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diff --git a/33932.txt b/33932.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b657ced --- /dev/null +++ b/33932.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1823 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of Company B, 307th Infantry, by Julius Klausner + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Company B, 307th Infantry + Its history, honor roll, company roster, Sept., 1917, May, 1919 + +Author: Julius Klausner + +Release Date: October 12, 2010 [EBook #33932] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COMPANY B, 307TH INFANTRY *** + + + + +Produced by Patrick Hopkins and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was +produced from images generously made available by The +Internet Archive/American Libraries.) + + + + + +Transcriber's Note + +- Illustration captions in {brackets} have been added by the transcriber +for reader convenience. + +- The position of some illustrations has been changed to improve +readability. + +- Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. In all +other cases geographical references, spelling, hyphenation, and +capitalization have been retained as in the original publication. + + * * * * * + + + + + [Illustration: {Statue of Liberty with "77"}] + + + + + [Illustration: _U. S. Official Photo_ + _La Foret de Nesle, France. 307th Infantry in France_] + + + + + COMPANY B + 307th INFANTRY + + ITS + HISTORY + HONOR ROLL + COMPANY ROSTER + + + + Sept., 1917 [Illustration: AEF] May, 1919 + + + + _Compiled by_ + Julius Klausner, Jr. + 1920 + + + + ============================================================= + Upton * Flanders * Vosges * Lorraine * Vesle * Argonne * Home + ============================================================= + + + + + [Illustration: _We Who Live Remember--_] + +And remembering, we shall always seek to justify the self-sacrifice made +by those companions who trained with us and fought with us but whom by +virtue of their supreme service, we returned without. + +They died, but being dead, live on, and their spirits beckon us to +strive toward that for which they died. + +The flag was their shrine--the fields of France their tomb--and they +shall ever be wreathed with God's great glory. + + [Illustration: (C) _Underwood & Underwood_ + MAJOR-GENERAL ROBERT ALEXANDER + Commander of the Seventy-Seventh Division] + + + + +Major-General Robert Alexander to Company B + + +GREETINGS! + +I am very glad that Company B--307th Infantry is putting into this form +the many memories of the Great War which remain with those of us who +participated therein as bright spots in our path through life. + +The work done by the 77th Division was most notable and in that work +Company B--307th Infantry took full part and contributed its full share. +The record of the Company is one of which any organization might well be +extremely proud. It took part in the operations in the Vosges; on the +line of the Vesle; and in the advance from the Vesle to the Aisne--the +77th Division being the _only_ American division to reach the latter +river. In the Argonne-Meuse Offensive which brought the war to a +successful conclusion, the Company, with its Regiment, Brigade, and +Division, played a noteworthy part. The battle losses incurred by +Company B and the battle honors conferred upon members thereof speak for +themselves. + +Not the least of the Company's exploits was that which, culminating on +the evening of October 7th, 1918, brought relief to the long-beleaguered +Battalion under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles W. +Whittlesey--the so-called "Lost" Battalion. + +The officer to whom was granted the supreme honor of sharing with you as +your Divisional Commander the toils, the dangers, and the honors of that +supreme campaign salutes you! No Commander could ask more loyal support +from his comrades of all ranks than was freely given me. For your future +careers in civil life or wherever Fortune may lay your paths, you will +carry with you my sincere best wishes and my affectionate regard. The +qualities of courage, fidelity, and loyalty displayed by you during your +service as soldiers will be, I am sure, at the disposal of your Country +as well in Peace as they were in War. + + [Illustration: Signature] + _Formerly Major-General in Command of the 77th Division._ + +November 19th, 1919. + + + + + [Illustration: CAPTAIN BLANTON BARRETT + _Killed in Action, July 21st, 1918_ ] + + + + + ============================================================= + Upton * Flanders * Vosges * Lorraine * Vesle * Argonne * Home + ============================================================= + + +THE HISTORY OF COMPANY B + +307th INFANTRY + + +Camp Upton--September 10th to April 5th + +Invited--all of us. And we trooped down Yaphank-way, out +on Long Island, as tho bound for a picnic. Which, for a week, it was. +Then we were brought up short. On September 17, 1917, the 77th Division +came to life. One of the first units to be organized within the division +was Company B--307th Infantry, formed also on September 17th. + +Immediately we were on paper as a regular unit, we quickly took +semblance of a military organization. Under the leadership of Captain +Blanton Barrett, 1st Lieutenant Alexander D. B. Pratt, and 2d +Lieutenants Philip Cheney and Everett A. Butterfield, we were gradually +whipped into an efficient machine. Corporals were made and +unmade--sergeants came and went--and we were drilled, drilled, drilled. + +We had exchanged our hair mattresses for straw, our china for tin, our +homes for barracks, and they made us like it. At first we occupied but +one building,--a rambling two-story affair having bunk rooms on all the +upper floor. The lower floor was given over to kitchen, mess hall, and +recreation room. The recreation room, however, was short lived, for as +we grew in numbers it became necessary to fill it with bunks. And then, +when we had grown to full strength--two hundred and fifty officers and +men--we overflowed into another barracks of which we occupied half of +both upper and lower floors. + +The advantages of a billiard table, a piano, and a talking machine were +ours. We supported a miniature barber shop and a tailor. Talent we had +a-plenty, and we ran our own shows. + +But we drilled, drilled, drilled. And we had schools--lots of 'em. When +we were not doing the "school of the soldier", we attended bayonet +school. The "school of the squad" divided time with gas instruction. The +study of the automatic rifle was complicated, but so was the "school of +the platoon". We practiced the manual of arms and learned how to throw +hand grenades. Little by little we were perfected in the art of +thinking, and knowing, and doing, the right thing at the right time. + + [Illustration: _Camp Upton, New York. Bird's-eye View from Tower + Hill_] + +Early in 1918 we felt ready. On Washington's Birthday our division +paraded down Fifth Avenue a complete fighting machine. We were prepared +for the next move and the cheers of the crowds had barely died when it +came. + + +Upton to France--April 6th to April 20th + +On the night of April 5th we were ordered to roll packs. We stacked our +bunks and drew ammunition. And we were posted on a vigil of waiting. +April 6th, 1918, Saturday, was the first anniversary of America's +declaration of war. At two-thirty on that morning, in an air pleasantly +crisp and flooded with moonlight, we marched to the railroad and +entrained. Leaving Camp Upton at three-fifteen, we pulled into Long +Island City just in time to be greeted by the usual six o'clock factory +whistles. + +A waiting ferry engulfed our battalion and we were transported down the +East River, around the Battery, and up the Hudson to Pier 