L. Perry Cookingham Diary - November 22, 1918
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L.P. Cookingham Co. B 310 F. S. Bn.
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L. P. Cookingham DANVILLE-ILLINOIS U. S. A.
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PLEASE RETURN To L. P. Cookingham 609 PLUM ST. DANVILLE ILLINOIS U. S. A.
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2, 8096- PURCHASED IN BETTEMBOURG-[Luxembourg] [November 22, 1918] A FEW LITTLE INCIDENTS OF THE WAR AND MY TRAVELS WITH THE "ARMY OF OCCUPATION"
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June 4- Went to Camp Custer to see about enlisting. June 5- Enlisted in Chicago to be sent to 310th at Custer. Col. Wildman and Sgt. Stewert. June 6-17. LIVED " 17- Reported at Custer for duty. Started to pack for overseas. July 4- 36 Hour pass. Went home on 95 and back on 8. Short but sweet. July 11- K. P. Started for Camp Mills. Left on Train #5 at 5:00 P. M. Saw Detroit in day light. Royal recption. Passed thru St. Thomas [Canada]. July 12- Saw the "Falls" and beautiful scenery in [Pennsylvania] and [New York]. July-13 Arrived at Jersey City at 1:00 A.M. Took a ferry to [New York] and train to Mills.
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July-14- Took a look at Mills and Hemstead. Went to town at night then wired for money. July 15- Drill and inspection. Went to [Y. M. C. A.] and got money then to [New York]? *? Swell times until leaving. July-21- Left Mills at 4:00 A.M. Marched to Garden City and went to [Long Island] City. Took a ferry for the Port. Left port at 3:00 P.M. and saw the old Statue the last time until--. July-22- On water with 13 other ships. Sub. appeared in center of convoy. "Fire." Heard first shot of the war. "American Submarine". July 22-[August] 3- On the water everywhere
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from the South Sea to the arctic ocean. Soup. [August] 3- Arrived in Liverpool. Beautiful? girls. Land never felt better. Marched thru town to the station. All boats had American flag on mast. Saw many soldiers. Good town. Boarded train III class and headed south. Went thru Sheffield and other towns. Nottingham. [August] 4- 3:15 A.M. arrived at Rest Camp at [Southampton]. Visited the Hospitals and saw effects of war. Marched thru [Southampton] at 1:00 A.M. and OH Boy! how dark. Subject to air raids. Not much to do. BROKE.
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[August]-6- At last we start for France. March thru [Southampton] cheering. Loaded on S. S. Harvard & made flying trip across channel. 10:00 P.M. [August]-7 3:30 A.M. docked at [La Havre]. Everything War. Went to rest camp. COOTIES. Chinese labores and german prisoners. Learned French money. [August] 8- 4:00 P.M. Left [La Havre] for ?. Bought booze of the brakerman. Rode in box cars. Very crowded. "Wag" stewed. German car. [August]-9- 8:00 P.M. Arrived at Chateau de Listang Sancerre France. Slept in barn. Short of rations. Out of tobacco. Broke. Metz taken? [August]-10-24. On night of [August] 10 Larry and I borrowed
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beacoup francs and went to Sancerre to try out French wine. Rolled down hill at 12:00 P.M. Sent back after Sgt. De Santille. Went Swimming three times at werk in the Loire River. Drilled in roads and set stations on hills nearby. Appointed panoramic sketcher and practised on hills. Excused from duty while studying. Learned wig-wag and semaphore. Met G. Bullock at Menetrol also Sgt. Biederman Had issue of "Bull" better than ice cream! First mail from U. S. A. at 10:30 P.M. Everyone up to read theirs. None from home.
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[August] 24- Left Sancerre for the front. Still Singing. Tiresome ride Beautiful scenery. [August] 25- "TRAVELING" and kidding the French. Wondering where we are going. [August] 26- Passed thru [Dijon]. Arrived at Toul 6:00 P.M. Singing "You'll get over that after being here a couple of week", and we did. Slept at Marshall Ney barracks. Well satisfied. [August] 27- Gas drill with tin hats on. Air raid at night. All turned out to see it. French ran to dugouts. [August] 26-31- Same thing air raids.
