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Speaker 1 (00:42):
Welcome to the New High Show on Education. This is
your host, Pamela Clark, and this is an episode of
American Servicemen and Women tell their Stories of Survival. So
the last few episodes we've been talking about the Musargone.
We're going to continue with that today, And if you
(01:04):
haven't listened to the first two, I suggest you go
and listen to those, and I am numbering them as
I go. And I had mentioned that I'm covering these
as I kind of build the show up of battles
that my own family was in. And my paternal great
(01:25):
grandfather was part of the muse Argonne and he survived,
but he was injured and even worse than his injury,
which was supposed to be what was marked is slightly
(01:45):
because ordly used, but mentally it was much more than that.
And I've already shared that about him as well, kind
of what he went through. So today I'm going to
pick up where I left off last time, this side
his meaning thought or meeting through marandering through the prologue,
(02:14):
and I'll share the link below, all right, so let's
get right into it. Dell Burne, our Ariel Ariel was
last was the last burial at mew Sargonne. He did
(02:36):
not die until February fifteenth, nineteen twenty three. At the time,
Ariel was a civilian graves registration officer. He lies among
those he registered. Besides Ariel, there are three infants buried here,
children of either civilians working at the cemetery or a soldier.
(03:00):
One French laborer, Camil Radier of the one hundred and
eighty fifth Labor Battalion, who died March twentieth, nineteen nineteen,
is also here. There is a picture of del Ariel
for you to look at. I apologize from saying any
(03:21):
of these name is wrong. American Filled Service routes American forces.
Besides the Norton ARLs Group, the American Filled Service provided
a place for Americans wanting to serve the French cause
to work. Two thousand volunteers became ambulance drivers, serving on
(03:46):
the French fronts in France and in the Balkans on
the Salonica Front. Many signed up with the American forces
when the US finally entered the war in nineteen seventeen.
There are some pictures again you can look at. One
is of George Hollister as an army officer after the AFS,
(04:09):
and then there's a tombstone for him, and on the
back it shows a centa centa centif back in the
US remembers hollisters short life. One driver was George Mary Hollister.
He left Harvard after his sophomore year in nineteen sixteen
(04:32):
to join the AFS, first in France and later was
sent to the Balkans. Returning to the US, Hollister became
an officer with the sixty first Regiment, fifth Division in
Baude Forret, east of Canal. He died from an artillery
(04:53):
shell blast on October twelfth, nineteen eighteen, operating as a
forward scout. There's some more pictures this of Tingle Culbertson
a young lieutenant, and there's a photo of Hill two
seventy four where Tingle Cubton died. Tingle Woods Culbertson graduated
(05:26):
from Princeton in nineteen eleven, joining the AFS. In the
spring of nineteen sixteen, the ship he came over to
Europe On was torpedoed, starting his adventure off. He stayed
on the Western Front until the US entered the war.
Returning to the US, he gained a commission with the
(05:46):
three hundred and eighteenth Regiment, eightieth Division, leading his platoon
on Hill two seventy four and both the or Ogi.
I know Butcher on this one maybe north of Nantilis.
He died from NARTILLIV last October fifth, nineteen eighteen. His
(06:10):
body was not initially recovered. Okay with the French. There's
some more pictures. One of Salter S. Clark junior. This
is in one of Coleman T. Clark as an asparent
(06:32):
in the French Army January nineteen eighteen. Coleman lays next
to his brother Salter in the musargon ABMC and I
wonder these are Clarks. I'm married to Clark and I
(06:54):
couldn't to do have some of the family resemblance. So
if they're related to my husband. Interesting. There's always these
full circle moments, you know, where you see other names
and you wonder and yeah, okay, so Coleman Tilston Clark
(07:15):
was joined by the joined the AFS in nineteen sixteen.
He was listed as a member of the Yale Class
of nineteen eighteen. Like Hollister, he spent time in the
Balkans nine months before returning to become an aspirant officer
in training with the French Army. Clark was serving with
the French Artillery when he was mortally wounded on May
(07:39):
twenty seven, nineteen eighteen, dying the following day. Originally he
was buried near Susan. I mean, I know I've seen
this and I've heard how is pronounced, but I'm not
one hundred percent it's SOI sso ns. But his remains
were moved here to are gone to be next to
(08:01):
his brother, Pfc. Salter Store. It's STO. R. R. Clark Junior,
who died at bella Us Farm near Grand Prix, a
member of the three hundred and eleventh Regiment, seventy eighth Division,
September twentieth, nineteen eighteen. Letters from the two men were
(08:23):
later collected in a book into a book titled Soldiers' Letters.
