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An article from a Scranton, PA newspaper (I believe The Scranton Republican) sent to me by Matt Conrad, a descendent of Lieut. Michael J. Duddy, who appears at the left in the photo. Lieut. Charles O'Brien, to the right, was also killed in action. Lieut. James Reap, in the middle, survived the war. But, as the article notes: "Reap himself was desperately wounded in the heroic struggle, suffering from a combination of seven wounds and three gassings, the last from mustard phosgene when it was first introduced by the Germans as a deadly element that could not be detected and took effect only after forty-eight hours from the time of inhalation." Thanks for finding and sending this, Matt. What a reminder of the brutality of the war and the cost paid by 116,516 soldiers, their families, and communities. And that's just in the United States. Germany had over 2 million military deaths; France, nearly 1.4 million; Russia, 1,811,000 dead; the United Kingdom, 885,138; Italy, 651,000; Austria-Hungary, 1,100,000, the Ottoman Empire, 771,844, which was 13.72% of its total population. This is by no means a complete list of countries or deaths... Canada, 64,944, Australia, 61,929, India, 74,187, and on and on and on. Lots of newspaper articles like this one.