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FAMOUS PEOPLE

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Warren Pershing

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Newton Baker

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While Pershing was

on assignment, he learned that his wife and

two daughters had died

in a tragic fire.

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Only his 6 year old son survived.

 

Warren bears his mother's maiden name.

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When the World War had ended General Pershing called for his son to come

to France and witness what everyone hoped would be the last war that humans would suffer.

Sec. of War Baker, Warren Pershing, son of Gen. Pershing and Sgt. Joseph Weltz,

guardian for Warren who was traveling on SS Leviathan to France - 1919

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Source of Picture: National Archives Records Group 165, Personnel

Edward VIII

William Wallace

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Edward VIII, Prince of Wales and COL. William Wallace, Cmdr AEF in Italy ,

walking in gardens of Villa of 1001 Roses, Somme Campagna, Italy 8-11-1918

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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 165.

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King Edward VIII of England going to War in 1914

Edward VIII, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1894- ;

"The 20-year old Prince of Wales leaving Buckingham Palace, London,

to join his Grenadier Guards with whom he has gone to the Front". 1 Oct. 10, 1914

Edward VIII

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Edward VIII

King of Italy

King of Italy with the future King Edward VIII of England in Italy ca 1914

Prince of Wales

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Cochem

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Prince of Wales and MG Chas. Muir, CO 4th Army Corps in courtyard of Burg Cochem Germany

1-11-19

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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111

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Kamio Mitsuomi

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General Kamio, Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces in Kiaochow campaign. 1914

Kamio Mitsuomi

Nathaniel Barnardiston

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General Kamio Mitsuomi (left) and General Barnardiston (right), September 1914

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National Army Museum Copyright

National Army Museum, Study collection

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Gerrit Beneker

Gerrit Beneker

Gerrit A. Beneker, painter, finishing a War Poster in 1918

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Source of photograph: Harris & Ewing Collection; Library of Congress.

Enrice Cardi

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Enrice Cardi.

He was born in Berona, Italy in 1903.

His parents died when he was 4 years old.

In 1914 he joined the Italian Bersaglieri, 4th Reg., and remained with them on the Piave front,

almost constantly in the trenches, until 1916 when the French 70th Infantry,

which had been fighting in that sector left for France

and he accompanied them while with the Italian Army.

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He was wounded in the hand.

He received the Italian Cross of War.

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He fought in the Somme, Argonne, Champagne, Verdun, and on the Lorraine fronts

with the 70th Infantry (French) and was wounded twice, in the left side and in the right leg.

 

He was awarded the Croix de Guerre by General Francois the citation mentioning his two wounds and the capture of three German prisoners alone in the night with a rifle.

 

While with the French he was made an "honorary Corporal".

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 When the 70th Infantry was changing fronts from the Lorraine sector in September 1918,

he became lost in Nancy and was adopted

by a detachment of the 40th Engineers Camouflage, United States Army,

and was made an honorary Sergeant of that outfit, by a Colonel of the American Army.

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The above statement is vouched for by the Italian Consulate, Nancy France

March  1919

Photographer  : Joseph A. Collin

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Enrice Cardi

Enrice Cardi.

He was born in Berona, Italy in 1903.

His parents died when he was 4 years old.

In 1914 he joined the Italian Bersaglieri, 4th Reg., and remained with them on the Piave front,

almost constantly in the trenches, until 1916 when the French 70th Infantry,

which had been fighting in that sector left for France

and he accompanied them while with the Italian Army.

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He was wounded in the hand.

He received the Italian Cross of War.

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He fought in the Somme, Argonne, Champagne, Verdun, and on the Lorraine fronts

with the 70th Infantry (French) and was wounded twice, in the left side and in the right leg.

 

He was awarded the Croix de Guerre by General Francois the citation mentioning his two wounds and the capture of three German prisoners alone in the night with a rifle.

 

While with the French he was made an "honorary Corporal".

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 When the 70th Infantry was changing fronts from the Lorraine sector in September 1918,

he became lost in Nancy and was adopted

by a detachment of the 40th Engineers Camouflage, United States Army,

and was made an honorary Sergeant of that outfit, by a Colonel of the American Army.

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The above statement is vouched for by the Italian Consulate, Nancy France

March  1919

Photographer  : Joseph A. Collin

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

Enrice Cardi

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Paris, France.

This picture shows the size of one of the heroes of the war.

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This is Henri Cardi, who was born in Berona, Itlay, in 1903.

His parents died when he was 4 years old.

In 1914 he joined the Italian Bersaglieri, 4th Regt. and remained with them on the Piave front,

almost constantly in the Trenches, until 1916 when the French 70th Infantry

which had been fighting in that sector, left for France

and he accompanied them.

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While with the Italian Army he was wounded in the hand.

He received the Italian Cross of War.

He fought on the Somme, Argonne, Champagne, Verdun and on the Lorraine fronts,

with the French 70th Infantry and was wounded twice in the left side and in the right leg.

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He was awarded the Croix de Guerre by General Francois, the citation mentioning his two wounds and the capture of three Germans in the night with a rifle.

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While with the 70th Infantry he was widely known as the "Little Corporal".

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 When the 70th Infantry was changing fronts from the Lorraine sector in Sept. 1918

he became lost in Nancy and was adopted

by a detachment of the 40th Engineers, Camouflage, United States Army,

and was made an honorary sergeant of that outfit by the Colonel.

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The above is vouched for by the Italian Consulate, Nancy, France

March 1919

Photographer : Joseph A. Collin

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

W.W. Husband

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In charge of relief for Americans who are prisoners in German hands:

W.W. Husband of Washington, A.R.C. representative in Copenhagen.

He is shown here on his way to the American Embassy in London to pay his respects

to the retiring Ambassador Walter Hines Page.

Mr. Husband was identified with the work of prisoners relief in Bernes, Switzerland

for more than a year, and was then transferred to Denmark to organize similar work there

ca. 1918

Photographer : ARC

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

W.W. Husband

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W.W. Husband of Washington, American Red Cross representative of Copenhagen.

Taken on the steps of the A.R.C. headquarters in London.

 The work of caring for American prisoners in Germany is now centered in Berne

but in order it be prepared for every possible emergency the A.R.C. has leased

a large reserve warehouse in Copenhagen,

which is prepared to take up the work at a moment's notice.

Here are kept stocks of food clothing and other supplies sufficient

to care for several thousand American prisoners over a long period of months.

 Mr. Husband was formerly head of the Division of Contract Labor in the Department

for Commerce and Labor at Washington

ca. 1918

Photographer : ARC

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

Cen. G.H. Harries

Gen. Dupont

Gen. Ewart

Gen. Bassi

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Gen. G.H. Harries, Gen. Dupont, Gen. Ewart, Gen. Bassi

Photograph shows members of the Allied Prison Commission

(left to right):

Brigadier General George Herbert Harries (1860-1934) who served in the United States Army; French Brigadier General Charles Joseph Dupont (1863-1935);

British Major General Sir Richard Henry Ewart (1864-1928);

and Italian Brigadier General Bassi.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017)

1919

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

Baron Wrangel

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This man has commanded troops

which in official reports have captured 200,000 Bolshevik prisoners.

Baron Vrangell [Wrangel], Lieut. Gen. and Commander of the army of Caucasas [Caucasus],

which has carried the eastern sector of Denikine's front.

These troops captured Tzaritzin and Kamichin on the Volga, and are the right arm of the forceps which General Denikine is insinuating around Moscow.

Vrangell [Wrangel] and his Cossacks are the eastern end,

Skouro and his cossacks are the western end

11 November 1919

Photographer  : ARC Paris Office

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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