I'm going to come back to that in a few
so we can see there's any other stories we can
share from it. Okay, College roots Eddie Grant. There are
more graduates of Harvard buried at MOUs Argonne. One of
(08:46):
the more well known as Eddie Grant, Edward Leslie Grant,
graduated from Harvard in nineteen oh two, going through Harvard
Law in nineteen oh nine. He pursued his law practice
during the winter months, playing professional baseball durings the spring
and summer as a third baseman. Grant enjoyed a career
taking him to Philadelphia, Cincinnati, and the New York Giants.
(09:08):
The Giants played in the World Series in nineteen fifteen,
and Grant made two brief appearance appearances as a pinch
hitter and a pinch runner. There are some pictures of
him playing baseball for practicing patting practice with the New
(09:28):
York Giants, and then him as lawyer, third baseman and
Army captain. As a captain in the three hundred and
seventh Regiment, seventy seventh Division, Grant assumed battalion command when
the major was wounded as he led the battalion in
(09:49):
the search and rescue of the lost battalion and artillery
blast killed him on October fifth, nineteen eighteen. Post war remembrance,
a plaque was set out in the center field of
the Polo Grounds after the war, The last game of
the Polo Grounds for the Giants was September twenty ninth,
(10:12):
nineteen fifty seven. The Mets would play a couple more
seasons here before the park was finally demolished in nineteen
sixty three. After the giants last game, the plaque was stolen.
There is a picture of where it's set before it
was stolen, and there's also an image or a replica
(10:35):
of Eddie Grant's plaque in San Francisco. There's an original
unveiling of Captain Eddie Grant's plaque in the Polo Grounds
and it shows two men with their hats off holding
a wreath by it. Removed to San Francisco, the Giants
(10:56):
were given the opportunity to place the plaque, they balked,
saying that the plaque was for the New York version
of the team. Following a blowing World Series to the
Los Angeles Angels and the upset Indivisional playoffs the following year,
the team relented, eager to put any possible curse behind them. Today,
there is a replica of the plaque and it's not
(11:19):
in centerfield, but near the lefty Odell Bridge in the
right field side of the stadium. The Giants have won
three World Series since the plaque was put up in
two thousand and six. Oh my gosh, okay, another lawyer.
Eddie Grant is not the only lawyer to be buried
(11:41):
here at the Misargonne. John Case Phelps was a Yale
graduate of nineteen oh six. After a year at Harvard
Law and another in New York, Phelps passed the New
York Bar and practiced in his hometown and Bingham Binghamton
attended Plattsburgh Training Camp in nineteen sixteen, going through an
(12:05):
officers training course the next year to gain a commission
as a captain in nineteen seventeen, leading his company of
the three hundred and ninth Regiment, seventy eighth Division. He
fell grand Prix on October eighteenth, nineteen eighteen, and the
Bows de logues A Senate a cenotaph sets in the
(12:29):
family plot back in New York and with the quotation
he rests where he fell. There is a picture of
him as well. Another was James Jackson Porter, whose father
was prominent New York City banker. Graduated from Princeton in
nineteen eleven. After graduating Harvard Law in nineteen fourteen, Porter
(12:55):
went back to New York to practice law. It must
have been a little doll because he enlisted into Troops
C Squadron A of the Cavalry in the fall of
nineteen fourteen, eventually serving for six months of nineteen sixteen
on the Mexican border. When the US entered World War One,
(13:16):
Porter gained a commission as second lieutenant. In August nineteen seventeen,
he found himself with the tenth Machine Gun Battalion, Fourth Division.
After a period of working in the General Purchasing Department
for the Army in Paris, Porter died in action near
Brenell Barnell's Ornell b Renell b R I E N
(13:44):
E L E S October sixth, nineteen eighteen. And then
there's an image of him as well. Here's another one.