59, at the +foot of West Eighteenth Street, Manhattan. A methodical transfer was +accomplished from the squat and stunted ferry to the gigantic but little +known _Justicia_. + +While still under process of construction in the shipyards at Belfast, +in Ireland, for the Holland American Line, the _Statendam_ was +commandeered by Great Britain at the beginning of the European war and +was operated as a transport under the name _Justicia_ by the White Star +Line. She was at the time the fifth largest vessel afloat and that she +was the especial prey of the German undersea navy is indicated by the +fact that a submarine attacked her on a subsequent trip from England to +the United States, on July 20th, and after a dramatic engagement lasting +some twenty-four hours, she was sunk. Fourteen of a crew of seven +hundred were lost. + +All day men and equipment poured onto the decks and into the hold of the +giant transport. Our entire regiment and one battalion of the 308th +Infantry were quartered between decks. Next morning, before reveille, +the _Justicia_ slipped quietly down New York Bay, thru Ambrose Channel, +and into the Atlantic. + +B Company had no quarters _de luxe_. We were crowded into small +space--Section K--far down on D deck, with sleeping hammocks slung over +our mess tables. And our mess, served by the British, was a sorry series +of meals. We were compelled to wear during the day, and to sleep with +during the night, ungainly life preservers. But discomforts were +subordinated to the interest in our new surroundings. The mysteries of +the big ship, its spotless engine-room, the intricacies of navigation, +the precautions against possible attack,--all held us. + + [Illustration: _Among Those Present--A Group of NCO'S at Camp_] + +On leaving New York we pursued a northerly course, and at nine o'clock +that night anchor was dropped in lower Bedford Bay, at Halifax. Early +next morning we steamed up into the inner harbor and before us lay the +sadly devastated city of Halifax. Immense areas of the city had been +totally destroyed by the explosion resulting from the collision between +a Belgian relief ship and one bearing a cargo of explosives. + +That day and the next, while waiting for our convoy to assemble, was +spent in practicing with lowered boats. + +Late on the afternoon of April 9th our convoy of ten passenger and cargo +ships passed out of the harbor, sped by the cheers of the crews of two +American battleships. We were escorted by _U. S. S. St. Louis_ and _H. +M. S. Victoria_. + +Boat drill, a well-ordered scramble for life boats, took place twice +daily. Each morning we indulged in strenuous setting-up exercises in +order that we might remain in trim. Practice with depth bombs and smoke +screens helped to relieve the tedium of the long trip. + +As we neared our unknown destination, our escort was increased by ten +British torpedo boat destroyers. Veritable sea dogs they were, darting +every which-way, breasting wave after wave, ever watchful for the tricky +Hun. + +And then, on Friday. April 19th, land! Just a ridge above the +horizon--the blue hills of Wales--but already we could feel in our +imaginations the solidity which our unsailorly legs had missed. + +As the day waned we sighted the lighthouse at the mouth of the River +Mersey. With cheers of relief we were permitted to doff our bulky life +belts. Just before dusk we entered the Mersey, passing closely by the +beautiful seaside resort of New Brighton. + +Forging up the river we reached Liverpool and, at nine o'clock that +evening, after almost fourteen days afloat, our transport was moored. +The city, as we saw it from the decks of the _Justicia_, lay quietly, +with lights beginning to twinkle in the increasing gloom. + +One by one the companies formed and debarked, and at 11:15 P.M. B +Company marched down the gang plank, thru half-lighted sheds, into those +curious side-door railway cars so peculiar to Europe. Exactly at +midnight our train pulled out of Liverpool. At 3:00 A.M. a short stop +for hot coffee was made at Rugby. We passed thru the outskirts of London +at 6:00 A.M. and at nine-twenty the train rolled into the terminal at +Dover. + +The private yacht of Belgium's Queen Elizabeth had been pressed into +service as a cross-channel ferry and in this royal craft, under escort +of destroyers, aeroplanes, and dirigibles, we crossed to Calais in an +hour and thirty-five minutes. The crossing was enlivened when two +riflemen of the crew took to firing at mines that endangered our +passage. + + +Picardy and Flanders--April 20th to June 10th + + [Illustration: (C) _Underwood & Underwood_ + _"Let's Go!" Washington's Birthday, 1918_] + +Once in Calais we found that we divided honors with Company C of our +regiment in being the first two National Army companies to land in +France, having debarked on French soil April 20, 1918. + +That night we experienced our first real touch of war. Sheltered in +tents in British Rest Camp No. 6, we received a call of welcome from a +squadron of Jerry aeroplanes. A truly thrilling reception it was, with +the thunder of Hun bombs alternating with the "ping!" of British +anti-aircraft guns,--and thru it all the "pat-pat" of a multitude of +machine guns. But best of all, there were no casualties. + +Next day we spent in adding to our equipment gas masks and trench +helmets and we exchanged our American Enfield rifles for British +Enfields,--lighter, shorter pieces having a magazine capacity of ten +rounds of ammunition. + +April 23d introduced us to the famous little "_40 hommes--8 chevaux_" +box-cars of the French. A three-hour journey in these brought us to the +British base at Audruicq. Our first real hike started from here and +ended at Zouafques, a little village in Picardy. We occupied some of the +best sheep-pens, cattle stalls, and hen roosts in town and during our +five-week stay we became really comfortable inhabitants. + +Zouafques proved to be a sort of military high school, where we polished +our elementary knowledge of tactics. Our "noncoms" were sent to +specialized schools in scouting, sniping, musketry, automatic rifles, +grenades, and infantry tactics. The instruction, as well as the food and +equipment, was distinctly British. + +Five weeks of this work and we took our next step trench-ward. Hiking +from Zouafques at 1.30 A.M., May 13th, we entrained _a la chevaux_ at +Audruicq. A day's journey _via_ Calais, Boulogne, Etaps, and Doullens +brought us to Mondrecourt, in Flanders. Then an almost heartbreaking +hike thru Pas to the war-worn village of Couin. + +Our assimilation by the British forces became most complete when we +found ourselves brigaded with a battalion of the Lancashire Fusileers of +the 125th British Brigade. Our position was in reserve of the British +lines north of Amiens and southwest of Arras. + +Here another five weeks of training gave us the right to work alone. +Once again we traded rifles, retrieving our American guns, and on June +6th we started on a three-day march. Thru Gezaincourt, Bernaville, Ailly +le-Haut Clocher, to Pont Remy, where we entrained. + + +Vosges and the Lorraine--June 11th to August 7th + +Two days by rail, _via_ Amiens, Versailles, Bar-le-Duc, and Nancy, and +we detrained on June 11th at Thaon, in the Vosges. Then an intermittent +hike, with stops at Longchamps, Destord, and Menil, passing thru +Rambervillers and Baccarat, to Vacqueville, in the Lorraine. + +A stirring incident occurred _en route_ when we passed the boys of the +old Sixty-Ninth New York Regiment. Brooklyn hailed Brooklyn; Harlem +called to Harlem; Bronx met Bronx. It was a breath of home to the +already veteran Sixty-Ninth and more than a cheering welcome to us. + +We shared Vacqueville with a battalion of the Alabama regiment of the +42d "Rainbow" Division. Advance parties were sent into the lines to +acquaint themselves with the position which we were to take over. And in +the dead of night, on June 20th-21st, Company B took over that part of +the line between Ancerviller and Badonviller designated as P. C. (post +commandant) Hameau and P. C. Montreux. + +The first and second platoons of our Company held a position in the +Grand Bois (Big Woods), a section of forest southeast of Ancerviller. +The second and third platoons and Company headquarters occupied the +ruined village of St. Maurice. St. Maurice was a part of the line at +this point and had been subjected at different times to severe shelling. +Only bare skeletons of the buildings remained and any nook or cranny +between sections of walls and under a bit of roof was used as shelter. +Deserted cellars had been bolstered, reinforced, and barricaded so that +they would serve as shell-proof protection in the event of attack. + + +The First Gas Attack + +It was usually Fritz's intention to place a harassing barrage on any +section of the line where he knew that a relief was being effected. But +he was less watchful than usual when we went in. + + [Illustration: _U. S. Official Photo_ + _"Hotel de Barn"--Showing Barber Shop and Reading and Writing + Rooms_] + +The enemy awoke, however, three days later, on the morning of Monday, +June 24th, and attacked our regimental outposts. In order to effectively +prevent any assistance being rendered by the platoons stationed in St. +Maurice, a heavy barrage was laid on the town beginning at 3:30 A.M. +During the early part of the shelling the continual use of H. E.'s +(high explosive shells), with an occasional gas shell, served to keep +the men not only penned in their bomb-proof cellars, but also forced the +continued use of gas masks. Gradually the H. E.'s were interspersed with +gas shells until a point was reached where far more gas shells than high +explosives fell into the town, resulting in a heavy blanket of phosgene, +mustard, and lachrymatory gases settling over the position. + +The barrage did not lift until 6:00 A.M. and when it did the platoons +were forced to take a defensive position to guard against any possible +success of the enemy. + +During the night before the attack, the men had been digging until a +late hour on a system of trench defense. This entailed a lack of sleep +which, together with the continued wearing of the gas mask and the +exposure endured immediately after the barrage, weakened their +resistance to such an extent as to make them easy victims to the +poisonous gases. + +Seventy-nine men were forced to the hospital by the effects of the +combined phosgene and mustard. Among them were our first sergeant, +supply and mess sergeants, all but one of our cooks, and both mechanics, +which left us decidedly crippled. + +The shadow of our losses was deepened when we heard that Cook George +Alberts, always popular, had died from gas inhaled while trying to +prepare the company breakfast in a gas-filled kitchen. He was our first +loss by death. + + [Illustration: _U. S. Official Photo_ + _Shell-Proof Dugout--A Shelter in St. Maurice_] + +An immediate result of our losses was the extra work shouldered by those +who had escaped any of the serious effects. The men left in St. Maurice +remained on constant guard until the Company was relieved several days +later. + +During the short rest period that followed, a reorganization of the +Company was accomplished and we again entered the lines in July, taking +over P. C.'s Hameau and Montreux, as before. + + +The Daylight Raid + +On Sunday, July 21st, a patrol of fifty-two men from our Company, +accompanied by two medical first-aid men, engaged in a raid on the +German trenches at two-thirty in the afternoon. The party advanced on +the enemy lines in single file, divided in four groups which were +respectively commanded by Sergeant Todd, Captain Barrett, Sergeant +Bromback and Lieutenant Mohlke. + +The intent was to surprise the enemy with a daylight raid and thereby +obtain information thru capture and observation. But either thru +knowledge or by chance, the Germans had prepared against this maneuver +and the surprise was reversed. + +Waiting until our patrol was fairly within their lines, and then +partially surrounding them, the enemy centered upon our men a deadly +fire of rifles, machine guns, and grenades. The raiders fought valiantly +in return but were outnumbered four to one. After an hour's fighting, +seventeen of our party, including Captain Barrett, lay dead, and sixteen +were captured. Of the twenty-one who returned, thirteen were wounded. We +were informed by two German prisoners captured a few days later that +seventeen Germans had been killed. + +The loss sustained in this daylight raid occasioned considerable +comment, chiefly because it was generally believed that Captain Barrett +had misread his orders,--that the time for action had really read 2:30 +A.M. instead of 2:30 P.M. This, however, is quite untrue, inasmuch as +all the Company officers, as well as the supply sergeant and company +clerk, were conversant with the orders. Captain Barrett's immediate +battalion and regimental superiors were present at or near the time of +action and possessed full knowledge of the entire plan. + +The defeat was caused solely by the lack of the intended element of +surprise. Whether or not the enemy had possession of our plans, and if +they had possession, how they obtained it, is something we shall never +know. + + [Illustration: _The Baccarat Sector, Showing St. Maurice and the + Grand Bois_] + +A telegram was received by the Divisional Commander from General +Headquarters to the effect that the entire action had been investigated +and found creditable. + +The casualties suffered from the raid, together with those resulting +from the gas attack of June 24th, so depleted the Company as to make an +immediate relief imperative and that same night Company L took over our +sector. + +A subsequent reorganization of the entire regiment distributed the men +of the various companies so that all would have an equal strength. Our +numbers were so few that we lost none of our men in this process but +instead received increases not only from many of the other companies, +but also from the 76th New England Division. + +As tribute to those men whom we had lost, a Company B mass was held at +the Catholic Church in Vacqueville at which Chaplain Father Walsh of +our battalion officiated. The entire strength of the Company was +present. + +Another rest and another turn up front, after which the entire division +was relieved by the 37th Ohio and Kentucky Division. Once again we +crossed the Vosges, halting for three days at Seranville. Leaving there, +we bivouaced for a night in the Foret de Charmes and entrained at +Charmes next morning, August 7th, at dawn. + + +From the Vesle to the Aisne--August 10th to September 15th + + [Illustration: _The Advance from the Vesle to the Aisne_] + +Two days later, August 10th, we took transport on an immense train of +motor trucks--"lorries" we called them, after the English. They were +driven by Indo-Chinese serving under the French. After nine cramped but +interesting hours--we passed thru Chateau-Thierry--our trip ended at +Fere en Tardenois. For three days we camped in a small wood and then we +moved to a position supporting the attack on Fismes. We were stationed +in the Bois de la Pissotti, adjoining the Foret de Nesle. While there we +were engaged in digging a series of reserve trenches near +Mont-sur-Courville. + +On August 28th the battalion moved around Chery-Chartreuve to a position +east of Le Pres Farm. September 1st we again shifted, this time crossing +the Vesle and relieving the Third Battalion, just east