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Sgt. James O. Nicholson
Battery D, 2nd Battalion,
15th Field Artillery

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Sgt. James O. Nicholson
   
Our special thanks to Jim and Rosalie Nicholson for providing the following images.

Sgt. James O. Nicholson served in Btry D, 2nd Bn, 15th FA from 1917-1920.  He was honorably discharged in 1920, then reenlisted, and went right back to Btry D, serving again until 1921.


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Postcard sent from Pine Camp, New York

Postcard from France

Postcard sent from
Pine Camp, NY

   

Postcard sent from
France

   

SGT James O. Nicholson

James O. Nicholson in uniform

SGT James O. Nicholson

   

.....in uniform

   

Howitzer of the 15th Field Artillery

12-Inch Mortar

75mm Howitzer of the
15th Field Artillery

   

12-Inch Mortar


   

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Battery D building

Battery D  c.1920
15th Field Artillery

   

Battery D horse
and mule barn

   

Pass for Sgt James O Nicholson

Verdun

Permanent Pass Issued at Camp Travis, Texas by order of Col. J. R. Davis

   

VERDUN - 1920
Mascot 15th FA Regt
"Dying At Verdun"

   

Authorization to wear the WW1 Victory Medal

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Cpl James O Nicholson's authorization to wear the
Victory Medal Service Ribbon (right) and 5 Bronze Stars

   

Sgt James O Nicholson wearing a side arm at
Camp Travis

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Battery A, 1st Bn, 15th FA, July 1918 in France

   

Breech Assembly for a French 75mm Howitzer used by the 15th FA Regiment in 1918

   

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Battery C, 1st Bn, 15th FA firing near Valdahon, France, January 1918

   

Battery B, 1st Bn, 15th FA, passing through Villers Cotterts, France 17 July 1918

   

World War One Victory Medal
   


 

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340mm gun manned by US Coast Artillery Corps

US 12-inch coastal defense gun and crew

340mm US Coast Artillery
gun firing near Nixeville
26 Sep 1918

US 12-inch coastal
defense gun and crew
Ft. Andrews, Boston

Long range guns of the US coastal artillery

US 75mm gun in action

Long range guns of
US coastal artillery

US 75mm gun
in action

Thousands of cases of 75mm ammunition stored at Verdun

Unloading American caissons and limbers for 75mm guns

Thousands of cases of
75mm ammo at Verdun

Unloading US 75mm
caissons and limbers

White crosses fill the Argonne Cemetery in 1919

White crosses fill the Argonne cemetery in 1919

  

Second Division monument in Washington, DC

World War 1 monument in Washington, DC

2nd Division monument
in Washington DC

World War 1 monument
in Washington DC


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