Soldier’s bedroom remained untouched for 102 years after he died in battle during World War I in 1918

The Blaze ^ | April 19, 2020 | Paul Sacca

[Bellflower]

He looks like an engaging young fellow.

[Bellflower]

A handsome young man!
Whose picture was the other one, if you know?

[Pelham]

daltec brought it to my attention at post #53:

“The fellow in your bottom photo is Wilfred Owen, a British officer and poet, also killed very near the end of World War One (November 4 1918).

“His poetry made a deep and lasting impression on me when I first read it as a kid.

“Perhaps his best-known work is “Dulce et decorum est.”

[mikeus_maximus]

A family treasure, for sure. Europe was smart enough to stay out of our civil war. If we had stayed out of theirs, I would have grown up with at least one grandfather.

[mikeus_maximus]

Yeah, that one looks French. The other one looks normal.

[ABN 505]

Same Here, my Grandfather [Silver Star] was gassed in France and died a young father of 4 because of lung complications in a N.Y. City Vet hospital. His brother was killed in France shortly before the Armistice both of them served with the 102nd Inf. Regiment from Connecticut in World War I

In August 1917, the Regiment was organized with 3,755 Officers and enlisted men:

Headquarters & Headquarters Company- 303
Supply Company- 140
Machine Gun Company- 178
Medical & Chaplain Detachment- 56
Infantry Battalion (x3)- 1,026
Headquarters- 2
Rifle Company (x4)- 256[1][2]

The 102nd was stationed at the Neufchateau, Vosges Training Area during the fall and winter of 1917[3] with the 26th Division also known as the Yankee Division which included the 101st, 103rd and 104th infantry regiments.

They were then deployed in March 1918 to the Chemin des Dames area where the men had their first experience with defensive and offensive operations and with poison gas.[4]

Next they were deployed in April 1918 to the Toul Sector in the American sector near the Beaumont Zone. They fought at Seicheprey.[5]

Next the 102nd was deployed in July 1918 to the Chateau Thierry area and were involved in the battles of the Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne and the Second Battle of the Marne (15 July – 6 August). They fought at Trugny, Épieds, and the La Fere Forest.[6]

Next the 102nd was deployed to Saint-Mihiel fighting at the Battle of Saint-Mihiel,[7] then the Troyon Sector[8] and finally at Verdun.[9]

After completing its war service in France with the 26th Division, the Regiment arrived at the port of Boston on 7 April 1919 on the U.S.S. Agamemnon and demobilized at Camp Devens, Massachusetts on 29 April 1919.[citation needed]