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| Not all of the 2nd Engineers returned to the United States on the USS Finland
and USS Great Northern. As seen in the photos below, at least one of
them returned on the USS Pastores. Below are photographs once owned
by Corporal Herley W. Wilson.
They document his return to The U.
S. from France in 1919. |
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1. President Wilson left Brest on June 29, 1919 aboard the
USS George Washington. Neither of these two ships are the USS
George Washington. President Wilson was probably not on
either ship. There is a third ship at left. Perhaps this one
was the USS George Washington. If the third ship is, in fact,
the George Washington, this photo was probably taken at Brest
on June 29, 1919. Unfortunately, that ship can't be identified. |
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2. The USS Pastores at Brest, France August, 1919. |
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3. Boarding the Pastores - The date written on this photo is incorrect.
It was taken in August 1919. |
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4. USS Pastores - Homeward Bound |
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5. This photo may have been taken at Hoboken August 1919.
The ship at left is the USS Aeolus. The USS Pastores is at
right. It would be very helpful to know when and where the
Aeolus and the Pastores were in port at the same time. |
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Herley Wilson was discharged at Fort D. A. Russell at Cheyenne, Wyoming |
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The New York Times, August 31, 1919, page 14 -- VAN
OF 1ST DIVISION HERE FROM FRANCE -- Six transports arrived
yesterday from France, bringing nearly 6,000 troops, including
the first batch of the famous First Division, the first to
go in and the last to quit, who were on board the Orizaba
and the Pastores, which docked early at the army piers in
Hoboken. The other four were the Iowan, Peerless, H. R. Mallory,
and Santa Leonora, which docked at the army base in South
Brooklyn. |
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