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J. Laurence Moffitt, June, 1917, aged 20.
He was then a private in the 102nd Regiment, 26th ("Yankee") Infantry Division.
J. Laurence Moffitt, November 11, 2003, aged 106. He is wearing his original Army helmet from WWI; the illustration on it is the Connecticut Charter Oak, the symbol of the 102nd Regiment.
Above: Anthony Pierro, July 19, 2003, aged 107.
Left: Anthony Pierro, 1918, aged 22. A recent immigrant from Italy, he was a private in the 320th Field Artillery, 82nd Infantry Division.
Above: Arthur Fiala, April 30, 2005, aged 106.
Left: Arthur Fiala, 1918, aged 19. He was a private in the 26th Company of the 20th Engineers Regiment. With some 30,000 men by the end of the war, the 20th Engineers was larger than most divisions.
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