Furlong, William W. survey sheet - handwritten On front (recto) of survey sheet:
Date of Enlistment: Feb. 26, 1918
Military Camps to which went:
* Fort Slocum
* Camp Johnston
* Camp Dix
Units to which belonged:
* M.T.C. [Motor Transport Company] 430.
* Instructors[?] No. 2.
* M.T. Co. "C"
* M.T. Co. 327
Date of trip overseas: --
Service there: Domestic service only
Date of return: --
Date of demobilization: May 16, 1919
Honors received: Corporal. Instructor of Motor Truck driving
(over)
On reverse (verso) of survey sheet:
* Will add that I enlisted at Genoa, Italy, as ambulance driver in the
Alpini of the Italian Army, on Dec. 2, 1916
* Was discharged at Verona, Italy, on April 9, 1917 in order to report and
enlist with my own colors.
* Was wounded by shell fire on the night of Jan. 10, 1917. NOTES World War I (Wikipedia. Alpini)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpini#World_War_I
List of Ambulance Drivers in World War I (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ambulance_drivers_during_World_War_I -- Mr. Furlong was in good company
Fort Slocum, Davids Island, New Rochelle, NY (Hudson Valley Ruins)
http://www.hudsonvalleyruins.org/yasinsac/newroc/slocum.html
Camp Joseph E. Johnston (Jacksonville, Fla.) Collection (University of
North Florida.Thomas G. Carpenter Library)
http://www.unf.edu/library/specialcollections/manuscripts/collections/Camp_Joseph_E__Johnston.aspx
Camp Dix - World War I Cantonment - AEF Training Center - NJ (GG Archives)
http://www.gjenvick.com/Military/ArmyArchives/TrainingCenters/CampDix/index.html#axzz2aS6ovFku
Motor Transport Corps (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Transport_Corps#Organization |
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