Let's see Charles Glenn Credenton Cretin Den. It has a
(14:10):
de en at the end. Was from Pennsylvania. Graduating from
Cornell in nineteen thirteen, he became a plant pathologist with
Or Georgia Board of edam Entomology at their field station
in Thomasville, Georgia. With the declaration of war, Crittendale Crittendale
(14:31):
critten Den gained a leave of absence to volunteer. After
graduating officer training at Fort McPherson, he was commissioned as
a second lieutenant Macto on August fifteenth, nineteen seventeen, the
same day he had gotten married. Serving with Battery e
(14:53):
seventh Artillery, first Division, he was soon in France, a
little over a mile north of the village of Veria.
On October two, nineteen eighteen, he was mortally wounded, dying
that evening. There's an image of him as well. Okay,
(15:17):
just a moment, I'm gonna take a quick commercial break,
and we'll be right back with more of the New
Height Show on Education.
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Speaker 1 (15:59):
Welcome back back to American servicemen and women tell their
stories of survival. Right now, I'm giving more of an
overview of who all is buried at the Musargone from
what's recorded online. Anyways, So I guess we'll continue with that.
There's still quite a few to do. And I did
(16:21):
find the book as well. Let me see, Actually I
might not be able to see this book just because
of my vision issues. Oh okay, so the book is
(16:50):
two hundred and four pages long, and I am going
to share it. I can. I can view it, which
is good. I'll definitely be able to share some stuff
from it. Let's finish what I was going and maybe
(17:13):
part of the next episode. But I do want to
share some of these because this directly relates to our
show and their letters from them. Okay, the chemists. William
Digby Morgan earned a BS degree with oh no sorry
from Louisiana State University in nineteen oh seven. He was
(17:36):
working as a sugar chemist in Cuba when he joined
the army. Before the war, Morgan had been a member
of the Louisiana National Guard and in France with the
one hundred and twenty eighth Regiment, thirty second Division. He
served as a second lieutenant, dying one day before the
end of the war November tenth, nineteen eighteen. A grove
(17:58):
of thirty one oak trees on the campus of LSU
Louisiana State University remembers the thirty one graduates who died
in the Great War. One tree dedicated to Morgan's memory.
Another chemist, Frank Owen Ammon, earned a degree first from
(18:19):
the Allegheny College, going on to receive a PhD in
nineteen fifteen. He was an associate professor of chemistry at
the Carnegie Institute, also working as a research chemist. Called
to service, he served as a first lieutenant and a
gas defense officer. While serving at the front, Ammon came
(18:41):
down with the flu and died from pneumonia at the
age of twenty six on September thirtieth, nineteen eighteen. There's
an image of him as a second lieutenant and the
memorial grove commemorating the lives of Louisiana State alumni who
died in World War One. There's a photo of that location. Okay,
(19:12):
the next one. This one was an athlete as well,
says another Yale graduate, Ebert Coughing. Williams was a member,
like Eddie Grant, of the class of nineteen oh six.
He rode on the four man rowing team for Yale,
going on to gain a master's degree in forestry from
(19:33):
Yale in nineteen oh eight. Williams worked for a couple
of years in the logging industry in Wisconsin. He joined
the US Forestry in nineteen eleven, working in the Idaho
National Forest. In nineteen sixteen, he became the forest Supervisor.
With the war, Williams gained a commission as a first
(19:55):
lieutenant at the at as a first lieutenant at he
end of At the end of the July nineteen seventeen,
there's a typo there, he joined Company D of the
first Gas Regiment, earlier known as the thirtieth Engineering Regiment
(20:16):
cass in Flame. His company was helping the US twenty
sixth Division in the French fifth Colonial Division by laying
down smoke on German lines in the opening of the
Saint Hill Offensive. On September twelfth, nineteen eighteen, scouting ahead,
(20:39):
Williams was wounded evacuated to a hospital, he was operated on,
dying the next day, one of only two deaths the
regiment suffered in the Three Day Battle. Footballers Captain Arthur
(21:02):
yancey ware War was a more mature thirty eight year
old when dying of a perforated ulcer while leading his
company of the three hundred and fifty sixth Regiment, eighty
ninth Division, where was part of the doubles tennis team
winning the bronze medal at the nineteen o four Olympics
in Saint Louis. There's pictures of him as a captain
(21:29):
and in his football days at Yale Alexander Dixon. Wilson
was yet another Yale, graduating in nineteen sixteen. He was
also from Birmingham. I'm sorry, Binghamton, New York. Wilson had
been the captain of the varsity football team at Yale.
