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Serviceman Cuna in the uniform of the Spanish American War Company K Southbridge Massachusetts
TitleServiceman Cuna in the uniform of the Spanish American War Company K Southbridge Massachusetts
Full Size Imagehttp://dlib.cwmars.org/cdm4/images/full_size/southbridge/119.jpg
SubjectSouthbridge (Mass.)--History; Southbridge (Mass.)--Pictorial works; Social life and customs--Massachusetts--Southbridge; Spanish-American War, 1898; United States Army--History--Spanish-American war, 1898
DescriptionServiceman Cuna mustered from Southbridge in the Spanish-American War. Later he also participated in World War I. Soldier Cuna is shown in uniform with his gun aimed at a distant target. He has a belt with pouches on his waist and gaiters around his lower legs. It was noted that he died in Camp Devens of flu. A monument was erected on Hook Street, in memory of the soldiers who participated in the Spanish-American War and another on Elm Street commemorating those that participated in World War I and who lost their lives.
CreatorPease, Aaron, H.
PublisherC/WMARS http://www.cwmars.org/
Datepre-1900
Typeimage
Formatimage/jpg
Identifier38136000241511
RelationIs part of the photographic collection of the Jacob Edwards Library, Southbridge, Massachusetts. http://www.jacobedwardslibrary.org
Coverage42 degrees 04' N72 degrees 02' W
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