of Bazoches. Here +we repulsed a raiding party, inflicting heavy losses upon the enemy. We +were then moved to a ravine, which gave us the opportunity of taking a +two-day rest. + +Our next move brought us to face with the enemy just south of Merval, +where we took a position in an exposed field, our only protection being +the individual "funk holes" which had been deserted by the retreating +German troops. + +After three days of little water and practically no food, at 5:30 on the +afternoon of September 8th--still brilliant daylight--we crawled from +our funk holes and, each squad in single file in formation known as +"squad columns", we advanced against German artillery in an effort to +straighten the line. As we reached the outskirts of Merval we were +subjected to an intense barrage of H. E.'s, suffering the loss of four +men killed and five injured. + + [Illustration: _Our Path Thru the Argonne_] + +No gain was made by this sortie and we drew back to our funk-hole +position awaiting further developments. + +Early on the morning of September 14th, supported by a barrage laid down +by combined American, French, and Italian artillery, we attacked the +enemy position that lay on the far side of the Ravine Merval. + +The advance was made down the side of the valley in the face of a +withering fire of enemy machine guns. Tho suffering heavy casualties, +our progress was unchecked and we swarmed up the opposite slope with +undiminished vigor. So rapid were our gains that we had to pause to +allow our flanks to catch up. Our Third Platoon was so far ahead of the +line of advance as to be mistaken by the commander of the cooperating +French forces for a body of the enemy and it required considerable +persuasion to correct his misconception. The day's end saw the German +horde driven across the Aisne, and we were well beyond our original +objective. But we had advanced true to form. Commenting on a previous +attack made by another American unit, a French officer had remarked: +"The Americans,--they are fools. Tell them to take one trench,--and they +take _three_!" + +We had been operating on the line of the Vesle with several divisions +but the 77th was the only American division to drive its way to the +Aisne. + +Our gains were paid for with numerous casualties and when we received +our relief it was thoroly welcome. It had been our longest consecutive +stretch in the front line and we suffered not only from battle losses +but we had also endured the utmost privation. Short rations, little +water, exposed positions, and the constant necessity for watchfulness +had undermined our strength to an unusual degree. We had been operating +on the will to accomplish rather than on food and water. + +An Italian unit relieved our Company and we withdrew to a reserve +position in the Vesle Valley, east of Fismes. Here, on the night of +September 16th, our division was relieved by an Italian division and we +pulled out of the sector. + +We looked forward to a period of rest, but it was not to be. Twenty +kilometres of hiking brought us to the Arcis le Ponsart Forest, where we +bivouaced for a day. Then into lorries for an all-night ride to Le +Chatelier-sur-Marne, where our losses were replaced by a detachment from +the 40th "Sunshine" Division. Two days of speculating as to our chances +for a rest terminated when on the night of September 20th we were +ordered to roll packs. We stepped off on a thirty-two kilometre hike at +1:00 A.M., _via_ St. Menehould and Florent, and seventeen hours later we +dragged ourselves into the Foret de Maisons Petites where we were +quartered in barracks at the edge of the Argonne Forest. + + +The Argonne--September 26th to November 11th + +The memorable and decisive drive known as the Argonne-Meuse Offensive +started on September 26th. That day found us entrenched near the main +road at Florent,--a position in reserve of the 1st Army Corps. + +Actual operations were started that night, when the entire cannon of +half a hundred divisions poured forth on the enemy its scorching fire. +Next morning we moved to a position north of Florent, and three days +later we moved thru the town of Le Four de Paris into those trenches +north of La Harazee that had been deserted by the 122d German Regiment +of the 2d Landwehr Division. + + +The "Lost" Battalion + +October 2d we left the reserve and assumed a support position. On that +day the forces in the line drove forward, but in the execution of the +advance Companies E, H, I, K, L, and M of the 308th Infantry and Company +K of the 307th Infantry found themselves trapped by the enemy on a hill +north of the Bois de la Buironne. These units were the only ones to +reach their objective but by thus advancing ahead of their flanks, they +gave the enemy an opportunity to surround them. In this hazardous +position they struggled as the "Lost" Battalion. + + [Illustration: _U. S. Official Photo_ + _Grim Business in the Argonne_ + _A Unit of the 307th Infantry Waiting Orders to "Mop Up"_] + +We went forward to their relief on October 4th, but were held back by +the effective machine-gun fire of the enemy. Next day we again strove to +extricate the besieged battalion, but again we failed. Certain enemy +machine guns were so placed that their hail of death was impassable. +They seemed an insurmountable obstacle in the path of the entire 307th +Infantry. The men of Company B knew that the machine-gun positions of +the enemy must be taken. There was nothing, at that moment, that counted +more than the capture of these positions. So on October 6th we attacked, +giving no thought to risk. We did what we thought would have been +impossible before we knew that it had to be done. Persistently we +attacked in the face of the enemy fire and as the German resistance +gradually weakened, we took the heretofore impregnable positions. Seven +of our men were that day cited for exceptional bravery. + +On October 7th our division organized a concerted attack on the German +lines. We realized the awful plight of the "Lost" Battalion and all day +we fought against the enemy machine-gun nests. One by one they were +silenced, and at 5:00 P.M. Company B, alone of all the division, +succeeded in reaching and saving the "Lost" Battalion. The Germans were +driven beyond the hill and once more the line was straightened out. + + +Grand-Pre + +Another week and we had driven the Germans across the River Aire. We +remained in a clump of woods until October 16th and then, not even +waiting for our engineers to throw their bridges across the Aire, we +waded the river and drove against Grand-Pre, which was the keystone of +the enemy defense in the sector opposed by our division. + + [Illustration: _U. S. Official Photo_ + _The Ruined Prize--Grand-Pre, Captured October 16th, 1918_] + +We were stubbornly opposed by the 253d German Infantry of the 76th +Reserve Division. Again and again we assaulted the position and finally, +after a running fight thru the streets, the town was ours and the +American wedge was in a fair way to split the entire German defense. + +We pulled out of the line on October 17th and withdrew 10 kilometres to +a small forest near Apremont, being relieved by the 78th New Jersey +Division. As usual, there was no rest, and on October 21st we moved to +Fleville for a three-day stretch of trench digging. October 31st was +spent in digging trenches in the Chattel Valley. + +We resumed our activities at the front on November 2d, keeping in mind +that half injunction, half promise, credited to General Pershing: "Hell, +Heaven, or Hoboken by Christmas!" We gave little thought to Heaven and +less to Hell but, we were beginning to long for Hoboken, and we went +forward with irresistible determination. Hiking _via_ St. Juvin to +Thenorgues, we loaded