Serviceman Cuna in the uniform of the Spanish American War Company K Southbridge Massachusetts

Serviceman Cuna in the uniform of the Spanish American War Company K Southbridge Massachusetts

Southbridge (Mass.)--History; Southbridge (Mass.)--Pictorial works; Social life and customs--Massachusetts--Southbridge; Spanish-American War, 1898; United States Army--History--Spanish-American war, 1898

Serviceman 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.

Pease, Aaron, H.

C/WMARS http://www.cwmars.org/

pre-1900

Is part of the photographic collection of the Jacob Edwards Library, Southbridge, Massachusetts. http://www.jacobedwardslibrary.org

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