Re: Gondrecourt le château: les Américains.
Publié : mer. août 09, 2017 11:27 am
Bonjour à tous,
Les pages 502 et 503 d'American Armies and Battlefields in Europe portent ces distinctions :
- "First casualty of A.E.F.: first lieutenant Louis L. Genella, Medical Corps, suffered a shell wound on July 14, 1917, while serving with the British at the front southwest of Arras."
- "First soldiers of A.E.F. killed by enemy: first lieutenant William T. Fitzsimmons and privates first class Rudolph Rubino, Jr., Oscar C. Tugo and Leslie G. Woods, all of United States Base Hospital No. 5, lost their lives at 10:55 p.m., September 4, 1917, when the Germans bombed a British hospital with which they were on duty near Dannes-Camiers."
- "First battle casualties of an American unit while it was serving at the front: sergeant Matthew R. Calderwood and private William F. Branigan, both of company F, 11th Engineers, were wounded by shellfire on September 5, 1917, while working on a railway near Gouzeaucourt. The 11th Engineers served with the British from August 1917 to June 13, 1918."
- "First American soldiers killed in action: Corporal James B. Gresham and privates Thomas F. Enright and Merle D. Hay, all of the 16th Infantry, 1st Division, lost their lives when the German troops raided the American trenches at Bathelémont on November 2, 1917."
Bien cordialement,
Eric Mansuy
Les pages 502 et 503 d'American Armies and Battlefields in Europe portent ces distinctions :
- "First casualty of A.E.F.: first lieutenant Louis L. Genella, Medical Corps, suffered a shell wound on July 14, 1917, while serving with the British at the front southwest of Arras."
- "First soldiers of A.E.F. killed by enemy: first lieutenant William T. Fitzsimmons and privates first class Rudolph Rubino, Jr., Oscar C. Tugo and Leslie G. Woods, all of United States Base Hospital No. 5, lost their lives at 10:55 p.m., September 4, 1917, when the Germans bombed a British hospital with which they were on duty near Dannes-Camiers."
- "First battle casualties of an American unit while it was serving at the front: sergeant Matthew R. Calderwood and private William F. Branigan, both of company F, 11th Engineers, were wounded by shellfire on September 5, 1917, while working on a railway near Gouzeaucourt. The 11th Engineers served with the British from August 1917 to June 13, 1918."
- "First American soldiers killed in action: Corporal James B. Gresham and privates Thomas F. Enright and Merle D. Hay, all of the 16th Infantry, 1st Division, lost their lives when the German troops raided the American trenches at Bathelémont on November 2, 1917."
Bien cordialement,
Eric Mansuy