into motor trucks. Unloading close to the lines, +we swung into immediate action and on November 3d we wrested the village +of Fontenoy from the 45th German Reserve Division, the following day +capturing the village of Oches from the 76th German Reserve Division. + + +Stonne + +Stonne, a village of strategical importance, was next selected by the +enemy as a point of resistance. On November 5th the combined strength of +our entire Regiment was hurled against the 195th German Division, and +Stonne fell to us. The capture succeeded in liberating a French +population that for four years had been under the dominance of an enemy +army. + + [Illustration: _The Company Sergeants. Camp Mills, May 1st, 1919_] + +The enemy by this time was retreating fast, and so closely did we press +them, we were far in advance of our cannon. The progress of the big guns +was much delayed by poor roads, but the spirit of victors was in us all +and little did we miss our artillery. + +In quick succession we took town after town, the enemy losing to us in +one day,--November 6th,--the villages of Raucourt, Haraucourt, +Angecourt, and Remilly. The terror-stricken Hun gave little resistance +and we kept within five minutes of their rear guard. + + +The Armistice + +We came to a halt on the banks of the Meuse, four miles from the +historic city of Sedan and, after augmenting our depleted ranks by +replacement from the 38th "Cyclone" Division, we organized for what we +hoped would be our final attack. + +But the final attack had already been made. The unconquerable Argonne +had been conquered; a ruthless enemy was vanquished. + +Germany sued for Peace with defeat rather than face peace with Death. +The last shot was fired at the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the +Eleventh Month, Nineteen Eighteen, and we rested on our arms worn and +tired, but victorious and happy. + +The joy of accomplishment was ours and we celebrated the declaration of +the armistice in a spirit far more triumphant than relieved. + +On November 12th the same French who had laughed at us in pity as we +shouldered their task in the Argonne, hailed us with gratitude as they +took over our positions. + +The march from the Meuse to our rest base in the Chateauvillain area +took twenty-four days and covered 300 kilometres. It was an intermittent +hike and we stopped successively at La Berliere, Oches, Harricourt, +Fleville, Le Four de Paris, Florent, Sivry-sur-Ante, Noyers, Andernay, +Hoericourt, Eclaron, Fresnay, Maisons, and Bayel, arriving at our base +in Lanty on December 5th. + +It was soon apparent that altho we had been spared the alternatives we +still were not going to see Hoboken before Christmas. So we made +ourselves comfortable and settled down to a long stay. + +It was necessary to the maintenance of discipline and the morale of the +army that drills should be continued, and as well as any recruit, we +were once again schooled in the finesse of the salute, the art of the +right face, and the strategy of shoulder arms. We engaged in manouvers +to practice the lessons that we learned in the Argonne. And we passed in +reviews before princes, generals, and congressmen. Time passed: not too +quickly, but still it passed. + + +Christmas, 1918 + +Christmas was not the dreary day a Christmas away from home usually is. +We had much for which to be thankful, and the intervening miles between +Lanty and Home were no bar to those good wishes that came from our +folks. + +We celebrated, we ate, and we played Santa Claus. A tree was erected in +the centre of the village and we passed out to the civilian population +candy and biscuits and tobacco. The women and children and men sincerely +appreciated our tokens, and happiness reigned. + +The mess sergeant had an inspiration of genius and he served us with a +truly Christmas dinner. + +New Year's Day was red-lettered with another meal worthy of our mess +sergeant's reputation. The holiday season was over and we entered upon +the new year full of new hopes and ambitions. + + +Home + +Not until February 9th was another move made. Then, _en freight car_, we +journeyed to the Le Mans area, detraining at Poille from whence we hiked +to La Roches Farm, near Auvers-le-Hamon. April 15th we entrained at +Sable for Brest, where we were quartered at Camp Pontazaine. + + [Illustration: (C)_Underwood & Underwood_ + _"La Guerre est Fini!" The Parade on Our Return. May 6th, 1919_] + +On April 19th, exactly one year after our arrival at Liverpool, we were +lightered out to the United States Transport _America_. + +A fast ship and smooth waters combined to give us a rapid and enjoyable +voyage and we docked at Hoboken at 9:00 A.M., April 28th. We proceeded +to Camp Mills, Mineola, Long Island, where immediate passes gave us the +opportunity to greet our home folks, eat home meals, and sleep in +regular beds. + +The Company moved on May 5th to the armory of the 22d New York Engineers +in New York City to await final orders for the parade of welcome +arranged by New York City. + +We formed for the parade near Washington Square at 8:00 A.M. next +morning and at 10:00 A.M. we marched out to Fifth Avenue and swept up +that thorofare to the acclaim of a million throats. No greeting could +have been more sincere, no welcome more impressive, and this, our last +hike as Company B, was a march of glory. + +We returned to Camp Upton, our first station and our last, and we were +demobilized on May 9th, 1919, to return to our respective states. Ours +was a truly American company, composed of true and representative +Americans. Our homes lay in thirty-two different states, scattered +between New York and Maine in the east, Minnesota and the Dakotas in the +north, Utah, Oregon, and California in the west, and Texas, Louisiana, +and Florida in the south. + +So ends the History of Company B. We were mustered out of the service +military, but the spirit that withstood the Lorraine, the valor that +gained the Aisne, and the fire that conquered the Argonne, lives on, and +we have banded ourselves together so that we may, in the words of our +commander, Major General Robert Alexander, "serve our Country as well in +Peace as we did in War". + + +Sept., 1917 [Illustration: AEF] May, 1919 + + + + + [Illustration: THEY SLEEP + + GEORGE ALBERTS + CLAIR ANDREWS + BARNEY BARDMAN D.S.C. + BLANTON BARRETT + CHRISTIAN A. BATY + RAFFELE BIBO + JOHN BLACKBURN + JACOB BORKER + HUGH A. BRADY + LOUIS BRETH + WILLIAM F. BROPHY + CLAUDE C. BROWER + FRANK W. BURKE + MICHAEL CARLO + WALTER CASSIDY + FRANK CHARLES + JAMES CONNER + JAMES L. CRONIN + RICHARD CULLEN + JOHN P. DOLAN + JOSEPH V. DOMKUS + HYMAN FISHFANGER + ROBERT FLANAGAN + JAMES FOLLIAT, JR. + IRVING H. FRIEDMAN + HUGO GARBADEN + GEORGE E. GERRETT + JOHN GROVE + CLARENCE I. GRUBBS + JOSEPH P. HANLEY + SALIE HAUSNER + GEORGE L. HICKY + CHARLES L. KAURIN + JOSEPH KAYES + JOHN E. KELLY + PETER KNAB + MICHAEL MCCORMICK + MARTIN MCHUGH + ANDREW MCKINLEY + W. ALAN MATHEWS + EARL MILLSAP D.S.C. + ROYAL E. MORRIS + CHARLES MUNZINGER + ALFRED W. NICKERSON + PRIVATE NOONAN + WILLIAM OTTO + ALBERT C. PETERSON, D.S.C. + ERNEST W. PETERSON + PRIVATE PLAUMAN + ALBERT PRITCHARD + WILLIAM R. REID, D.S.C. + JOHN P. RHYNARD + ALBERT J. ROBARE + JAMES ROBINSON + W. ROZICHUCK + GEORGE F. RUSSELL + ELMER O. SELLERS + PRIVATE SCHILDKNECHT + BENJAMIN SILVERMAN + FRANK SKEETS + FRANK STANISKI + JOSEPH STRAUSS + MAURICE WACHTEL + JAMES WALSH + G. H. WOODS + PAUL ZUKASKY] + + + + + [Illustration: ROOKIES--_Camp Upton_.] + +THE ROSTER OF COMPANY B + + Major Weston C. Jenkins, D. S. C. 208 West Thomas St., Rome, N. Y. + Major Fred A. Tillman, Legion of + Honor 19 Commercial St., Boston, Mass. + Captain Blanton Barrett, DECEASED Chamblee, Georgia. + *Captain Everett A. Butterfield, + Black Star