Original U.S. WWI Map Reading Leg Board Identified to Marine Corps Officer Henry P Torrey - Died of Influenza En Route to France U.S. Civil War Navy and Coast Guard

Navy and Coast Guard

After four years of hard work

from simple wooden rattles to mechanical sirens were employed to help warn the soldiers that it was time to put the mask on

and were cheaper

the French flirted with the Chassepot Needle Fire Model of 1866

Original U.S. WWI Map Reading Leg Board Identified to Marine Corps Officer Henry P Torrey - Died of Influenza En Route to France U.S. Civil War Navy and Coast GuardOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a very interesting piece of equipment, a map reading leg board which is missing the ruler pieces that complete it. Of interest however is the name carved into the back, Lt. H. P. Torrey USMC, for Henry Pierce Torrey, who was first appointed a 2nd Lieutenant on February 16th, 1913 with the advice and consent of the Senate. Over the next 5 years he would hold multiple positions, serving in Haiti, China, the