Conklin, Albert
survey sheet - handwritten

 

 

Date of Enlistment: April 19, 1917
Military Camps to which went:
* To Little Silver, N.J. which is now known as Camp Vail
Units to which belonged:
* 407th Telegraph Battalion
Date of trip overseas: Aug. 7, 1917
Service there:
* Served with the 407th Telegraph Battalion doing telephone communication work mostly on [Toil] Sector.
* Went to Germany with the Army of Occupation: Served in France, Germany, Luxemburg, and Belgium.
Date of return: April 28, 1919
Date of demobilization: May 3, 1919
Honors received:
* Written citation by Chief Signal Officer of U.S. Army

 

 

NOTES
407th Telegraph Battalion, 1919 Roster (Genealogy Today)
http://data.genealogytoday.com/search/407th_Telegraph_Battalion_1919_Roster.html

Lavine, Abraham Lincoln. "Spoon, Shovel, Bar and - Brass," In Circuits of Victory: p. 137 (Google Books)
http://books.google.com/booksid=Xgk9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA137&lpg=PA137&dq=407th+telegraph+battalion&source=bl&ots=RHN3sdDybP&sig=WtF043AU5b0CmmRAhIBtjoia8eE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GP3nUZ-mJPSo4AOjoYHYDA&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=407th%20telegraph%20battalion&f=false

U.S. Defense Dept. Fort Monmouth Historical Office. "Camp Alfred Vail." In A History of Army Communications and Electronics at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey...: pp. 3-4 (Google Books)
http://books.google.com/books?id=Iqvss1iSq84C&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=407th+telegraph+battalion&source=bl&ots=lxfmwIvL-V&sig=IruVzxKKZe43j9PRwG3r6S6KZwU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GP3nUZ-mJPSo4AOjoYHYDA&ved=0CEcQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=407th%20telegraph%20battalion&f=false