WW1 Postcard

Sent by Pvt. James A. Edwards - Hq Company, 330th Infantry Regiment

This is an original censored WWI AEF Post Card dated July 26, 1918 and franked with stamp "Soldiers Mail". The Card was sent by Pvt. J.A. Edwards to Mrs. Harriet E. Child, Crestline, Ohio. The address it was sent from was somewhere in France on this date.

Sergeant James A. Edwards

James A. Edwards was born on December 29, 1895, in Bay City, Michigan. James Edwards (#2429490), enlisted in the National Army on April 1, 1918 in Cleveland, Ohio. After joining the military he was attached to Headquarters Company of the 330th Infantry Regiment. He went to France with this unit on June 12, 1918 aboard the SS Carpathia. After receiving further training with the 330th in France he transferred to Supply Company of the 49th Infantry Regiment on August 1, 1918. He stayed with the 49th for the remainder of his time in the military. He returned to the US aboard the SS George Washington arriving in Hoboken, NJ on January 21, 1919. James Edwards would stay in the military for another four months eventually reaching the rank of Sergeant on April 19, 1919. One month later he was honorably discharged.

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