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    "ocrText": "Headquarters 35th Division\nAmerican Expeditionary Forces\n29th October 1918.\nFrom:\nCommanding General, 35th Division.\nTo:\nCommanding Officer, Battery D, 129th Field Artillery\n(Through Commanding General, 60 th F. A. Brigade)\nSubject: Commendation.\n1. The following extract from the report of\nthe Commanding Officer, 110th Mobile Ordnance Repair\nShop, is quoted for your information:-\nThe matèriel of Battery D, 129th Field\nArtillery, was found to be in a most excellent condition;\n* The matèriel of this battery was in superior\ncondition to that of any other battery of the two regiments,\nand evidenced the fact that unusual care had been exercised\nby the commissioned and enlisted personnel of this battery,\nresulting in the highest state of efficiency in the care of\nits Ordnance Materiel.\"\n2. The above report is of a kind that the Command-\ning General of this Division expects, but too infrequently\nreceives. I take great pleasure in commending you and the\nofficers and enlisted men of your battery for this excellent\nshowing which I consider a standard for the other organizations\nof this Division to reach and to hold.\nAREA NATIONALD TRUMAN LIBRARY\nU.S.\nPETER E. TRAUB\nMajor General, U. S. Army\nCommanding\nC.B. 466.\n1st Ind.\nHeadquarters, 60th Field Artillery Brigade, American Expeditionary Forces,\n30 th October, 1918. To C.O., Battery \"D\" (Thru CO 129th F.A.)\nTransmitted.\nBy command of Brigadier General Berry,\nA. anwatzek R. Watzek,\n,\nCaptain, U.S.A.\nActing Adjutant.\nOFFICE OF DIVISION ORDNANCE OFFICER\nHeadquarters 35th Division\nAmerican Expeditionary Forces\n26th October 1918\nFrom\n:\nActing Division Ordnance Officer, 35th Division\nTo\n:\nCommanding General, 35th Division\nSubject :\nCommendation for Battery D,129th Field Artillery\n1.\nThe Commanding Officer of the 110th M. O. R. S.\nreports that he has just completed the overhauling of all the\nfield pieces of the 128th and 129th Field Artillery. He states\nthat the materiel of Battery D, 129th Field Artillery, was found\nto be in a most excellent condition; he states that the matoriel\nof this organization was in superior condition to that of any\nother battery of the two regiments, and evidenced the fact that\nunusual care had been exercised by the commissioned and enlisted\npersonnel of this battery, resulting in the highest state of\nefficiency in the care of its ordnance materiel.\n2.\nThis for the information of the Division Commander.\nMark\nMARK V. WEATHERFORD\nCaptain, U.S.Army\nActing Division Ordnance Officer\nTRUMAN\nHARDY & ARCHIVES NATIONAL RECORDS SERVICE\" LIBRARY\nU.S. GOVERNMENT\n2nd Ind.\nHdqrs. 129th F.A., A.P.O. #743, A.E.F., 31 October 1918. To C. O.\nBattery D, 129th F. A.\nTransmitted.\nBy order of Colonel Klemm: Roger T. Sermon\nCaptai n, 129th F. A.\nL\nAdjutant.\n3rd Ind.\nC.O. Battery D, 129th F. A., APO #743, A.E.F., 32 November 1918. To C.G. 35th\nDivision. (thru channels)\n1. The Com anding General's letter of October 29th commending this\norganization on the excellent condition of its Ordnance Materiel is the re-\nsult of the untiring efforts of Cheif Mechanic McKinley Wooden and the en-\nlisted personnel of the Battery to whom all credit belongs.\nHany\nHarry S. Truman\nCaptain 129th Field Artillery,\nComm'dg.\nHST/K\nATIONAL\nand\nTIBRARY\nSERVICE\n8.5.\nINTERNATIONAL\n2nd Ind.\nHdqrs. 129th F.A., A.P.O. #743, A.E.F., 31 October 1918. To C.O.\nBattery D, 129th F. A.\nTransmitted.\nBy order of Colonel Klemm:\nRoger T. Sermon,\nL\nCaptain, 129th F. A.\nAdjutant.\n3rd Ind.\nC.O. Battery D, 129th F. A., APO #743, A.E.F., 32 November 1918. To C.G. 35th\nDivision. (thru channels)\n1. The Com anding General's letter a October 29th commending this\norganization on the excellent condition of its Ordnance Materiel is the re-\nsult of the untiring efforts of Cheif Mechanic McKinley Wooden and the en-\nlisted personnel of the Battery to whom all credit belongs.\nHarry S. Truman\nCaptain 129th Field Artillery,\nComm'dg.\nHST/K"
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