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BASE SECTION NO. 2 (BORDEAUX), EMBARKATION OF TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE U.S., DECEMBER 1918 TO FEBRUARY 15, 1919 Reel 2 · Part 1
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Reel 1, field guns are hoisted aboard the freighter William S. Page. Troops are deloused. 78th F.A. troops leave Lormont. Casuals board the transport Henderson. Gens. Johnston and Nicholson pose on the Cartago. Walking wounded board the Aeolus. 143rd and 144th F.A. troops board the liner Matsonia; 145th F.A., the Santa Theresa; 333rd F. A., the Siboney; casuals, including Gen. Foote, the Powhatan and Wilhelmina; 337th F.A., the French liner Rochambeau; 814th Pioneer Inf., the French liner Chicago; 339th F.A., the French liner La Lorraine; and casual troops, the Mallory. Reel 2, casual troops board the French liner Espagne; 32nd Engrs., the Santa Theresa; 326th F. A., the Madawaska; 327th F. A., the Pastores; 325th F. A., the Antigone; the 69th Coast Artillery, the Mercury; and casuals, the Henderson, Wilhelmina, and Orizaba.
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