Lambs' Club, New York. + Captain Philip Cheney South Manchester, Connecticut. + Captain Alexander D. B. Pratt 120 Broadway, New York. + Captain Alonzo D. Slagle Address unknown. + Captain Howard S. Smith New Haven, Connecticut. + 1st Lieutenant Joseph D. M. Adrian, + Jr. 50 Broad St., New York. + 1st Lieutenant Marcus L. Chasins 27 William St., New York. + 1st Lieutenant Alexander J. + Gillespie 251 West 81st St., New York. + 1st Lieutenant Kenneth C. Lincoln 29 Bedford St., Fall River, Mass. + 1st Lieutenant George S. Mott Scranton, Pennsylvania. + 1st Lieutenant William R. Reid, + D. S. C., DECEASED Brooklyn, New York. + 1st Lieutenant Harry R. Weiman St. Louis, Missouri. + 2d Lieutenant Atwood New York City. + 2d Lieutenant William Eliot Long Island City, New York. + 2d Lieutenant Clarence I. Grubbs, + DECEASED Kansas City, Missouri. + 2d Lieutenant Foster A. Gunn Main St., Ottawa, Kan. + 2d Lieutenant Arthur J. Hamblen 150 West 106th St., New York. + 2d Lieutenant F. Hartig Address unknown. + 2d Lieutenant Hardon Yale Club, New York. + 2d Lieutenant Harrison McCann 2156 Cortelyou Road, Brooklyn, N. Y. + 2d Lieutenant George C. Mohlke 816 Grand Ave., Racine, Wis. + 2d Lieutenant O'Connell, DECEASED New York City. + 2d Lieutenant Thomas O'Sullivan New York City. + 2d Lieutenant William Randall New York City. + 2d Lieutenant James Schofield 88 Main St., North Andover, Mass. + 2d Lieutenant Austin W. Woolford Virginia. + *1st Lieutenant William F. Babor 417 East 75th St., New York. + *1st Lieutenant Arthur D. Bromback 41 Division St., New Rochelle, N. Y. + *1st Lieutenant Raymond S. Hill East St. Louis, Illinois. + *1st Lieutenant Euclid L. Levasseur Farmers Loan & Trust Co., Paris, Fr. + *2d Lieutenant Herbert H. Harris 1445 Broadway, New York. + *2d Lieutenant Arthur S. Hoit 71 Broadway, New York. + *2d Lieutenant Paul F. Hunnewell 287 Main St., Winthrop, Mass. + *2d Lieutenant Louis Katz New York City. + *2d Lieutenant W. Alan Mathews, + DECEASED Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. + *2d Lieutenant David H. Rose 915 Intervale Ave., New York. + *2d Lieutenant Edgar L. Schwartz 10 West 93rd St., New York. + +The officers before whose names has been placed an asterisk (*) were +commissioned from the enlisted ranks of Company B and assigned to duty +with other organizations. + + Elwin Abbott, 188 Crescent St., Rutland, Vt. + Samuel Abrahamson, Nicolet, Minn. + Clarence R. Ackerly, 624 Broad St., Bridgeport, Conn. + Allan Adams, 68 West 102d St., New York. + James Adams, 107 West 89th St., New York. + Adolph Albrecht, 190 East 3d St., New York. + Carl Aldridge, Glen Allen, Ala. + Fred Alexander, Carterville, Ill. + M. Alpert, Watertown, N. Y. + Machis Ambrogio, 412 N. 21st St., Herrin, Ill. + Samuel Anders, McConnells, Ala. + + [Illustration: _N. Y., February, 1918_] + + Lloyd C. Anderson, Binghamton, N. Y. + Robert Angeles, Route 2, Bethpage, Tenn. + Paul Annello, Box 19, Bristol, Conn. + Hugo Antonelli, 732 Nostrand Ave., Bklyn, N. Y. + Paul Antonelli, 732 Nostrand Ave., Bklyn, N. Y. + Nathan Aronson, 26 Norman St., Salem, Mass. + Isaac Ascher, 111 Haverschoff St., Boston. + Elmer O. Barber, Hillsboro, Ore. + Luke M. Barendsen, Valier, Vt. + Robert Barr, 108 West 49th St., New York. + John Barry, Newburgh, N. Y. + Harry Bartlett, Mendon, Utah. + Fred C. Batchellor, 260 Laurel St., Hartford, Conn. + Thomas Baxter, 604 N. Maine St., Butte, Mont. + Herman Beck, 84 Rivington St., New York. + Louis Beckendorf, Brooklyn, N. Y. + William Bell, 158 East 107th St., New York. + Earl D. Bement, Route 3, Sioux Falls, S. D. + David Bennett, 438 52d St., Brooklyn, N. Y. + Thomas Bennett, Seymour, Conn. + Fred Berge, Bismarck, N. D. + Edward Bolma, Hill, Mont. + Paul D. Bond, 208 Cedar Ave., Richmond Hill, N. Y. + J. A. Boyle, Long Island City, N. Y. + Leslie Bradney, Pangborn, Ark. + Charles H. Bradshaw, 179 Bainbridge St., Brooklyn, N. Y. + Michael Bresnan, 95 Myrtle Ave., Ansonia, Conn. + Ralph U. Brett, 701 West 178th St., New York. + William Brunner, 193 Ann St., Newburgh, N. Y. + Harry Buckley, Columbia, Miss. + Volney Burnett, Box 464, Buhl, Idaho. + George Busko, Breckenridge, Minn. + Paul Calandra, 3 Eighth St., Rochester, N. Y. + Frank Camp, Route 10, Shelbyville, Ind. + James Carlin, 1115 Portland Ave., Woodhaven, N. Y. + Albert Carlson, Route 5, Hillsboro, Ore. + Charles J. Carolan, 497 Chauncey St., Bkln, N. Y. + Thomas Carroll, 1894 Third Ave., New York. + Amedeo Caruso, 254 Allen St., Buffalo, N. Y. + Gregory Cavanaugh, 298 Lockwood Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. + Tony Charmonte, 2134 Moody Ave., Chicago. + Nordahl Chilsen, Blue Earth, Minn. + Nels C. Christiansen, Route 31, Tyler, Minn. + Isidore Cohen, 71 West 115th St., New York. + Leroy Connett, 2412 Roosevelt Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. + Patrick Conway, New York. + Frederick Coombs, Freeport, N. Y. + Joseph Coscia, 830 Cortland Ave., New York. + Leo Covert, Newburgh, N. Y. + Edward M. Crimmins, 38 Maiden St., Binghamton, N. Y. + Michael J. Cudmore, 12 Mygott St., Binghamton, N. Y. + Joseph Covington, Meridan, Miss. + George Dahlquist, Winchester, Mass. + Walter L. Daum, Sullivan, Ill. + Antonio De Santis, 768 Vernon Ave., Long Island City, N. Y. + George Diegel, 22 Wissner Ave., Newburgh, N. Y. + A. James DiMaggio, 83 Oldtown Road, Staten Island, N. Y. + Hugh A. Donnelly, 240 Ainslie St., Bklyn, N. Y. + Abraham Drazien, 446 E. 145th St., N. Y. + Fred Durham, Toluca, Ill. + Edward J. Dwyer, 523 North Division St., Buffalo, N. Y. + Elisha Eaves, Route 3, Macon, Miss. + Harold Eckstrom, 148 East 54th St., New York. + William Ehrmann, 138 Carlton Ave., Bkln, N. Y. + Max Eisenberg, 547 83d St., Brooklyn, N. Y. + Elwin M. Eldredge, 780 Jefferson Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. + Lewis Ellenbogen, 531 Bedford Ave., Bkln, N. Y. + Ezra Epstein, 109 Eighth Ave., New York. + Anthony Esposito, South Nyack, N. Y. + Josiah E. Evans, 90 High St., Ansonia, Conn. + Thomas J. Fisher, Lincoln Ave., Bkln, N. Y. + Don Fitzgerald, Wallerville, Miss. + Jerry Flanagan, 76 Michigan Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. + Albert Flass, 121 Ash St., Buffalo, N. Y. + M. Fontanetta, 453 East 186th St., New York. + Charles Freidman, 107 East 2d St., New York. + Hershel Friedland, 215 Caldwell Ave., N. Y. + Samuel Friedman, 634 Kosciusko St., Bkln, N. Y. + Richard Gadd, 375 61st St., Brooklyn, N. Y. + Leslie Gaines, 713 South Huston Ave., Denniston, Tex. + George Gibson, Kimball, S. D. + J. Joseph Gillig, 324 East 4th St., Mount Vernon, N. Y. + Leslie Gleason, St. Mary's Home, Binghamton, N. Y. + + [Illustration: VETERANS--_Auvers-le-Hamon_.] + + Fred A. Gleiforst, 56 Freedom Ave., Richmond Hill, N. Y. + John E. Glynn, 232 Jackson St., Bklyn, N. Y. + Samuel Goldenberg, 647 East 5th St., N. Y. + Ira Gomer, Marion, Pa. + Rossie Goodie, Prairie Elk, Mont. + Max Gordon, 761 Blake Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. + John Greany, 171 East 99th St., New York. + Max Green, 1033 Hoe Ave., New York. + Herman Greening, 1029 Sherman Ave., South Bend, Ind. + Frank Guaracio, 612 Fort Hamilton Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. + Edwin F. Haeg, Route 3, Ronneby, Minn. + Harry Hagen, Box Elder, Mont. + P. M. Hagen, Lansford, N. D. + Virgil M. Hale, Case Creek, Ark. + William J. Halperin, Dixwell Ave., New Haven, Conn. + Chris Hanson, Hannaford, N. D. + Gillrock Hanson, Route 1, Creston, Mont. + Theodore Harris, 500 West 175th St., N. Y. + Michael Hartnett, Main St., Ansonia, Conn. + Richard Hayden, Derby, Conn. + Raymond Healy, 547 West 186th St., New York. + Alfred Heller, 461 Steinway Ave., Astoria, N. Y. + John Henchy, 172 East 112th St., New York. + August Henke, Goshen, N. Y. + James Herron, Englewood, N. J. + Joseph