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The dazzle ship HMS Justicia photographed from the USS St. Louis. Launched on July 9, 1914 as SS Statendam for the Holland America line, the ship was requisitioned by the British government and used as a troop transport. It sank on July 22, 1918 after a 24-hour fight with German submarines. |
Handwritten: USS St Louis & H.M.S. Justicia
Reverse, Handwritten: U.S.S. St Louis and Justisia convoyed to ? England loaded with American troops We left Halifax Canada May 5 - 1918 |
Justicia, HMS Justicia, Justisia, HMS Justisia, dazzle ship, convoy, USS St. Louis, St. Louis, 1918, 1918-07-22, dazzle ship |
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The advance of July 19, 1918 in the Aisne-Marne Offensive. From The History of The A.E.F. by Shipley Thomas. |
The advance of July 19, 1918
Showing plateau southwest of Soissons which the Germans chose to defend to the last. |
1918-07-19, 1918, July, advance of July 19 1918, The History of The A.E.F., The History of The A. E. F., History of The A.E.F., History of The A. E. F., The AEF. The A.E.F., The A. E. F., Shipley Thomas, Shipley, Thomas |
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Newsboys Memorial to Albert Edward Scott, Company H, 101st United States Infantry, A.E.F., Killed in Action at Epieds, France, July 23, 1918. Designed by Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson (1871-1932), sculptor. Installed 1923 at Brookline, Massachusetts town hall (ww1mproject.org/items/show/765, July 6, 2018). Further information on Scott, who lied about his age and enlisted at the age of 15, can be found (July 6, 2018) at www.wickedlocal.com/x206836716/Age-didnt-stop-young-Brookline-newsboy-from-becoming-a-WWI-legend. |
Newsboys Memorial to Albert Edward Scott
Company H, 101st United States Infantry A.E.F.
Killed in Action at Epieds France July 23 1918 |
Newsboys Memorial, Albert Edward Scott, Albert Scott, Company H, 101st United States Infantry, AEF, killed in Action, KIA, Epieds, France, July, 1918, 1918-07-23 |