208921 Sgt. James Orrison McCullam US Army 105 Field Signal Battalion from:Phillips, Nebraska This is my father's story
I had a long & varied military career. I enlisted in Danville, Ill. 14Sept 1907. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri for training; then to Troop C First US Cavalry at Fort Clark, Texas. Then sent to San Francisco, CA, Manilla, Philipine Islands via Honolulu & Guam; then Nagasaki, Japan after which arrived back in US in 14 Jan 1910 & was discharged. I reenlisted with 3rd Cavalry at Fort Apache, Arizona, sailed to & stationed at the Batangas,PI till 31 Dec 1911. Then sent to & stationed at Jolo Jolo,PI throughout hostile action of Moros at Siet Lake & Tin Can Camp & Mt. Bagsak during 1912 & 1913. Left Jolo Jolo and was transferred twice-station Camp Stotsenberg, July 1913, Nagasaki, Japan, August, 1913…back to United States & was discharged in September 1913.
I then enlisted in Navy at Galveston, Texas, 25 September 1913 trained in Virginia & assigned to USS Delaware; made European & West Indian cruise, then Back to U.S. to finish my Enlistment. I was discharged from Navy in Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York.
I re-enlisted in the Army for the duration of the Great War and was sent to Camp Jackson, South Carolina and assigned to 313 Field Signal Battalion. Then I was sent overseas to England, via British Transport H.M.S. Kyber. We landed in Liverpool, then by train to Southampton where we boarded the H.M.S. Austerland to LaHarve, France. That was the first night I experienced air raids. After training I was transferred to the 105th Field Signal Battalion, 30th Division and sent to the Somme Front with the 4th British Army. We went through the Hindenburg Line at Bellicourt. Armistice found us at the Front. We then went to the American Embarkation area, we then left France from St. Nazaire heading for Charleston, South Carolina, USA. I was then sent to Camp Grant, Illinois for my discharge. (I did re-enlist again in the Navy and stayed on active duty until I retired after 30 years in the Military Service.)
By: James Orrison McCullam
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