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US Army, May 8, 1917 (Columbus Barracks, OH) -April 29, 1919 (Camp Devens, MA).
PFC, Troop A, 18th Cavalry; Battery A, 76th Field Artillery; Battery F, 101st Field Artillery, American
Expeditionary Force;
Battles of Aisne Marne (Jul 18-Aug 4), St. Mihiel (Sep 16-20) & Argonne (Oct 4-7, 1918).
Wounded by shell fire, 7 Oct 1918.
Height (1919): 5? 4?
My dad used to tell me Grandma's sister (Alice) married someone who had been "gassed" during WWI and had some sort of effects from that which made him unable to keep a job. So periodically they could not pay the rent and would get evicted and move in, bringing along how ever many kids they had at the time - 4? - with Grandma et al. Dad said Grandma never refused them and always managed to feed them. He said the kids would have to sleep on the floor etc. Then Alice's husband would find another job, get an apartment, and they would move out. I was under the impression this happened several times.
From a conversation between Kathryn Skelly Muller & Cristen Carr Strubbe (2009)
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