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Father Duffy's story : $b a tale of humor and heroism, of life and death with the Fighting Sixty-ninth
Duffy, Francis Patrick
United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 165th; World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American
One way of estimating the character of the regiment would be to
examine the lists of the dead, to find what names preponderate
in them. In those lists we find _seven_ men named Kelly; _five_
McCarthy; _four_ O’Neill, O’Brien, and Brennan; _three_ Baker,
Brown, Campbell, Cook, Cronin, Daly, Kane, Lynch, McDonald, McKeon,
McLoughlin, Martin, Murphy, O’Connor, O’Rourke, Scanlan, Smith,
Sullivan and Wynne; _two_ Adkins, Allen, Ames, Boyle, Byrnes,
Collins, Coneys, Connelly, Conway, Curtin, Dolan, Dunnigan, Donovan,
Dougherty, Farrell, Fitzpatrick, Ford, Gavin, Geary, Gordon, Gray,
Gunnell, Hamilton, Hart, Higgins, Johnson, Lane, Leonard McMillan,
McKay, McKenna, McSherry, Mahoney, Minogue, Mitchell, Morrissey,
Naughton, Peterson, Philips, Quinn, Reilly, Riordon, Robinson,
Rooney, Ryan, Scott, Slattery, Thomson, Williams and Walsh.
OFFICERS OF THE NEW YORK CHAPTER RAINBOW DIVISION VETERANS
President, William J. Donovan.
1st Vice Pres., George J. Lawrence,
2nd Vice Pres., T. W. Ferguson,
3rd Vice Pres., John Farrell,
Secretary, Daniel B. J. O’Connell,
Treasurer, Timothy J. Moynahan,
Financial Secretary, John McNamara,
Historian, Francis P. Duffy,
Chaplain, James M. Hanley.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE 165TH INFANTRY
Morgan J. O’Brien, Chairman, (former Presiding Justice of the
appellate division.)
Daniel M. Brady, Vice Chairman, (President of Brady Brass Co.)
John Whelan, Treasurer, (former Corporation Counsel)
Joseph P. Grace, (President W. R. Grace & Co.)
Victor J. Dowling, (Supreme Court Justice)
John D. Ryan, (Chairman Anaconda Copper Co.)
James A. Farrell, (President U. S. Steel Corp.)
Thomas E. Murray, (1st V.P. New York Edison Co.)
James A. McKenna, (Public Accountant)
George McDonald, (Contractor)
Major Thomas T. Reilley, (165th Inf.)
Nicholas F. Brady, (Chairman Brooklyn Rapid Tr. Co.)
Clarence H. Mackay, (Pres. Postal Telegraph Co.)
John J. O’Keefe, (H. L. Horton & Co.)
Louis D. Conley, (former Col. old 69th)
Bryan L. Kennelly, (Real Estate Operator)
WOMEN’S AUXILIARY TO 165TH INFANTRY
U. S. A. Inc.
President. Mrs. George R. Leslie
Vice Pres. Miss Catherine A. Archer
Rec. Sec. Miss Elizabeth M. Hughes
Cor. Sec. Miss Louise Reilley
Fin. Sec. Miss Margaret Casey
Treas. Miss Nora A. Thynne
_Trustees_ Mrs. Theresa Hughes
Mrs. William J. Grady
Miss May A. O’Neill
Miss Mary Duffy
Mrs. V. Merle-Smith
[Illustration:
THE ENTRY INTO BELGIUM
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[Illustration:
HEADQUARTERS AT REMAGEN GROUP OF RECIPIENTS OF D. S. C.
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