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OCCUPATION OF CANTIGNY SECTOR (PICARDY), JUNE 14 - JULY 3, 1918, FIRST DIVISION Reel 2 · Part 2
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Reel 1, French and 7th F.A. units fire 155's at Vermaise. Artillery observers occupy a castle at Folleville. 1st Engrs. operate a laundry at Rocquencourt and attend a barbecue at Vermaise. Troops wearing gas masks play baseball; wrestling and boxing matches are held; troops attend a stage show. Gen. Summerall inspects horse show participants. Reel 2, Gens. Pershing and Bullard inspect, decorate, and review 1st Div. troops at Paillart, Vermaise, Troussures, and Rocquencourt. A Filipino soldier is buried at Bonvillers.
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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer
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