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[September] 1- First trip to Z. OF A. Big noise was awful. Ducked when our own batteries fired. GOSOUVERES. [September] 4- Moved to Ansauville 3 KM from front line. String wire at night. [September] 4-12 Worked every night stringing wire. Saw Bill Overholt and Homer Smith. P. C. of 67th Brigade also Division P. C. RAINBOW. Worried much about the noise to come. Went on detail on Artillery line. Saw four ballons shot down and one Boche plane [September] 12- 1:00 A.M. Big noise starts. All leap for the dugouts. No room for me so went back to the billet (barn). Left in train
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[Flirey] and followed infantry with wires. Went on detail over trenches with wire on back. Saw dead bodies everywhere. Entered Essey and strung to Pannes. Saw fleeing Boche. Passed thousands of prisoners. Saw Bob Griffith at Essey, royal greetings. Started for Beney at 6:00 P.M. Put in cable and saw yanks digging in. Heavy barrage. Got in "bed" at 4:00 A.M. at Essey Town shelled. Rose at 5:15 A.M. and went on a detail. [September] 13- Worked near Montsec, Nonsard and Heudicourt under shellfire all day and night. Got first meal since drive started. Coffee and hard tack [September]-14- Real pancakes with 117th F. S. Bn. Still working. Ate dinner and supper
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with infantry sup. train. Dead boche officer near the kitchen. 6:00 P.M. went to bed for a real rest. 10:15 P.M. boche barrage came over for road and bridge. Some gas. Left for the timber away from road. Lots of traffic. Hip. washes his face. [September]-15- Woke up with frost on my face. Feeling fine. Strung wire all day. Constant shelling. Took down wire for balloon to pass. Saw Merv. Strader. Kitchen arrived from rear. Shelled again at 10:15 P.M. and 4:15 A.M. 40 min. barrage. [September] 16- Same thing. Still shelling. [September]-17. Worked all morning and pack up in P.M. Left Essey with light pack at 4:00 P.M. Marched 39
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kilos to camp between [Saizerais] and Liverdun. All in. REST. [September]-18 REST. Had picture taken at anti-aircraft battery. Frog. [September]-19 Reported to Col. Evans at Chief Sig. Office at Saizerais as draftsman. Met Capt. Whiteside, Lt. Rassmussen and Field Clerk Wilson. [September] 20-26 Made wire maps & charts. First soft job yet. Good billet. Hot water & lights. Paid. [September]021 324.50 fr. [September] 27- Rode in truck to Ansauville. Cold [September] 28- Attack of appendicitis. Off eight days. [October] 8. Went to work constructing line from [Harmonville] to Montsec.
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[October] 15- Came down with cold. Could not talk for four days. [October] 21- Well again moved to Nonsard. Living on public sq. Real homelike. Shelled. [October] 22 Worked [October] 23- Birthday. K. P. Shelled. [October] 24 to [November] 4. Worked on permanent lines. Shelled every night with 9" babies. Co. C man wounded. Dirt lying every where. Hit by a few. Thot it was a big shell bursting on my head. [November] 5- Moved to hills back of [Buxerulles]. Nice house. Thanks to the boche.
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[November] 5-11 Worked on permanent line near St. Benoit. Shelled every day. Tore for the dugouts. Working ½ mile from line! [November]-11- "Finis la Guerre" Firing ceased. Worked under the heavy barrage of last six hours. No one hurt. Sure lucky. Went up to see the boche come over. Talked to several. Some sight. [November] 11-17 Worked on lines and waited for orders. Transferred to occupation army. [November] 1. Rose at 3:00 A.M. and started to follow up boche. Landed at Wareq. Started fire. Guard. Nothing to do. Slept in officers shrapnel-proof hut.
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[page 21] [November] 20 Wareq to Joppecourt. Peaceful town. German air base. Slept in hangar. [November] 21- Rode to Bettembourg. Entered Luxembourg. Saw real railroad. Driver Helton crushed to death by Quad at Esch. Esch 60, 000. Spoke German to people. Landed in Bettembourg 3:00 P.M. Royal recption. Slept in saloon. [November] 22- Hair cut in ship. Also shave. Was lather off face. Visited town people. Speaking German fine. Guard-tight-Corp. Smith busts Corp. Elliot. Some face. Whole company full of snops. Moved to school. [November] 23- Loafed all day Interpeted. Visited the Jaeger family at night. Sold a paper dollar.
