Nov 18, 2018
WWI 140.B1.F2.5 by State Archives of North Carolina Raleigh, NC Via Flickr: Real-photo postcard of a photograph of an unidentified U.S. Navy officer shaking the leg of the Billy goat, saying goodbye to the goat, aboard the deck of the battleship USS Louisiana (BB-19). Photograph taken while Warren C. McNeill of Lumberton, N.C., was serving aboard the Louisiana during the war. Photograph captioned: “Bill Telling His Owner Good By USS Louisiana #57” (undated). From Warren C. McNeill Papers, WWI 140, WWI Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
