
We’ve just read Anna’s own words in the last post. Let’s fill in a few details about her early life.
Continue readingWe’ve just read Anna’s own words in the last post. Let’s fill in a few details about her early life.
Continue readingWe have a guest author for this post – Anna Kloppenberg Teply Mengers (1G).
This article is copied from “The Kloppenberg / Overwald Family History”, by Ed Kloppenberg.
The article was written in December 1992. I suspect it was really written by Alice Teply Karr, Anna’s daughter.
Continue readingHere are others of our great-grandfathers who served in World War I.
The Armistice occurred on November 11, 1918.
By the end of November, the army had refocused its mission:
At 0830 on the morning of November 11, word was received at 89th Division headquarters that an armistice would go into effect at 1100 and that all firing should cease at that time.
Continue readingBen Teply took a shrapnel wound in his right thigh on the afternoon of September 12.
Using his own records, some collateral info, and a bit of conjecture, we can follow his medical treatment.
Continue readingBy 1918, the war in Europe had become a bloody stalemate.
In 1916 alone, battles at Verdun and the Somme each resulted in nearly one million killed and wounded.
Continue readingOn April 27, Colonel Reeves of the 353rd held a secret meeting with the company commanders.
“We’re going over soon; make your plans accordingly.”
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