331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . enth weleft Camp Genicart and marched to Bordeaux where we piled into the side door specials for our rides to Marseilles. There were only eighteen of us to a car, and after scattering a few bales of hay around the floor we pulled out at a quarter of eight for the most comfortable ride we had had since our arrival overseas. We passed through Carcarson, one of the oldest towns in France, thru Nimes,and finally pulled in along side of the docks at Marseilles about midnight. After waiting a couple of hours, we reached the boat, and were loaded
331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . enth weleft Camp Genicart and marched to Bordeaux where we piled into the side door specials for our rides to Marseilles. There were only eighteen of us to a car, and after scattering a few bales of hay around the floor we pulled out at a quarter of eight for the most comfortable ride we had had since our arrival overseas. We passed through Carcarson, one of the oldest towns in France, thru Nimes,and finally pulled in along side of the docks at Marseilles about midnight. After waiting a couple of hours, we reached the boat, and were loaded by noon. We sailed that evening. Chow time came at last, and many chow times followed, that we will never forget. The less said about it the better but rotten would be a compliment. We sailed through the Mediterranean and on the second morning were anchored in the harbor of Gibraltar. Klein looked in vain for the Prudential advertisement, and we had trouble convincing him, it was not there. At the foot of the rock lay the town Past 2 18— BATTERY C.
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