Brooklyn and Long Island in the war; . , stupendousstruggle to cast them out of Frtmco. It was against this formidable ob-!<tricie. against this seemingly superhu-man barrier that the nev known as the 105th Inf., \i. is. A.,created only a bare twelve month be-fore, on October 1. 1917. was nowrailed upon, on September 27. lead in an attack designed to breakits strength forever .ind designed tolet through the forces of vengeancethat had boon for months andyears. How this hnbe among regiments ac-complished task is already a mat-ter of history. Brookl
Brooklyn and Long Island in the war; . , stupendousstruggle to cast them out of Frtmco. It was against this formidable ob-!<tricie. against this seemingly superhu-man barrier that the nev known as the 105th Inf., \i. is. A.,created only a bare twelve month be-fore, on October 1. 1917. was nowrailed upon, on September 27. lead in an attack designed to breakits strength forever .ind designed tolet through the forces of vengeancethat had boon for months andyears. How this hnbe among regiments ac-complished task is already a mat-ter of history. Brooklyn and alilie thrilled to it a few monthsago, when a part of the talc was told?-?ihrillcd to it as must ment and wo-? rn everywhere, whenevtr brave: i1 and sallant courage are re- By CHARLES G. MILHAM counted; thrilled to it in recognitionof a deed that will live through theages. In Brooklyn the Glory of Pride. For Brooklyn, however, there than thrill. There was the gloryof exulting pride, the glow of persona). tl ^^ Commander of 106th 2nd Batt. until middle of August, then actingcommander of lOSth. acoomplishmeni—tor the 106th !I-. .S. A., was of and for , \through and through. The blood of ;Brooklyn coursed through its heart; 1 the spirit of ISrooklyn surged throughits soul. Nay, more, it was Brooklynsblood that was spilled upon the soil ofFrance when this regiment led the vanof the assault against the Hindenburgline: it was a part of Brooklyn thatwas left there in the heaps of thefallen. They fought with all that was inthem; they gave of all that they hadHere and there, in the soil of north-erit France and of Flanders, there aremany mounds that betoken the rest-ing place of comrades. Here at homethere are other comrades who weremaimed, torn or bruised over to be home are others of thegallant company—all that are left ofmore than 3,700 officers and men wholeft Brooklyn in the summer of 1917,svho wintered at Spartan
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