Miller, George G.
survey sheet - handwritten

 

 

Commissioned 1st Lt. Engr [Engineer] officer Reserve Co, July 30 / [19]17.
Date of Enlistment: Sept. 25, 1917 Called to active service
Military Camps to which went:
* American University Oct 1 - Dec 1/[19]17
Units to which belonged:
* Assigned to 23rd Engineers, Co. E. later promoted to Capt. of Engr.[Wag] Co. 2 Co., 23rd Engrs.
Date of trip overseas: Nov 30/[19]18-April 13/[19]18 [?]
Service there:
* Road repairs in and around Nevers & 3rd A.J.C. near Issoundun until Oct/[19]18. Then started to join 1st Army beyond Verdun, [Furthwest?, Furtherest?, Furthest?] north - A little town called [Saulmory] near Stenay. Finie L'Guerre.
Date of return: June 1-11 / 1919
Date of demobilization: July 1, 1919 Camp Upton
Honors received: None

 

 

NOTES
World War I (U.S. Army. Corps of Engineers. Headquarters. The U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers: A Brief History)
http://www.usace.army.mil/About/History/BriefHistoryoftheCorps/WorldWarI.aspx

Army Engineers in World War I (World War 1 Vets.com)
http://www.wwvets.com/Engineers.html

Nevers, France During World War I (Ancestry.com Rootsweb)-- it may be
that the concentration of American Base Hospitals in the area kept the
Engineers busy building and repairing the well-traveled roads
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gregkrenzelok/neversfranceduringww1.html

Carl A. Spaatz (Veteran Tributes) -- started the American Aviation School
at Issoundun
http://veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.php?recordID=713

Saulmory-et-Villefranche Top 10 Attractions
http://www.tripmondo.com/france/lorraine/saulmory-et-villefranche/attractions-in-saulmory-et-villefranche/

Camp Upton (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
http://www.bnl.gov/about/history/campupton.php