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Had some real wine and promised some cake and wine Sunday. [November] 24- SUNDAY Loafed all day. Went to Jaegers for supper. good cake coffee and wine. Three pieces of cake, five cups of coffee and 2 glass of wine Very good time. Steinmetz. [November] 25- Loafed. Bough 7 apples for 3 marks. Visited railroad shops. Felt at home there. Saw large gas engine run by natural gas. All machinery made in Germany. Supt. of shop showed us around the place. Lots of girls work in shops. Taking chocolate to Mrs. Jaeger tonight. Had one wonderful supper. at Jaeger's. Sgt. Farmer M. S. C. Wheeler and myself present
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Menu French fried- 5 dishes Fried steak-good. Pickles coffee with cream. cake-tres bon wine. Met Miss Weis. Sure some swell girl. Her father owns drugstore. Sleeping with Ball In at 11:30 P.M. [November] 26- Censorship lifted. Will write some. Drilled in the afternoon Smith & Elliot busted & fined one months pay. [November] 27- Rain. No drill. Stayed in all day. [November] 28- Thanksgiving Reveille at 7:45. Accepted outpost Co. G challenge for football game. Got train together and practiced in A.M. Dinner
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Played football in P.M. L. E. SCOLES L. T. MISENER L. G. OGLESBY C DALEY R. G. ELRICK-JACOX R. T. PRATT R. E. SCHREWSBURY-BALL Q JONES R. H. KERRICK L. H. OGLE F COOKINGHAM Lost game 7-0. Bum decisions. Elrick hurt ankel. Umpire. Chaplain Referee Lt. Langton. Scoles, Kerrick, Pratt, Misener stars of game Chaplin got several cussings for his poor decisions. [November] 29- Stiff from the game. Drill. One hour. Christmas shopping. Move up tomorrow. K. P.
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[November] 30- Moved from [Bettembourg] to three km. from Grevenmacher. Slept on bed of hay in a room occupied by the boche when they withdrew. good rest. COOTIES [December] - 1 Beautiful day. Not cold. Rolled packs to move. Orders changed. stay all day. Grevenmacher billets filled another good nights rest. [December] -2. Rain. Stayed out of Grevenmacher all day. Can see hills of Germany from here. [December] 3- Reveille at 5:30 loaded and moved out at 7:00 A.M. Followed Moselle river out of Grevenmacher. Germany on one side and Luxembourg on other. High granite cliffs and beautiful hills everywhere. Terraced vineyards and hop-fields
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Followed 3-tracks railroad. Crossed into Germany at 8:00 A.M. people happy. Went thru Trier a large modern city. Saw german officers in car auto with white flag. Lots of boys. All wear german caps. Gave ten cigarettes for a spiked helmit. Arrieved at River-Paulin at 11:30 A.M. Good billets. Nice people. good sleep. [December] 4- Still at River. German people want meat. Seem to like Americans. Belts, Iron Crosses etc. Lots of latrine wireless about going home. Sail [December] 20? Orderly. [December]-5- Still Co. Orderly. Some job. Did a little shopping. Post cards
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awakened at 1:30 A.M. by loud talking fellow. Six shots fired. German and English language spoken. All still for half hour. American left. Five minutes later German left. Long coat & leather boots. Fired three shots. Ball and I shake for drinks. I win. Went down to look things over. Sure stacked the chairs. Guard of 405 drunk & fired shots. Will be home in a year. [December] 6- Moved up to Wittlich. Nice town. Bought cards, cakes etc. Need money. People very nice to us. Ball & self went to resturuant for supper. Hot chocolate, cakes and pie. Fine music and girls. Sleeping in dance hall.
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[December] 7-8- Up at 5:30. Met lady born in [Poughkeepsie, New York]. Had a very beautiful daughter. Speaks English. Moved up to [Enkirch]. Good town. People very curious. Crowd around kitchen. get apples for loaf of bread. On bank (right) of Moselle river. Beautiful mountains. Got Iron Cross for bar of soap. Given to man by the Kaiser. Later killed. Got it from widow. Said she could not wash clothes with money. Gave us wine. Lived on left bank of Moselle. Bed at 10:00 P.M. Turner Hall. [December]-9 Moved up on top of mountains to [Beltheim]. Very beautiful trip. Large forests. Fist American troops in town. Ahead of advance guard. Rain. Big guard detail. Orderly.
