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The Reading Militia in the Great War Conclusion So ended the careers of two bodies of devoted soldiery. A complete record, involving casualties, replacements and orders of the day, as embodied in the official records at Washington, would swell this book to undue proportions. What is given here purports to be a plain, unvarnished recital … Read more
The Reading Militia in the Great War Part I – The Career of Company I Later known as Company D, 150th Machine Gun Battalion, Forty-second Division, American Expeditionary Force Chapter I – Departure and Embarkation Company I, at the time it was called into service in the war against the Germans, numbered one hundred and … Read more
The Reading Militia in the Great War Part II – The Career of Company A Later known as Company B, 108th Machine Gun Battalion, Twenty-eighth Division, American Expeditionary Force Chapter I – The Training Camp Company A is the senior detachment of the Reading militia. Its members love to boast that they are the successors … Read more
The Reading Militia in the Great War By J. Bennett Nolan, Esq. of the Berks County Bar Published under the auspices of the Historical Society of Berks County Printed by F.A. Woerner, 32 N. Sixth St., Reading, PA Contents Foreword Part I – The Career of Company I Departure and Embarkation The Baccarat Sector The … Read more