Holland, Heber Springs, Ark. + Carl Holmes, Lambert Paper Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. + Carroll Honnicut, Burnsville, Miss. + William F. Howard, 315 Sixth Ave., Bklyn, N. Y. + John Huston, Newburgh, N. Y. + Ernest C. Hutchings, Manhasset, N. Y. + John Jackson, Box 145, Troy, Ind. + Leslie Jacobus, Broadway, Grand View, N. Y. + Harry Jensen, Route 9, Penn Yann, N. Y. + Kenneth Jensen, Shelly, Idaho. + Edward T. Johnson, Elkland, Pa. + Robert R. Johnson, Newburgh, N. Y. + Julius Kaplan, 15 Walnut St., New Rochelle, N. Y. + Henry Kaufman, 1652 Madison Ave., N. Y. + Edward Kelly, 352 West 18th St., New York. + John F. Kelly, Adler, Mont. + J. H. Kiernan, 575 Main St., Wareham, Mass. + W. Claire Kiernan, 402 Second St., Bklyn, N. Y. + Elbert N. Kipp, 19 Charlotte St., Binghamton, N. Y. + Terence Kirk, 3 Hill St., Granton, N. J. + Julius Klausner, Jr., 324 East 4th St., Mount Vernon, N. Y. + George A. Klein, Jr., 95 Vernon Ave., Bklyn, N. Y. + Wallace S. Kline, Route 3, Neshoba, Tenn. + Frank X. Klotz, Davenport's Neck, New Rochelle, N. Y. + Peter Koch, Box 96, Stickney, S. D. + Anthony Kochan, Box 1000, Gowanda, N. Y. + Jack Konowich, Lackawanna, N. Y. + Reuben Koplowitz, 236 New Jersey Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. + Harvey L. Kreuscher, N. Spgville, S. I., N. Y. + Richard Lamb, Brooklyn, N. Y. + Arthur Lantman, Box 517, Hibbing, Minn. + Samuel Lapidus, 136 Clinton St., New York. + Timothy Leary, 427 West 13th St., New York. + David Leff, 91 Throop Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. + Patrick Lenihan, 249 West 135th St., New York. + Samuel Lesowitz, 1865 Park Place, Bklyn, N. Y. + Isaac Liebowitz, 531 Dumont Ave., Bklyn, N. Y. + Herman Lipman, 33 Montgomery St., N. Y. + Carl Lucas, 41 Water St., Ansonia, Conn. + James J. Lydon, 68 Gansevoort St., New York. + Thomas McCann, 709 West Dominick St., Rome, N. Y. + John McGinley, 183 Kingsland Ave., Bkln, N. Y. + Arthur McManus, 199 Howard Ave., Ansonia, Conn. + Walter K. McNair, 26 East Ave., Gasport, N. Y. + James J. Malone, 28 Sedway St., Buffalo, N. Y. + William Manz, 1275 Third Ave., New York. + John Marrow, Newburgh, N. Y. + Waclaw Matyzasik, Beacon Falls, Conn. + William Mayer, 1919 Seventh Ave., New York. + James Menzies, 13A Green St., Everett, Mass. + E. R. Meyrowitz, 371 Vernon Ave., Bklyn, N. Y. + Ray Milburn, Keensburgh, Ill. + Herbert Millville, R. F. D. 14, La Salle, N. Y. + Joseph P. Monihan, 706 Woodlawn Ave., Wilmington, Del. + Richard Morgan, Dewitt, Ark. + David M. Moroney, 337 West 12th St., N. Y. + Thad L. Morris, Creshaw, Miss. + Edward Murphy, 56 West 105th St., New York. + Maurice Murphy, 124 Adelphi St., Bklyn, N.Y. + Stephen A. Murphy, 108 Eighth Ave., N. Y. + Harold Nicolson, Falton, Minn. + Morgan Norris, Cashion, Okla. + Charles A. O'Bryan, 1002 E. 98th St., Bkln, N. Y. + John Occhino, 6 Hanover Square, New York. + Carl Oeftering, 48 Penn Ave., Binghamton, N. Y. + Daniel O'Neil, 951 Lafayette Ave., Bklyn, N. Y. + S. Oshinsky, Wards Island, New York. + + [Illustration: _France, April, 1919_] + + Gilbert Paneth, 326 East 91st St., New York. + Gustave Pankratz, 17 Madison St., Rochester. + Benjamin Parker, 77 Kingsbury St., Waterbury, Conn. + Elmer Patterson, Burt, N. Y. + George Petersen, Kimbalton, Iowa. + Julian Poluzzi, 59 Hall Pl., W. Quincy, Mass. + John Prescott, 305 Webster St., Monterey, Cal. + Porter Priest, Mt. Morriston, Fla. + Andrew R. Purcella, 128 Caroline St., Derby, Conn. + John J. Quinn, Main St., Beacon Falls, Conn. + Patrick J. Quinn, 155 McConnell Ave., Buffalo. + Isidore Rabelskie, 55 Avenue C, New York. + Vito Racano, 1946 First Ave., New York. + Robert Radford, 112 Wilson Ave., Bklyn, N. Y. + Joseph Rainone, 438 East 116th St., New York. + Carey J. Reed, Prospect, Tenn. + Ralph Reid, Route A, St. Petersburg, Fla. + Frank Reid, 967 Madison St., Brooklyn, N. Y. + Edward Rennie, 29 Franklin St., Binghamton, N. Y. + George F. Roberts, 15 Ivy St., Elmhurst, N. Y. + Johannes Rodenburg, Star Route, Cumberland, Iowa. + Howard F. Roeding, 97 Miller Ave., Bklyn, N. Y. + Harry Roessler, 409 16th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. + John A. Ross, 14 First St., Brooklyn, N. Y. + Alexander Rossino, 228 Myrtle Ave., Buffalo. + Theodore Rubinstein, 215 Fourth Ave., N. Y. + Frank Russell, Carthage, Tenn. + James Sareri, Box 176, Oyster Bay, N. Y. + Edward Sasse, 204 Fifth Ave., Astoria, N. Y. + Clyde Savage, 80 Maple St., Bangor, Me. + Thomas J. Scanlon, 354 West 12th St., N. Y. + William Schaeffer, E. Topper St., Buffalo, N. Y. + Sigmund Schulz, 748 9th Ave., L. I. C., N. Y. + Harry Schwartz, 702 East Fifth St., New York. + Karl Schwarz, Jamaica Creek, Springfield Gardens, N. Y. + Fred E. Shaddock, 151 Ridgewood Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. + Harry Shapiro, 230 East 115th St., New York. + Aris M. Shellman, 303 West 111th St., N. Y. + Carl Shubert, Suffolk, Mont. + Abraham Siegel, 251 Amboy St., Bklyn, N. Y. + Morris Silver, 210 Riverdale Ave., Bkln, N. Y. + William Simpson, 620 Hudson St., New York. + William Skeets, Lockport, N. Y. + William Slater, South Dartmouth, Mass. + William Smith, Englewood, Cal. + W. E. Snyder, Binghamton, N. Y. + Lee Solomon, Palmyra, Ill. + Arthur D. Soper, 28 Huron St., East Lynn, Mass. + Soren Sorenson, Ruthton, Minn. + Jacob Squire, 568 Grand St., Brooklyn, N. Y. + Christopher Staudigal, 143 Bleecker St., Brooklyn, N. Y. + Brodie Stewart, Rutherford, Tenn. + Earl C. Stewart, White Pine, Tenn. + William J. Strong, R. F. D. 12, Springville, Ala. + Otis Summers, Dwyer, Tenn. + Martin Swenson, Wetonka, S. D. + Thomas Swinehardt, 223 East Hendrick St., Shelbyville, Ind. + Philip Tasman, 155 Hickory St., Buffalo, N. Y. + Dudley Taylor, Turner, Ore. + James Taylor, Newmarket, Tenn. + Norman Taylor, Ashley, Mont. + R. F. Taylor, Binghamton, N. Y. + Volney O. Thompson, Honesdale, Idaho. + Voss Thompson, Honesdale, Idaho. + Monroe Todd, Allen, S. C. + Deorato Tortora, 7 Old Wood Point Road, Brooklyn, N. Y. + Ray Turk, 6 Cedar St., Binghamton, N. Y. + Thomas F. Twyford, 807 E. 8th St., Bkln, N. Y. + John Urban, 28 Crandall St., Binghamton, N. Y. + Hillery Vaughn, Briggsville, Ark. + John P. Vaughn, 567 East Ave., Akron, O. + Modestino Vecchiarino, 16 Durand St., Danbury, Conn. + Fred Viemer, 11 Meadow St., Seymour, Conn. + Joseph Visentin, Wappinger Falls, N. Y. + Abraham Wald, 238 East 24th St., New York. + Cleve Wallace, Dyersburg, Tenn. + Donald M. Wallach, 71 East 92nd St., N. Y. + Harry Wernet, Eagle Grove, Iowa. + John J. Whalen, Binghamton, N. Y. + Pearl Whittington, Gloucester, Miss. + Lee Wilkerson, Winchester, Ark. + Joseph Will, 12 Alice St., Rochester, N. Y. + Roland H. Williams, 25 Summerfield Place, Staten Island, N. Y. + Edward J. Williamson, Jeffrey, La. + Albert G. Wilson, Jr., 400 Third St., Bklyn, N. Y. + William Wilson, 240 Chestnut St., Lockport, N. Y. + Charles O. Woods, Beaver, Ore. + Merton Yandes, 115 South Union St., Rochester, N. Y. + Lewis Yasner, 190 Floyd St., Brooklyn, N. Y. + Samuel Zashinsky, 381 Leonard St., Bklyn, N. Y. + Edward P. Zehler, Strykersville, N. Y. + + + + + [Illustration: {Distinguished Service Cross medal}] + +All Hail the Brave! + +Courage--that fidelity to purpose despite physical welfare--is the +natural attribute of the soldier. But there are those exceptional deeds +of valor that are committed beyond the right of expectation; they are +deeds that combine the highest intelligence with the utmost bravery; +they are those instances of self-sacrificial service that are rendered +not with thought of hardship nor of pain nor of reward, but only with +the hope that the foundations of our Country and our Homes remain +unshaken. + + [star] Star indicates a posthumous award. + * Asterisk denotes those who were killed after