Not getting much better, he was sent to a prison camp as a prisoner of war guard, where he remained until after the close of the war. He was sent to Base Hospital #68 for treatments for his hearing for six weeks. On the fighting line through the month of July 1918, and went over the top Chateau-Thierry, where he lost his hearing and was lightly gassed. Left the first of May, landed on the Southeast coast of England, May 24, 1918. Trained at Camp Greene, Charlotte, North Carolina. Huc (illegible) also served in the Army of Occupation from December 12–19, 1918 & April 1 – 14, 1919. Troyon sector, Connecticut sub sector, October 25th – November 12. Verdun sector La Morle Homme September 23 – 25. Albert Sector with the XXVII British Expeditionary Force, Morlancourt, 10 & 11th of August. He participated in the following battles: Class A Major Offensives, Meuse-Argonne (Coteile-Monte Dannevous Qucourt, Sept 25 – October 4th Bois-de Chaume, Bois Plat-Cheve October 10th & 11th.) 21st of October with the XVIII French Corps on the East bank of the Meuse River.Ĭlass B, Amiens sector with the Australian Corps July 20 – August 6. (At least 5 of the 200 Indiana men of the 136th lost their lives and about 50 are wearing one or more wound stripes.”Ĭorporal Davis suffered mustard gas burns on his lungs and both legs during the Marcheville raid. The taking of Marcheville was our biggest job on November 10th. I was attached to the 2nd Bn., Hdqtrs., as soon as we landed in France, serving as liaison Corporal most of the time. We served with the British Australian & Canadian Forces on the Somme for three months, then went to the American Front and were actively engaged on that front until March 11, serving with all American Armies. The colors and standard from our Regiment received many decorations from the British, French and Americans, many boys received medals. The Indiana boys in this 33rd Illinois National Guard showed their mettle, as well as the boys from the Sucker State, all that was not noticed, was that we were from the wrong state. and sailed for France via Hoboken, NY, May 10th, arriving Brest, France, May 16th and within two months was engaged in active work on the front in the Infantry.

“On April 4th, 1918, I and about 200 other Indiana boys, mostly from Central Indiana Indianapolis, Anderson & vicinity, were transferred from the 334th Indianapolis, Regiment to the 130th Reg., 33rd Div. Leland Payne Davis, Corporal, Infantry, Decatur County, Indiana Bowser was gassed at the Long Island City Gas Defense Plant, as were many others, casualties at the plant being numerous and severe, from a chemical accident in the laboratories. Bowser, 2nd Lt., Allen County, Indiana, Chemical Warfare Service

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