331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . Mersey , September 29th found us at anchor in Liverpool harbor, and mightyglad to be alive. When the order to disembark came Sunday noon, twenty-one of the Batterywere too sick to be moved. These had to be left behind until they could be takento hospitals in Liverpool. Some we never saw nor heard of again. Konow andStephens, it is said, were later invalided home. Winkler, Guy Lehman,Nass, and Dengel, to our very great sorrow, succumbed to pneumonia. Michael,Fisher, Lambeth, Hildebrandt, Nike!, and five others rejoined the batte
331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . Mersey , September 29th found us at anchor in Liverpool harbor, and mightyglad to be alive. When the order to disembark came Sunday noon, twenty-one of the Batterywere too sick to be moved. These had to be left behind until they could be takento hospitals in Liverpool. Some we never saw nor heard of again. Konow andStephens, it is said, were later invalided home. Winkler, Guy Lehman,Nass, and Dengel, to our very great sorrow, succumbed to pneumonia. Michael,Fisher, Lambeth, Hildebrandt, Nike!, and five others rejoined the battery in twosand threes over the ensuing six- months. The rest of the battery were lighteredashore and hiked several miles through throngs of dirty children to Camp KnottyAsh. Here were chilly tents and muddy streets but anything on land lookedgood just now. Even the scanty food, served at dark in one of the large tentswas a welcome change. Soon all were hunting soft spots on the wooden tentfloors, and snores ended our first day as part of the A. F. BATTERY B — P A 3312 Field Artillery,
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