ORIGINAL WW1 US ARMY 2nd Div 17th Arty Reg @ MONT BLANC ID'd PHOTO POSTCARD RPPC

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ORIGINAL WW1 US ARMY 2nd DIVISION * 17th FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT 2nd BATTALION POSED WITH THEIR FIELD HOWITZER AT **MONT BLANC ID'd PHOTO POSTCARD RPPC
THIS PHOTO POST CARD CAME AS PART OF A SMALL ID'D ORIGINAL GROUPING OF A HALF DOZEN WW1 US ARMY (
2nd Division *17th Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Battalion
) SOLDIERS PHOTO POSTCARDS TAKEN AND BROUGHT BACK FROM FRANCE AFTER WW1. THE IMAGE IS SOMEWHAT SMALL COMPARED TO OTHERS AND NOT FOCUSED VERY WELL BUT YOU CAN SEE ENOUGH TO SEE AN ARTILLERY SQUAD POSING IN FRONT OF THEIR FIELD HOWITZER IN THEIR UNIFORMS WITH ONE WEARING HIS HELMET.
LIKELY TAKEN IN THE FIELD WITH A SMALL KODAK BOX CAMERA BY THE SOLDIER. TO SUM IT UP,
IT IS WHAT IT IS AND IS A STILL A RARELY SEEN ID'D RECORD REGARDLESS OF FOCUS OF THE ** BATTLE OF MONT BLANC RIDGE.
* *
The Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge
occurred during World War I, northeast of Reims, in Champagne, France. The US Army's
2nd Infantry Division
and the 36th Infantry Division opposed the Imperial German Army's 200th and 213th divisions, along with portions of six additional German divisions.
Location
:
Champagne-Ardenne,
France
Dates
: Oct 3, 1918 – Oct 27, 1918
THE CONDITION IS VERY FINE WITH FAIR FOCUS AND VERY GOOD CONTRAST.
PERIOD ID'D ON THE REVERSE IN FOUNTAIN PEN:
Taken at
Mont Blanc
THIS POSTCARD IS NOT A REPRODUCTION OR COPY.
*The 17th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army first formed in 1916.
World War 1 Battles: Aisne; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Lorraine 1918; Ile de France 1918
The Regiment reached the front on March 19 and 20, 1918, and went into positions near Rupt and Woimbey. The Regiment remained in the line until the cessation of hostilities. In recognition of its signal service in six campaigns, the Regiment was awarded the French Croix de Guerre with Palm, Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE, the Croix de Guerre with Palm, Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE, the Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star, Streamer embroidered SOISSONS, and the Croix de Guerre which entitles the Regiment to wear the Fourragere.
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