. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... to see. The sun came out infull strength and the convoy presented a beautiful sight as itsteamed into the outer harbor of Brest, while the destroyerszig-zagged back and forth ; a dirigible balloon overhead watchedfor subs; several hydro-planes darted across the skyline fiomone side of the Bay to the other and French submarines glidedin and out. We saw many ships at anchor of every size ami type,flying the flags of all the allied nations. We dropfx-d outside the seaAvall of the inner harbor, tl
. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... to see. The sun came out infull strength and the convoy presented a beautiful sight as itsteamed into the outer harbor of Brest, while the destroyerszig-zagged back and forth ; a dirigible balloon overhead watchedfor subs; several hydro-planes darted across the skyline fiomone side of the Bay to the other and French submarines glidedin and out. We saw many ships at anchor of every size ami type,flying the flags of all the allied nations. We dropfx-d outside the seaAvall of the inner harbor, tlie engines ceasedtheir steady throb and we all experienced the pleasure of walk-ing the deck without going through gymnastics to uuiintain oui-balance. The rest of the moi-ning we spent on deck. s1 udxing thetown and wondering when we would hind. Oui- \ie\v was i-atiierlimited, but we could see tlie old walls w liitdi were buill in Cae-sars time, and many buildings \vhicli looked odd lo us. Kvei\v-thinii was built of stoiu, with slale roofs. In the arternoon 42 MEMORIES OF THE 411T1:. \. I). .S. McCOV Assigned to 411th just before departure as Med-ical Officer of our organization witli rank of Cap-tain. Dr. McCoys services to organization will al-ways be remembered and appreciated by all. Hisrecord in keeping the outfit well was particularlygood. Promoted to Major in October, 1918, andtransferred to Special Hospital Duty in January,1919. Now in regular Army, stationed at LettermanHospital, San Francisco. CROSSINC THE ATLANTIC 43 the slii}) niDVccl into tlie iniici- liaihof—inside of the sul)inaiinenets. Now that we were so near shore, all wanted to night eanie we were allowed to keep the lights burningand to take off our clothes, which latter privilege had beendenied the four ])revions nights. The next morning Avas foggy, and it rained most of theday. AVe had all heard of sunny France, and the rain just likethe Pacific Coast was a surprise to some of us. Little did
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