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S CITY STAR
Monday, June 20, 1977
Do You Remember
the Fighting Irish
of Battery D?
By James P. McGilley, Jr.
Our friend, Margaret Sheehan,
name was Landrigan. But on
sent us this priceless old picture of
March 17, 1918 at Camp Donovan,
the third annual St. Patrick's Day
all 220 became Irish - Fighting
reunion of Battery D at the
Irish!
Muehlebach in 1920. Her first
husband, Dan Flaherty, is the
They "set sail" on May 20,
third man to the left of Captain
entered Europe through L'Harve
Harry.
on June 3, and headed straight for
the Argonne. By March 17, 1919,
Battery D was an all-volunteer
they found themselves in Chau-
unit that was formed when war
teau Du Ponte at Courcemont.
was declared in April of 1917, and
Inevitably, the second annual St.
while virtually every nationality
Patrick's Day celebration erupted,
was represented, there was a
and they pledged to gather for a
preponderance of Irish, such as:
reunion on St. Patrick every year
from then on.
Carnie, Brice, Doherty, Downey,
Keenan, Kelly, Junior, McKim, Murphy,
Legend has it that Harry Tru-
Tierney, Coyle, Cunningham, Donnelly,
man stashed a bottle of Three Star
Hart, Joyce, Lavery, McNamara, O'Hare,
Hennessy to be held in trust for
Rielly, Stanley, Stuart, Banning, Bollin,
the last man. The roster is now
jboyle, Brannan, Breen, Casey, Conboy,
down to 44, so indeed the day is
Flaherty, Flannigan, Grady, Hughes,
Kelly, McCarty, McConnell, McDonald,
approaching when some old sol
Maloney, Naulty, Shine, Pendy, Shea.
dier will inherit the brandy.
But Battery D will live on
And then there were any num-
forever, so long as the love for
ber of half Irish like Eddie Meis-
freedom burns in the hearts of
burger, whose mother's maiden
Americans.
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