Re: WWI uniform & George Ball or Pearl Blanch Ball from Minnesota
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WWI uniform & George Ball or Pearl Blanch Ball from Minnesota
Priscilla Halcomb 8/20/12
Here is a great website to research WWI has pictures of patches of Army Divisions.
http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~worldwarone/WWI/index.htmlhttp://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~worldwarone/WWI/index.html
There are two A patches and style script and color identifies what group belongs to.
http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~worldwarone/WWI/insignia/shoulder.htmlhttp://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~worldwarone/WWI/insignia/shoulder.html
The V if on the left sleeve, each one means 6 months of service. When worn on the right sleeve each stripe is a wound in action. So if George has one on left then he was in the service at least 6 months but under 12 months if only one.
http://www.replicaters.com/ww1USAEFuniforms.htmlhttp://www.replicaters.com/ww1USAEFuniforms.html
Do internet searches of group and pictures. The NARA has an archives of photographs. WWI was the first war where there were a photography unit formed if memory serves.