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Dorf [December] 10-15- Warm damp weather. Rain everyday. Talked to many returned solders and families. Hid girl till they saw that we were O.K. Ate waffels and Potatoepancakes. Bon. [December]-15 Moved up to Mayen. Pop. 16,000. 400 killed in war. Passed thru Boppard on Rhine. Follower Rhine all day. Passed thousands of American troops. Went thru Coblenz three times. Lost. Saw the junction of [Moselle] and Rhine. [Wilhelm's] statue. Fort on the hill. "Sehr schon." Arrieved at Mayen 5:30 P.M. Met girl who parlys English but not American. Will see her again. Large castle behind us. Sleeping in school. Beautiful Catholic church. March to meals. Had a long
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visit with Deutsch in orderly room in bakery. up till 10:30 P.M. very nice people. [December] 16- Orderly. Lined up on billets. Heard we are to have a "WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS PRESENT." Saw more of town. Very nice. [December] 17.- Moved orderly room up stairs in two room apartment. One room office, the other the sleeping room. Ball, Lay, French & myself & stove. [December] 18- Usual grind. Schedule of drill out. 5 hours. [December] 19- Accept challenge of Co C. for game on Christmas. Put in charge of team. Practice every afternoon. Good line-up.
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[December] 20-21-22-23-24- Football practice every day. 20 plays. All's well. Picture of team taken on the 24. Viel trinken und kein hosen zu auf hangen. [December] 25- Christmas in Germany. Great festival by natives. Four inches of snow. Ideal day for Xmas but poor for football. Beaucoup francs bet on fame. Lt. Parnell has 400 on Co. B Game at 2:00 P.M. Score 0-0. Capt. Holebrook of 30th Inf. referred. 1st Lt. umpire also of 30th. Good game. Dinner at 4:00 P.M. Real roast pork. To bed early. No surprise [December]-26- Germans still celebrating. No drill in P.M. Talk of another game New Years.
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[December] 28- Several fellows sick with colds. Drill in A.M. Pistol practice. [December]-29. Nyhof to hospital. More getting sick. [December] 30- Five more to hospital. Put in quarentine by C.G. [December]-31 Ball goes to hospital also twelve others. New Years eve. French, Lay, Fisher & I put on party in orderly room. Viel wine and Champagne. [January] 1- Twenty-five in hospital. Orderly room not in quarentine. [January] 2- Georges birthday. Big letter to him. Visit men in hospital and take mail to them. Johnson, Nyhof, Peters and Daley pretty sick.
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[January] 3 No drill on account of quarentine. Lt. Parnell and Lt. Williams very sick. [January] 4. No change. Men not properly cared for. Nurses looking for nice looking Sam Brownes. [January] 5- Fellows coming back from krankenhaus [January] 6- Nothing new. [January]-7- Lt. Parnell died at 1:30 A.M. [January] 8- LT. PARNELL'S FUNERAL [January] 9- Pat Daley and Anderson die. [January] 10- Two funerals. Peters and Paulsinski die. [January] 11 Two funerals Lt. Williams and Pvt. Harrington die
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[January] 12 Funeral. Hope to tell the public a few days. One undertaker would not sell us an oak coffin for an enlisted man. We buried our men the very best that money could buy. [January] 15- Out of quarentine. Moved to new billets. Still pretty crowded. Living in swell apartment house at #11 Allee Strasse. Long hike to Bn. Hq. Wrote to Ed. Palmer and Aunt Laura. [January] 15-30- Become aquainted with Fraulines Kramers and the Deutsch family. Johonn and Jacob real Katzinzammer kid. Sleep in Orderly room. Gretchen makes me zweible Tee for cold. Does the work.
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[February] 3- Go to Coblenz in Major's car to try out for 4th corps team. Sleep and eat with Hq. troop of 3rd Army. back of Fest halle. [February]-4 Move to Coblenz Airdrome located at Fort Alexander, built in 1817-22. Permanent pass in Coblenz. Eat our meals down town. Not much practice. Lt. Harris in charge. Won from 3rd Div. 6-0. Lost to 4th Div. 3-0. Some All-American stars as Fish-La Goar-Luft and Holbrook. [February] 20- Returned to Mayen to live. Ask for pass to Battery A. Have to carry guns loaded at all times.
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[February]- Go up to Dernau and see all the old gang. Stayed four days and sure had a peach of time. April 1- Go down to Brohl-am-Rhein to school. Gold brick for six weeks make first, base or R.F. on ball team. Lots of traveling with team. Won every game at home. Lost the 2nd bn. 51st P. Inf. 4th C. A. A. School, 318th ENG. (tie, 3 inn.) Won at home from, all leans in 301 Regt'al league. 115th ENGRS.
