W.J. Reilly, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service.

W.J. Reilly, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service.

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W.J. Reilly, 1917 or 1918. William J. Reilly, sergeant in the Navy and vaudeville performer, who recorded patriotic songs as "Sailor Reilly". He is on the USS Recruit, a wooden mockup of a battleship built in Union Square, New York City by the Navy to recruit seamen and sell Liberty Bonds during World War I.

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