Harry G. Hindes
First Lieutenant Ellis Kackley
First Lieutenant Robert K. Macklin
First Lieutenant William S. Martens
First Lieutenant Joseph J. Millard
First Lieutenant Daniel F. Patchin
First Lieutenant Bernard J. Reilly
First Lieutenant William P. J. Ruddy
First Lieutenant Joseph A. Stackhouse
First Lieutenant George E. Strickney
First Lieutenant Mark Sutphin
First Lieutenant Thomas V. Woodring
First Lieutenant Thomas J. Dunne, Chaplain
Allen, Earl Private
Allen, Gregory S . Private
Alverson, Arthur C . Private
Anderson, Ira L . Private
Arroyo, Hiram Private
Atchinson, Frank T . Private
Autrey, Leonard Private
Baker, Peter J . Sergeant
Beatty, George W . Sergeant
Bernash, Rudolf H . Private
Bernhardi, Louis A . Private
Blau, Samuel Private
Bowen, William I . Private First Class
Browne, William S . Private
Choyke, Joseph Private
Clarke, Fred R . Private First Class
Coblentz, Siegfried P . Sergeant
Cunningham, Lewis C . Sergeant
Davis, George Private
Dawson, Harold M . Private First Class
Deaton Madison ..........Private
Downer, Arthur P . Private First Class
Elling, Walter A . Private First Class
Engel, Roland B . Private
Evans, Raymond Private
Evans, William Private First Class
Fabian, Lawrence Private
Feit, Abraham Private
Ferrotti, John Private
Foley, Michael Private First Class
Franklin, Benjamin * Private
Gillman, Charles Private
Goldstein, Louis A . Private First Class
Gray, Edward R . Private First Class
Harlach, Albert J . Private
Harrod, Curtis C . Private
Hartman, Earl Private
Haury, August Private First Class
Hildreth, Raymond C . Private
Hoff, Earl Private
Hoffmire, Owen H . Sergeant
Jacobelli, Peter Private
Joffe, Schachne Private
Johnson, John R. A . Private
Jonkowski, Stephen Private First Class
Kaplan, Louis N . Private
Kappelman, Gilbert * Sergeant
Knight, Raymond Private First Class
Kronish, David Private First Class
Laspia, Salvatore J . Private
Lee, Daniel J . Private
Lihota, John A . Private First Class
Lubin, Joseph Private
Ludlow, Robert N . Private
Mack, Jesse W . Private
Masucci, Thomas A . Private
Michael, James I . Private First Class
Mitchall, Fern Private
Mitchell, Homer 0 . Private
Moore, Homer Private
Moran, John F . Sergeant
Mulry, Edmund Private
Myers, John M . Private
O'Brien, John J . Private
Ogden, James M . Private
Olsen, William C . Private
Painter, Ernest Private
Pasquale, Frank Private
Pearlman, Nathan G . Private First Class
Porter, Jack S . First Sergeant
Powel, Adelbert T . Private First Class
Prendergreast, George A . Private First Class
Rosenblum, Isidore M . Private
Ruege, William E . Private First Class
Schulman, Henry Private
Slesenger, Albert Sergeant
Strohmeyer, Charles J . Private First Class
Tietelbaum, Bernard Private
Timmins, John C . Private
Weekly, Ola W.* ....... Private