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[September] 12 began at 12:30 midnight. There was a drizzling rain and we we out on a 40 pr. cable A. T. S. to maintain same under fire. I was on No 5 post leading to a battery of 75's. At 1:00 A.M. the St. Mihiel drive started. 1700 guns from 3" to 20" opened up on the boche. At five o'clock the infantry went over the top and we were called in to follow up. Relieved by 405 Tel. Bat. Loaded trucks with equiptment and went to [Flirey]. Trucks had to wait for a road to be built over the trenches. Got to Flirey at 8 o'clock and went over to look at the trenches. Saw dead boche and Americans everywhere. One boche in dugout with brains in helmit. Arms, legs, heads, and in fact every-
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part of human body lying on ground. Saw ten Americans in one heap. Helped bury boche. Went back to trucks and carried 30 miles of wire up to Essey. Strung wire all night up to Pannes and Nonsard. Got in bed at 4:00 A.M. in Essey and up at 5:15 A.M. to work. Look over switch board at Essey and Nonsard. Laid wire all day under light shellfire.
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Centers Pratt Dailey C-B 6-O Guards Call = Dailey Elrick = Oglesby Tackles Brown Conway Misner Fisher Dailey
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Hinds McDonald Daley Carlson Ends Ball Shrewsberry Scoles Johnson Full Jocox Halves Ogle Kerrick
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4 man relay. Kerrick Benscotter Jacox Wallace.
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ADDRESSES OF CO. B. Herbert F. Arnfelt. Waynesville [Illinois] P.O. 105. Ralph Benscoter 221 N. 5th St. Springfield [Illinois] George M. Ball Bushnell [Illinois] Clay C. Brown 56 Sutton St. Grand Rapids [Michigan] Horace H. Beasley Thornburg [Virginia] Oscar J. Burg. 407 Ransom St. Kalamazoo [Michigan] [William] L. Conway 205 Irving St. Chester [Pennsylvania]
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Carl F. Carlson 1412 Madison St. Ludington [Michigan] Clair H. Craig 628 E. Madison St. Hastings [Michigan] Ronald J. Call 702 S. 4th St. Springfield [Illinois] Claud V. Dell Ozark, [Michigan] Patrick T. Daley. Merrill [Michigan] Carl H. Daab Mt. Sterling [Illinois] E. O. De Sautelle Sandstone St. Marquette [Michigan]
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Oscar M. Ericson Dennison [Iowa] Herbert L. Espick Plymouth Indiana Maurice F. Elrick Lanesville [Illinois] Clarence W. Elliot Corning [Arkansas] John E. Ellis Terra Haute [Indiana] R. F. D. A. Robert J. French. Buda [Illinois] [William] R. Fullerton 207 E. 22nd St. Lorain Ohio
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Richard A. Fisher Loami [Illinois] George F. Farmer Mechanicsburg [Illinois] Victor H. Gustafson 369 Jefferson St. Galesburg [Illinois] Frank W. Guy. 504 W. Market. Warsaw [Indiana] Harry L. Gibson 860 Park Ave Springfield [Illinois] Lt. R. J. Gaskil 805 Edgewater Ave Fort Wayne [Indiana] [William H. Hardy Plymouth, [Indiana]
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Joseph A. Hines 320 State St Garden [Michigan] Paul H. Harnel. 600 W. Clinton Frankfort [Indiana] [William] R. Hinds 403 Main St. Salem, [Illinois] John K. Holmes 407 W. Madison Danville [Illinois] Paul H. Hauge Cass City, [Michigan] Austin J. Hancock Pray, [Wisconsin] Stanley T. Johnson 1719 Vinewood Ave Detroit [Michigan] Paul V Jacox Plymouth [Indiana]
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Iryll W. Jones Ashland [Illinois] Richard S. Johnson. Woodville, [Michigan] J. H. Kinney Loami, [Illinois] Clarence P. Kinney 2709 S. Kildare Ace Chicago. Donald M. Kerreck Chrisman [Illinois] Hardy W. Ray Buda, [Illinois] C. A. La Londe Forrest City [Michigan] Warren Mullen 74 McGraft St. Muskegon [Michigan] Archie E. McDonald Athens [Illinois]
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Ralph D. Miller Mechanicsburg [Illinois] R. R. 2 Carton R. Misener Angola [New York] Anthony Martin 1030 Muskegeon St. Grand Rapids [Michigan] H. L. Meisenbacher Springfield, [Illinois] Harry Nelthrope 2317 34th Ave S. Seattle [Washington] John Nyhoff Freemont [Michigan] Earl N. Nye. 240 Haney Ave South Bend [Indiana]
