Runners for the 315th Infantry

Black and white photograph. Signal Corps #33077.

Hand written on the front of the photograph states: "OVER FOR TEXT". Typed on a strip on the back of the photograph states: "L TO R: PVT. WM. WACHTER, 315TH INFANTRY, 79TH DIVISION, PVT. R.D. THOMPSON, 315TH INFANTRY, 79TH DIVISION, PVT. J.J. MULCAHY, 315TH INF., 79TH DIVISION, PVT. JOHN MCCAUGHTRY, 315TH INFANTRY, 79TH DIVISION; AS RUNNERS FOR THE 315TH INFANTRY THEY DELIVERED THE MESSAGE TO STOP FIRING 11 A.M. NOV. 11, 1918, TO LIEUT. COL. BURT UNDER HEAVY SHELL FIRE, ETRAYE, MEUSE, FRANCE, NOV. 11, 1918."

From the service of 2nd Lt. John H. Engel, U.S. Army Signal Corps, AEF.