Reading Eagle, June 1, 1919:
Home from the Plattsburg army hospital on a furlough of 5 days, Luther G. Dauth, one of Reading's soldiers and one of the first victims of the Hun, is visiting his father, John P. Dauth, 18 South Eighth Street. Gassed and then subsequently having his side crushed in during a bombing attack, Mr. Dauth has been an inmate of various hospitals in France, England and America for more than a year.
Entering the service on Oct. 17, 1917, as a member of the 148th Aero Squadron, he was sent to the Taliaferro (Tex) aviation camp, where he remained in training until Feb. 14, 1918. He sailed for overseas Feb 25 and after a short stay in England, landed in France on St. Patrick's Day, March 17. His command was moved to the front on March 22 and one month later suffered the first casualties of the American forces during the German drive on the Somme, which opened on March 21 and was under constant fire for a period of a week. He was gassed on April 2 and was taken to Ypres. The hospital at this place was bombed by the Germans and with others he was put on a barge and taken to Calais, being unconscious most of the time.
From the Canadian hospital at Calais he was transferred to King George Hospital at London, the first American to be received there. He was subsequently sent to the American casualty camp at Winchester and later to Hursley Hospital. With other casualties, he returned to this country on the Leviathan, reaching New York on Dec 16, 1918. He was first sent to Fox Hill Hospital, Staten Island, and then in succession to Camp Dix base hospital, Bronx, and Plattsburg. He is the only member of his command that has not been mustered out.
Home from the Plattsburg army hospital on a furlough of 5 days, Luther G. Dauth, one of Reading's soldiers and one of the first victims of the Hun, is visiting his father, John P. Dauth, 18 South Eighth Street. Gassed and then subsequently having his side crushed in during a bombing attack, Mr. Dauth has been an inmate of various hospitals in France, England and America for more than a year.
Entering the service on Oct. 17, 1917, as a member of the 148th Aero Squadron, he was sent to the Taliaferro (Tex) aviation camp, where he remained in training until Feb. 14, 1918. He sailed for overseas Feb 25 and after a short stay in England, landed in France on St. Patrick's Day, March 17. His command was moved to the front on March 22 and one month later suffered the first casualties of the American forces during the German drive on the Somme, which opened on March 21 and was under constant fire for a period of a week. He was gassed on April 2 and was taken to Ypres. The hospital at this place was bombed by the Germans and with others he was put on a barge and taken to Calais, being unconscious most of the time.
From the Canadian hospital at Calais he was transferred to King George Hospital at London, the first American to be received there. He was subsequently sent to the American casualty camp at Winchester and later to Hursley Hospital. With other casualties, he returned to this country on the Leviathan, reaching New York on Dec 16, 1918. He was first sent to Fox Hill Hospital, Staten Island, and then in succession to Camp Dix base hospital, Bronx, and Plattsburg. He is the only member of his command that has not been mustered out.
Reading Eagle, June 1, 1919:
Home from the Plattsburg army hospital on a furlough of 5 days, Luther G. Dauth, one of Reading's soldiers and one of the first victims of the Hun, is visiting his father, John P. Dauth, 18 South Eighth Street. Gassed and then subsequently having his side crushed in during a bombing attack, Mr. Dauth has been an inmate of various hospitals in France, England and America for more than a year.
Entering the service on Oct. 17, 1917, as a member of the 148th Aero Squadron, he was sent to the Taliaferro (Tex) aviation camp, where he remained in training until Feb. 14, 1918. He sailed for overseas Feb 25 and after a short stay in England, landed in France on St. Patrick's Day, March 17. His command was moved to the front on March 22 and one month later suffered the first casualties of the American forces during the German drive on the Somme, which opened on March 21 and was under constant fire for a period of a week. He was gassed on April 2 and was taken to Ypres. The hospital at this place was bombed by the Germans and with others he was put on a barge and taken to Calais, being unconscious most of the time.
From the Canadian hospital at Calais he was transferred to King George Hospital at London, the first American to be received there. He was subsequently sent to the American casualty camp at Winchester and later to Hursley Hospital. With other casualties, he returned to this country on the Leviathan, reaching New York on Dec 16, 1918. He was first sent to Fox Hill Hospital, Staten Island, and then in succession to Camp Dix base hospital, Bronx, and Plattsburg. He is the only member of his command that has not been mustered out.
Home from the Plattsburg army hospital on a furlough of 5 days, Luther G. Dauth, one of Reading's soldiers and one of the first victims of the Hun, is visiting his father, John P. Dauth, 18 South Eighth Street. Gassed and then subsequently having his side crushed in during a bombing attack, Mr. Dauth has been an inmate of various hospitals in France, England and America for more than a year.
Entering the service on Oct. 17, 1917, as a member of the 148th Aero Squadron, he was sent to the Taliaferro (Tex) aviation camp, where he remained in training until Feb. 14, 1918. He sailed for overseas Feb 25 and after a short stay in England, landed in France on St. Patrick's Day, March 17. His command was moved to the front on March 22 and one month later suffered the first casualties of the American forces during the German drive on the Somme, which opened on March 21 and was under constant fire for a period of a week. He was gassed on April 2 and was taken to Ypres. The hospital at this place was bombed by the Germans and with others he was put on a barge and taken to Calais, being unconscious most of the time.
From the Canadian hospital at Calais he was transferred to King George Hospital at London, the first American to be received there. He was subsequently sent to the American casualty camp at Winchester and later to Hursley Hospital. With other casualties, he returned to this country on the Leviathan, reaching New York on Dec 16, 1918. He was first sent to Fox Hill Hospital, Staten Island, and then in succession to Camp Dix base hospital, Bronx, and Plattsburg. He is the only member of his command that has not been mustered out.
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