Saturday, March 28, 2020

Bugh Bridge, Wautoma

More from Clyde Diggles album. The card was 
sent in 1909.  Clyde enlisted and served in 
WWI.  He was in the 107th Supply Train that 
went to France. He was medium height and 
weight with brown hair and blue eyes. The 
transport records show he left NY Jan.24th 
1918.  On Feb. 5, 1918 his ship the Tuscania 
was torpedoed by  German U-Boat 77 about 
6:40 PM off the coast of Ireland.  The troops 
and crew were 2,397 and 210 died that day. 
It took 4 hours for the ship to sink. There were 
many people from Waushara county in the ship 
including these surnames: Inda, Colligan, 
Campbell, Patterson, Johnson, Swendrzynski, 
Jarvis, Persons, Thorstad, Gunderson, 
Simonson, Sorenson. 

















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