their citation. + + [star]Private 1st Class Barney Bardman, Distinguished Service Cross, + Brooklyn, N. Y. + [star]Private Earl Millsap, Distinguished Service Cross, Asotin, + Washington. + [star]Private Albert C. Peterson, Distinguished Service Cross, Stacy, + Minnesota. + [star]1st Lieutenant William R. Reid, Distinguished Service Cross, + Brooklyn, N. Y. + Major Weston C. Jenkins, Distinguished Service Cross, Rome, New York. + Major Fred A. Tillman, Chevalier, Legion d'Honneur de France, Ulster, + Pa. + Captain Everett A. Butterfield, French Order of the Black Star, + New York. + + +Divisional Citations + + Capt. Alexander D. B. Pratt, New York. + [star]2d Lt. Clarence I. Grubbs, Kansas City, Mo. + 2d Lt. Arthur J. Hamblen, New York. + 2d Lt. F. Hartig, address unknown. + 2d Lt. Kenneth C. Lincoln, Fall River, Mass. + 2d Lt. Harry R. Weiman, St. Louis, Mo. + Sergt. Lloyd C. Anderson, Binghamton, N. Y. + Sergt. Charles H. Bradshaw, Brooklyn, N. Y. + Pvt. 1st Class Louis Beckendorf, Brooklyn, N. Y. + *Private Jacob Borker, Brooklyn, N. Y. + Sergt. Ralph U. Brett, New York. + Pvt. 1st Class George Busko, Breckenridge, Minn. + *Pvt. James Conner, New York. + Corp. Patrick Conway, New York. + Sergt. Edward M. Crimmins, Binghamton, N. Y. + Sergt. A. James DiMaggio, Staten Island, N. Y. + Pvt. 1st Class Hugh A. Donnelly, Brooklyn, N. Y. + Corp. Edward J. Dwyer, Buffalo, N. Y. + Pvt. William Ehrmann, Brooklyn, N. Y. + Sergt. Josiah E. Evans, Ansonia, Conn. + Pvt. 1st Class John Greany, New York. + Pvt. 1st Class P. M. Hagen, Lansford, N. D. + Corp. Gilrock Hanson, Creston, Mont. + Sergt. William F. Howard, Brooklyn, N. Y. + Sergt. Ernest C. Hutchings, Manhasset, N. Y. + Pvt. 1st Class Robert R. Johnson, Newburgh, N. Y. + Pvt. John F. Kelly, Adler, Mont. + Sergt. George A. Klein, Jr., Brooklyn, N. Y. + Sergt. Harvey A. Kreuscher, Staten Island, N. Y. + Pvt. 1st Class James J. Lydon, New York. + Sergt. Joseph P. Monihan, Wilmington, Del. + [star]Pvt. Alfred Nickerson, Lewiston, N. Y. + Pvt. Andrew R. Pucella, Derby, Conn. + Sergt. John A. Ross, Brooklyn, N. Y. + [star]Sergt. George F. Russell, Brooklyn, N. Y. + Pvt. 1st Class Thomas J. Scanlon, New York. + Sergt. Aris M. Shellman, New York. + [star]Pvt. 1st Class Joseph Strauss, New York. + Sergt. Monroe Todd, Allen, S. C. + [star]Pvt. J. Robinson, Newfane, N. Y. + Pvt. Volney O. Thompson, Honesdale, Idaho. + Corp. Frederick Viemer, Seymour, Conn. + Sergt. Donald M. Wallach, New York. + + + + + The + Burke [Illustration: {American Legion seal}] Kelly + Post + + + +That spirit of dominant Americanism with which the war was fought seems +in these times of peace to be best reflected by the American Legion. + +Appreciating this, those members of Company B, 307th Infantry, who +regarded with favor the idea of a post-bellum organization applied to +the American Legion for a charter. One was granted and they were +admitted as the Burke-Kelly Post No. 172. + +The name was selected in honor of the memory of two of their comrades: +Sergeant Frank W. Burke, killed by a high explosive shell on the line of +the Vesle, August 23d, 1918, and Corporal John E. Kelly, killed by a +high explosive shell during the battle of Merval, September 8th, 1918. + +This publication of the History of Company B was made possible by the +members of the Burke-Kelly Post under the following officers: + + _President_ + WILLIAM F. HOWARD + + _Vice-Presidents_ + JOHN A. ROSS + ARTHUR J. HAMBLEN + ALFRED HELLER + + _Secretary_ + A. JAMES DIMAGGIO + + _Treasurer_ + THOMAS F. TWYFORD + + _Corresponding Secretary_ + JULIUS KLAUSNER, JR. + + _Executive Committee_ + DONALD M. WALLACH + FRED A. GLEIFORST + RALPH U. BRETT + + + + + [Illustration: Watching the Home Fires] + + +They were watched, and high they burned, by those who more than all else +represented to us the concrete reason for which we served. + +None of us but _felt_ that we were fighting for our Country; but all of +us _knew_ that we were fighting for our Home. + +Our Home Folks,--our Mothers and our Fathers, our Sisters and our Wives +and our Sweethearts and our Friends--all banded together so that we, +while never losing the _thought_ of Home, were also not to lose its +_touch_. + +Those tenders of the fireside whom we knew as the "Family Unit" were +organized as the Company B Family Unit and were affiliated with the +307th Regimental Family Unit. They formed on our embarkation for +overseas, and by virtue of a succession of meetings under the active and +enthusiastic leadership of Mrs. William Vanamee and Miss Virginia Fuller +they became welded into a body that accomplished immeasurable benefit +not only for our physical but also for our spiritual welfare. + +The socks, the cigarettes, the wristlets and the soap were needs of vast +import, but our knowledge that those behind us were marshaled just as we +were was more warming than wristlets, more comforting than cigarettes. + +The officers during the early period were Miss Virginia Fuller, +President; Miss Helen Pritchard, Secretary; Mrs. W. B. Wise, Treasurer. +The meetings were held in a barren loft at 6 East 30th Street, New York +City. Here the ideas were conceived, the plans formulated, and the +policies acted upon, that were so far-reaching and effective. + +Tho first drawn together for the good of Company B, their own sufferings +served to consolidate their interests and to strengthen their purpose. + +As notice after notice issued from Washington advising as to losses in +battle by death and by wounds, the need for common consolation became +most urgent and a noble response came from those who were in a position +to give comfort. These were trying days, days of mental agony, days of +longing and hoping and praying. + +In September one of our own men, Sergeant George A. Klein, Jr., who had +been returned to the United States as an instructor, appeared at a +meeting and gave word, mostly welcome, some sad, to the news-hungry +relatives. + +These various activities were recorded in a small four-page bulletin +published for and distributed to us overseas. + +And then the Armistice. Relief from the tension of the meetings was +given by the final let-up of the war and soon the time came when much +thought was given to filling those "9x4x3" boxes of Christmas cheer. + + [Illustration: _The Ring_] + +The date of our return was flashed across the waters during the early +part of April and immediately wheels were set in motion to prepare for +it. + +Their welcome took the form of a reception and dance. For the first +time, and the only time, Company B and the Family Unit were together. +And as a token of their affection and regard they presented to each of +us a silver signet ring bearing our Divisional insignia--Liberty, +together with the Company and Regimental designation. Inside the ring +they had placed as their wish: "May God Protect You." + +Guests of especial honor were the two McIntyre sisters, who were so +active overseas with the Salvation Army and who for so long a time had +been identified with our Division, having for a while been assigned to +our own Regiment. + +Thus culminated the activities of the Family Unit of Company B. But just +as we have decided upon a continuation of our organization--the same in +substance, if not in form,--so the Unit decided to serve as the +Auxiliary to the Burke-Kelly Post, American Legion. + +The Auxiliary meetings are held in the rooms adjoining those of the +Burke-Kelly Post, at the 77th Division Club. The original board of +officers includes Mrs. A. J. Hamblen, President; Miss Virginia Fuller, +Miss Sarah Kelly, and Mrs. William Charles, Vice-Presidents; Miss Anna +Charles, Secretary, and Mrs. W. B. Wise, Treasurer. + +And their banner is still held aloft. 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