tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post8311596951641337121..comments2024-03-29T02:37:52.926-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: The USS Recruitsnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-41262725171238478042018-08-02T07:24:19.681-07:002018-08-02T07:24:19.681-07:00Very interesting article and the only one that ref...Very interesting article and the only one that references the release of Carrier Pigeons from the USS Recruit. Here is a photograph of that event on Mar. 10, 1918 that I found at the National Archives.<br />https://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/28868232857/in/album-72157673994008195/Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770545532811685394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-83711607425489631212017-06-18T13:08:57.535-07:002017-06-18T13:08:57.535-07:00I'm glad the socialists, anarchists and suffra...I'm glad the socialists, anarchists and suffragists were counter-recruiting. My 23 year old Canadian Uncle lasted 10 months in the mud and waste of the fratricidal waste of WWI and his body was never found in the muck of Ypres(Ieper) Belgium. His name is on the Menin Gate with over 55,000 other Commonwealth soldiers whose bodies were never found.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03231173135905201840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-77680300774706720342017-06-18T10:51:21.598-07:002017-06-18T10:51:21.598-07:00What a wonderful story! I lived near Union Square ...What a wonderful story! I lived near Union Square for many years but had never heard of the USS Recruit. Admittedly, it was long after 1917....Diane Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16794521230958515051noreply@blogger.com