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First burial of American victims
Photographer: American Red Cross via Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division (PD)
Taken: October 11, 1918
Caption: First burial of American victims
Additional Description: Almost 200 U.S. servicemen were buried in trench graves in Kilchoman, Islay, Scotland, on a bluff overlooking the site of the tragedy. A second mass funeral was held a week later.
Submitted: June 18, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Database Locator Identification Number: p662185
File Size: 0.039 Megabytes

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