World War
One
Photos
Sgt. James O.
Nicholson
Battery D, 2nd Battalion,
15th Field Artillery
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, NY
Postcard sent
from
France
SGT James O.
Nicholson
.....in uniform
75mm Howitzer of the
15th Field Artillery
12-Inch Mortar
Battery D
c.1920
15th Field Artillery
Battery D horse
and mule barn
Permanent Pass
Issued at Camp Travis, Texas by order of Col. J. R. Davis
VERDUN
- 1920
Mascot 15th FA Regt
"Dying
At Verdun"
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
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
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
Credit for photos below:
Photos of the
Great War
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
US coastal artillery
US 75mm gun
in action
Thousands of cases of
75mm ammo at Verdun
Unloading US 75mm
caissons and limbers
White
crosses fill the Argonne cemetery in 1919
2nd Division
monument
in Washington DC
World War 1
monument
in Washington DC
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