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Howard C. Oglesby Mt. Pulaski [Illinois] John Ogle Paris, [Illinois] R. F. D. 1. Charles A. Overly Newaygo [Michigan] R. R. 4. Ben A. Overlander 1109 N. 5th St. Mankato [Minnesota] Raymond T. Peters Newaygo [Michigan] R. R. 2. dead Delbert F. Parker 128 Gibson Ave Freemont [Michigan] George L. Pratt 1249 E. 46th St. Chicago [Illinois]
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Charles Rewold Rochester [Michigan] Burton M. Robinson 1322 Portland Ave Grand Rapids [Michigan] Valentine Reiter Richardton [North Dakota] Arthur C. Smith Byron [Illinois] David W. Schonwold Jenison [Michigan] Richard F. Shrewsburry 807 Coronado Ct. Greeley, [Colorado] Adam J. Snyder Lincoln, [Illinois] R. R. 6. Guy L. Smith High Street Belleville [Michigan]
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[William] Sieplinga Muskegon [Michigan] Fred C. Smith Van Wert [Iowa] Victor C. Strandall 321 12th St. Miami [Florida] D. A. Schell Beardstown [Illinois] Maurice Szarvis 1304 N. Campbell Ave Chicago. Lt. J. M. Schoonover 1144 N. 9th St. Terre Haute. [Indiana] Ellis E. Twing Jr. White Cloud [Michigan] Julian W. Van Sice 1220 W. Governor Springfield [Illinois]
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W. G. Williams Warren, Ohio R. R. 5 Roy W. West 4710 Calumet Ave Chicago [Illinois] Tel. Kenwood 4471 Elmer J. Weiler 979 Beaufort Ave Detroit. Lawrence L. Wertz Sherman [Illinois] Otis Weber 1610 Liberty Ave. Terre Haute. Emer L. Wilder. 26 Peck St. Muskegon [Michigan] % Enterprize Ginseng Co. H. G. Waggoner Carlton, [Illinois]
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Arthur Wallace 1102 11st Denver, [Colorado] Capt. M. N. Williams 408 Union Ave. San Francisco, [California]
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HOTEL. Capt. Williams #10 Lieut. GASKIL #18 "SCHOONOVER #18 CAPT. McWHORTER #11 CO. C OFFICERS #27 HDQ. " #28
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A. S. Button 657-119st Whiting [Indiana] Miss Eleanor S. Rhodes 253 South St. Sausalito [California] Miss Myrtle Cambridge 608 N. Collett St. Danville Miss Anna Schull 713 Harmon Ave Danville [Illinois] Corp. E. A. Palmer Co M. 130 Inf A. E. F.
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Corp. C. E. Palmer Hdq. Det. 159 F. A. A. E. F. T. J. Mason 610 N. Bowman Ave Danville [Illinois] Miss Edna Bolton #6 Corrine St. Danville [Illinois]
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Monsieur Bernard Jager Auto Garage Bettembourg Corp. Edward A. Palmer Co. M. 130 Inf. Amex Forces 33rd Div.
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Aunt Mames telephone #198 M
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Scoles LE 1st String Scoles LE Misener LT Brown LG Daley C Jacox GT Pratt RT Ball RE Cookingham Q Kerrick RH Ogle LH Emmerson FB
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| Title | L. Perry Cookingham Diary - November 22, 1918 |
| Creator | Cookingham, L. Perry |
| Source | Cookingham, L. Perry. Diary. 22 November 1918. L. Perry Cookingham Collection, 1918-1919. MS02. La Budde Special Collections, University of Missouri-Kansas City , Kansas City, Missouri. |
| Description | L. Perry Cookingham served with Company B, 310th Field Service Battalion and the Army of Occupation after enlisting in Chicago, Illinois, on June 5, 1918. The diary follows his military service from June 5, 1918, to September 12, 1919. It includes details of Cookingham’s enlistment, training, travel overseas to England, and movement between England, France, Luxembourg, and Germany. |
| Subject LCSH | American Field Service; Camp Custer (Mich.); Camp Albert L. Mills (N.Y.); World War, 1914-1918--War work--Y.M.C.A.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Y.M.C.A.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Y.M.C.A.; Burial; Military funerals.; United States. Army--Sports |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I; Army of Occupation; 310th Field Service Battalion |
| Site Accession Number | MS02 |
| Contributing Institution | University of Missouri-Kansas City |
| Copy Request | Transmission or reproduction of items on these pages beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the University of Missouri-Kansas City La Budde Special Collections: (816)235-1532. |
| Rights | The text and images contained in this collection are intended for research and educational use only. Duplication of any of these images for commercial use without express written consent is expressly prohibited. |
| Date Original | November 22, 1918 |
| Language | English |