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Hawaiian Sunset

(Above) On the deck of the Destroyer Cassin, George Hoffman, the man in the center background, was also cited for heroism when the Cassin was struck.

(Above) The Destroyer Cassin - Kelly Ingram, the first man to die in combat was killed aboard this ship on or about 16 October 1917.

Merle David Hay - One of the first Americans killed on foreign soil

James Bethel Gresham - One of the first Americans killed on foreign soil

(Above) The 32nd Infantry Division at Camp McArthur in Waco, Texas in the Fall of 1917 during training.

Thomas Francis Enright - One of the first Americans killed on foreign soil

Sample Photo 11

(Above) The burial on Nov. 4, 1917 of the first American soldiers to fall in France during World War I. The fallen are Corporal James B. Gresham, Private Thomas E. Enright, and Private Merle D. Hay. The bottom image shows the French inscription over the burial plots: "Here lie the first soldiers of the illustrious Republic of the United States, who fell on French soil for justice and liberty, Nov. 3, 1917.

Moving into the trenches in the Alsace

(Above) Sergeant Charles Quick, Corporal Mark Young and Private Albert Lull, 126th Infantry, manning a 37 mm gun in the Alsace