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Description
During the Paris Convention of 1927 in France, the American Legion organized a veterans trip known as the Second American Expeditionary Forces in honor of the ten year anniversary of America's entry into World War I.
Joseph Murray (far left) born in Portland, was a member of the U.S. Navy and served in WWI from 1918 to 1919. He posed with fellow veterans Ed Simmons (middle left), Mike Mulkern (middle right), and Bill Murphy (far right).
About This Item
- Title: World War I veterans reunited, France, ca. 1927
- Creation Date: 1927
- Subject Date: 1927
- Location: France
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 10.2 cm x 15.2 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 2874, Box 2/1
- Collection: Joseph L. Murray Second A.E.F. Paris trip
- Object Type: Image
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- American Legion.
- Carmania (Ocean liner)
- France -- Description and travel.
- Scythia (Steamship : 1921-1958)
- United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Anniversaries, etc.
- World War, 1914-1918.
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