History of Battery "C" 148th Field Artillery (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 Excerpt: ...famous ride through Castillon? The population celebrating the successes on the front? Hilton as Provost Sergeant? When Lieutenants Gowdy and Bossart bade farewell to the Battery? O'Grady? The druggist on the corner? Asking for a drink of water? How Kurtz rid himself of the River Rat? How shocked we were when we heard the truth about Evans and O'Bryan? G. H. Q. AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES. General Orders France, Nov. 15, 1918. No. 206. The following cabled communication from the Secretary of War is published to the command: "The signing of the Armistice and the cessation of hostilities brings to an end a great and heroic military adventure in which the Army under your command has played a part distinguished by gallantry and success. It gives me pleasure to express to you the confidence and appreciation of the War Department and to those who labored with you to make this result possible this appreciation of their zeal, courage and strength, both of purpose and achievement. The entire country is filled with pride in your fine leadership and in the soldierly qualities shown by your Army. Now that a respite has come in the solemn task to which the Army devoted itself, the War Department will do all in its power to expedite the early return of the Expeditionary Forces to the United States in order that these soldiers may be restored to the opportunities of civil life as speedily as the military situation will permit. I extend to you as Commanding General of the American Expeditionary Forces my hearty congratulations and this expression of high esteem, and I beg you to make known to the officers and men of your command the fact that their conduct as soldiers and as men has stirred the pride of their fellow countrymen, and that their military success has con...