NEWS: Oscar E. DESHONG, 1918, Blair County, PA

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OSCAR E. DESHONG IS GASSED DURING DRIVE

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Deshong Hear Son Is Doing Nicely in a Red Cross Hospital

  Oscar E. Deshong, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Deshong, of 1001 Sixth avenue, 
is numbered among the Americans who have been gassed during the great drive 
that is being made against the Huns in France.  His condition is not serious 
and he writes a cheerful letter to his parents, telling them that he is in 
the base hospital at Vishy and is being well cared for.  He was gassed on 
July 19.
  Oscar E. Deshong is a corporal in Company F, 103rd Engineers and received 
his training at Camp Hancock.  He enlisted in the Sheridan Troop in May 1917 
but when that command was disbanded he was assigned to a trench mortar 
battery and later transferred to the 103rd Engineers.  He went to France 
several months ago.  In the letter received by his parents he says that he 
went over the top on the first day the drive started, that he felt fine at 
first but then it became just like work.  He said that it was on the 19th 
that he was gassed, was taken to the hospital and praises the Red Cross and 
the Y.M.C.A. and urges his parents to do all they can for the organizations.

Altoona Tribune, Wednesday morning, August 7, 1918, page 1