Tuesday, July 8, 2014

"Two Hale Fellows and All Wet"

Signal Corps USA 19800
Lt Hughes and Capt Cobb of
Hdqt Staff. Two "hale fellows
all wet".

[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924027944598/cu31924027944598_djvu.txt]
19800 E15o9G8]. Lieut. H. C. Hughes, aid to Gen. Pershing, and Capt. Cobb, aid
to Gen. Morton. Montreux-Jeune, Alsace, Germany. August 20, 1918.





The Port Chaussée at Verdun



Signal Corps USA 45186
The Port Chaussée at Verdun
2/4/19

Port Chaussée

The Tour Chaussée (Chaussée tower), also known as the Port Chausée (Chausée gate), was built in 1380. [http://www.tourisme-verdun.fr/en_tour-chaussee.php]

Verdun

Verdun was the site of the Battle of Verdun (World War I), which was one of the longest and costliest battles in the war. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdun]

420 mm German shell

Signal Corps USA 26196
A 420 MM German shell fired into Hdq 29th Div 
at Vacherauville, but which failed to explode,
compared 
with an American 75 MM shell.
Oct 10, 1918.

Photo Plane and French Pilot

Signal Corps USA 19799
Photo plane and French pilot
Valdoie, Haute Marne
June 1918

[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924027944598/cu31924027944598_djvu.txt]
BOYD, CARL [col., aid-de-camp to Com. in Chief]
HUGHES,. — tlst lieut.]
Alsace



A Wayside Shrine

Signal Corps USA 19797
A wayside shrine
Prauthoy, Haute Marne
France

Marker Inscription

The inscription on the marker reads "O curs ave spes unica", which is a Latin expression meaning "Hail to the Cross, our only hope"

A Hole in the Roof

Signal Corps USA 19795
A dugout in the first line trench of 29th Div,
showing hole in the roof made by a German
shell which killed the guard but did not explode.
Carspach Woods, Alsace, Germany
August 18, 1918