Photograph- Members of Ambulance Company 111 at Hoboken Pier upon their return from France during World War I.
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Group of seven soldiers on a wharf. Members of Ambulance Company 111 at Hoboken Pier upon their return from France during World War I. Identified clockwise from back left are: Ralph Ochs, Herman Molin, Paul X. Murphy, Roy C. Miesse, Harry Mandatta, George Metzger and Lawrence Parker. All were from Lancaster County except for Harry Mandatta. Customer: Ida Parker, Millersville, PA.
Group of men who were delegates to Washington, D.C., from the New York Shipbuilding company. Martin Horting, marked in the back row with an x, was from Lancaster. He worked as a blacksmith for the company during World War I and helped to build the U. S. S. Idaho, then the Navy's largest battleship. Photo was taken on the White House lawn and shows Horting with other delegates and government officials. A newspaper article about Horting and the event is taped to the back of the photograph.