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PVT EDWIN BEACH USMC
6 April 1917
America enters the war. Edwin Beach living in Alliance, Ohio,
working for the Pennsylvania railroad as a car inspector.
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6 July 1917
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Enlists in US Marine Corps
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24 Februaary 1917
Arrives at Brest, France aboard USS Von Steuben
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28 March 1918
Transferred into 23rd Company, 6th Machine Gun Battalion which will remain his unit until his discharge.
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6 June 1918
Caught in gas attack near Belleau Wood.
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June - November 1918
Serves in subsequent actions at Chateau-Thierry, Soissons, St. Mihiel, Blanc Mont and the Argonne Forest.
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December 1918 - July 1919
Serves with the American Army of Occupation in Coblenz Bridgehead area.
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24 July 1919
Sails for home on board USS Santa Paula from Brest, France.
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13 August 1919
Discharged as Sgt.
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A German Minnenwerfer (trench mortar) captured by Marines during the fighting
at Belleau Wood, being towed back to a salvage station. The Marine at left,
holding a grenade in one hand and some hardtack in the other, is
Pvt Edwin Beach, of 23rd Company, 6th Machine Gun Battalion. The other Marines
are unidentified, though, in all liklihood, they are members of 23rd Company as
well.
(Signal Corps photo. Thanks to Gilles Lagin.)
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