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My Grandfather was in the National Guard and participated in the Mexican Border Campaign of 1915 as light infantry. After the U.S. entered the war his unit was Federalized (drafted into the regular U.S. Army). My Grandfather was lucky; he was transfered to artillery (was of his infantry buddies became cannon fodder) and trained on French 120mm guns. He was abord the troopship America when it flooded/sunk in New York Harbor and finally arrived in France just a couple of weeks before the war ended. He saw enough that he didn't want to ever see anymore.
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