The 313th Machine Gun Battalion, Company C, had their photo taken while in France in 1919. For years I assumed it was taken in the town of Bordeaux due to the name of the hotel printed on the building. Just recently, I did a Google search of the hotel name and found this postcard for sale on eBay in France for €5.00 EUR. I purchased the postcard and also located the exact location in France of where the photo was taken. It was in the village of Saint-Vincent-du-Lorouër. The back of the postcard has not been translated, nor does it appear it was ever mailed. For those family members that also have a copy of the Company photo, I hope you appreciate this postcard as much as I do.
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| Partial photo of Company C shown to illustrate the Hotel name. |
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| 72.ST VINCENT DU LOROUER.EGLISE ET PLACE.HOTEL DE LA PLACE BORDEAU.MARECHAL FE |
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| Back of the postcard. (transcription in the page comments below) |
It says something like:
ReplyDelete"Saint Vincent, October 22, 1917
Dear brother, I send you this card to give you my news that are always [well] and I hope that my card finds you in very good health. Now I’d also say that for leave, if you don’t speak of it , but you must have it, and we wait every day with great impatience to help you with arranging the the potatoes, for we began today Saturday and Sunday to arrange those of Brigitte Now you speak to us of the methods(?), we used the same as last year."
Thank you for transcribing the back of the postcard. I appreciate now knowing the message written on the back.
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