A Pittsburgh newspaper article published three months after the end of World War I highlights the battle at Imécourt, France.1 It was of particular interest to Pittsburgh readers because most of the men who fought there were from Pittsburgh. It was the final battle for the 319th Infantry Regiment, part of the 80th Division. Several men were killed in action there, including my granduncle, Russell T. Stewart.2
Continue reading »Footnotes- Charles J. Doyle, “Field Where Home Boys Lie Photographed,” The Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Sunday, February 9, 1919, page 47 (section 6, page 5). Google News Archive (https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mG1RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BGgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2431%2C1364060 : viewed 2 January 2020).
- Photo from Dennis Stewart, MyHeritage.com, Robert M. Stewart Family (https://www.myheritage.com/site-148784861/robert-m-stewart-family : Downloaded 23 June 2016), Thomas Russell Stewart.