Sergeant Harry Spark, Machine Gun Company, 28th Infantry Regiment wore this coat home on his return to the U.S. in 1919. It features an oval First Division Shoulder Insignia made with a gray base instead of the usual drab wool. It is the same coat he is wearing in the photograph. Spark was injured while serving as a machine gunner at an advance post in the Argonne Forest on October 7th, 1918. He is pictured being assisted by a Salvation Army worker at an aid station.
Service Coat
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Unit28th Infantry Regiment
Date1917 - 1919
ConflictWorld War I
NationalityAmerican
RightsFirst Division Museum
Identifier2011.23.1
On-DisplayYes
Citation"Service Coat." First Division Museum. Accessed November 22, 2024, https://www.fdmuseum.org/collections/service-coat/.
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