Authentic Original WWI named id\'d AEF Aero Squadron 2nd Pursuit Group Duffel Bag for Sale

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Authentic Original WWI named id\'d AEF Aero Squadron 2nd Pursuit Group Duffel Bag For Sale

$Authentic Original WWI named id\'d AEF Aero Squadron 2nd Pursuit Group Duffel Bag$
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Authentic Original WWI named id\'d AEF Aero Squadron 2nd Pursuit Group Duffel Bag:
$55.00

Rare cotton canvas drawstring World War I duffel bag with original penwork, markings, service name and number dating to 1918.
Measures: 18\" long x 7\" diameter at base (10\" wide at top layed flat.) Trench art.Frank L. Netwick1 069 355Athens, N.Y.663 (cross out)255 (cross out)Aero Sqd
U. S. A.3rd Air ParkAir Service AEF
2nd Pursuit Group

Before 1918, members of the United States Army did not have service numbers.Beginning in February 1918 enlisted men only had service numbers; officers didnot. When the United States entered WWI there were only about 30,000 men in theRegular Army. Before February 1918, men were tracked by rosters and musterrolls.

Beginning with the enlistment of the National Army in 1918, the only way totrack the four million service members was through a system of service numbers.

Throughout the remainder of World War I, service numbers were issued to mostenlisted personnel with the numbers eventually ranging from 1 to 5999 999.