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Show uu Mark Anniversary of Second Marne Battle 1 1 Two years ago tomorrow, July 15. J91I, units of the First. Second and Third divisions, establish..! cluims ror 1 unuyniK glory when, at the Battle ot I the Marne, they checked the onrusn of the German army In the vicinity or Chateau Thierry and paved the way for the reduction of a salient thin spelled collapse for Germany's victorious victor-ious dnslaught. The anniversary of the Battle of tne Marne, called the Gettysburg of tie world war. has been officially designated desig-nated as 'Marne." day. and about 3 -000 soldiers who survived tho struggle will observe us memory throughout the l niteel States. A. P. Masters, 2011 Adams avenue, wa a member of the First division and In a letter to the Standard-Rx-amlner says 'While the second battie of tho Maine has receedod In the , memory of some, and may have been I forgotten entirely bv others, that til boys of the First and Second division still remember." Forgetting the n-OOU n-OOU American bo-H who gave thr,r an In that struggle H not ,aaVi evon ,f one wished to easi from his mind r--eollsotion Of tho horror and bloodshed of tho event Memory of the glory ot those boys will live forever, ftlastsn says- Masters suggests that men of tho 1-Irst and Second divisions unfurl flags on July IS In commemoration of tne Battle of Boissona - nn |