Erie County Soldiers

James W Comfort, a World War I veteran, was the editor of the publication Erie County in the World War. These photos appear in the publication as men once attached to the 313th Machine Gun Battalion, 80th Division, from Erie County.

Photos of the Officers 

Please contact me if you can identify any of the men in this gallery labeled as "unidentified," or if you would like to add a photo to this collection. Click on the photo to reveal the name of the officer.

Vickers & Colt-Browning 

The men of the Battalion used several different types of machine guns to train on while at Camp Lee and also in the early training when they arrived in France. This article looks at some of the differences in the weapons. The early graphic used on the letterhead of the Battalion featured the British style Vickers machine gun.