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61. Joe Benny Tafoya
62. Francis Hill
65. Ernest T. Gray
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Russell Beck, age 7, showing the poppies he was selling for Armistice/Remembrance/Veterans Day (Nov. 11) in 1939. The red poppy featured in the poem, In Flanders Fields, by Dr. John McCrae. The poppy as a symbol for the bloodshed in World War I was adopted by the National American Legion Conference in 1919 and the American Legion has been selling poppies on Nov. 11 ever since.
The photo bears a good example of fingerprint damage on the upper left...
67. Carl H. Schrupp
68. Ira Earl Beck
69. Soldiers
71. Loren Arthur
72. Guard Detail
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"Guard detail at Camp Vail, May 9, 1920" - caption on photo verso. This photograph is in a collection of the army photographs of George Frey, Red Cliff resident, and he is presumed to be in the photograph.
Despite the namesake, Camp Alfred Vail was at United States Army base Fort Monmouth in New Jersey and was a training center for the signal corps. The United States Signal Corps was founded in 1860 and has played integral roles in military communication,...
74. Unknown soldier
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An unknown World War I soldier in a collection from George Frey, who served during World War I. The photograph reads "Transferred to Supply Co. Private Abbate Batt A 9th F.A." Other photographs in this collection including George Frey note that they were stationed at Fort Sill, OK in Battery A.
75. Stanley McHatton
76. Stanley McHatton
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Marie Young talks about discrimination that her German American family faced during World Wars I and II. She also talks about her many tasks as a homemaker on a ranch, about helping with the cattle, and doing other ranch work. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western Colorado and the Mesa County Historical Society.
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Rudolph Seibert talks about basic training and life in the U.S. Army during World War I. He also touches on resistance to U.S. involvement in the war from within the Army’s ranks, and on his training and work as an auto mechanic. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western Colorado and the Mesa County Historical Society.