(21:52):
He was one of four brothers on active duty during
the war, with the fifth brother serving in the YMCA.
Died at the age of twenty six as a captain
on September thirty, nineteen eighteen, leading a company of the
fifty ninth Regiment, fourth Division. There's a picture of him
(22:15):
as a lieutenant and as an officer and it says
Frank and then I guess he went by Deeke Guard
Rugby Lieutenant Frank Jacob Deeke Gard died or died a
(22:41):
day before Wilson's serving with the three hundred and sixty
second Regiment, ninety first Division. On September twenty nine, nineteen eighteen,
he was killed by a sniper. He was also twenty
six guard. Before the war, had been the captain of
the Stanford rugby team, also serving as the captain of
(23:01):
the international American team and test matches against Australia in
nineteen twelve and in New Zealand in nineteen thirteen. There
are images of the American national rugby team before they're
in nineteen twelve test match in Australia. Guard was the
big smile in the back row, the sixth man from
(23:24):
the left. You can see that. And then another image
of the American in nineteen thirteen in New Zealand against
against New Zealand. Excuse me, Guard is third from the
right in the back row. Ok. I know some of
(23:45):
you might not appreciate the like the history of this.
You might want more of the stories, but I just
want to continue. But I still, I mean, they're all
important and I hope you understand and appreciate what I'm
(24:06):
trying to share with you. Okay. Next, Captain Carter Carrie
Hammer or Hamer because it's only one m I'm not sure,
was a captain with one hundred and forty second Regiment,
thirty sixth Division. He previously served in the Spanish American
War at the age of forty. Hammer or Hammer, let's say.
(24:29):
Hamer was another tennis expert in a violin virtuoso, having
studied with David Huckstein. Huckstein died from the during the
musark On Offensive as Well, but is buried back in Rochester,
New York. Illness and accident. Arthur brod Field Warren graduated
(24:54):
from Harvard in nineteen fifteen. He spent the summer of
nineteen fourteen studying at the University of Marburg in Germany.
Returning to New England, Warren went to gain a master's
degree in Romance languages at Harvard, while at the same
time taking part in the officers training at Plattsburgh. Commissioned
(25:16):
a second lieutenant in the one hundred and sixty seventh Regiment,
forty two Division. He died of scarlet fever abri fifteenth,
nineteen eighteen, just as he arrived Wow super sad Okay,
(25:37):
just as he arrived into the trenches of France. I
didn't see that they had on a different line work
related accidents. Captain Frederick Charles Smith was English by birth,
immigrating to the US. He enlisted the Army shortly after arriving.
After spending time in the Philippines, he served as a
(25:57):
recruiting officer in Brooklyn. With the war, he was sent
to Camp Jackson in South Carolina, where he was given
command in the three three hundred and seventy first Regiment
ninety third Division, a division comprised of African Americans in
the still segregated Army and France. Smith endured a gas
(26:24):
attack in late September during the opening of phases of
the MW. Sargonne Offensive, and was hospitalized for two weeks.
He returned the final phases of the war with his men.
In January, just before the regiment was slated to return
to the US, Smith, in charge of the supply company,
(26:44):
was handling a grenade when it went off, killing him instantly.
He and his brother, William Gaynor Smith, was remembered on
a school tablet in their hometown Thornbury, Bristol, England. His
brother fell at the end of the British offensive known
(27:06):
as the Third Grise Prieze Ye Prieze, in the fall
of nineteen seventeen. William, like Frederick, had immigrated back or
immigrated but to South Africa. He died part of the
second Regiment of the South African Brigade. Frederic Wolston was
(27:30):
a Swedish born After immigrating to the US, hand listed
in the Marine Corps in nineteen oh three, serving in
Cuba and Panama. Returning to the US, Wolston headed up
the Marine Corps electrical school and was an expert marksman
when winning several contests. Commissioned as the second lieutenant in
(27:51):
July nineteen seventeen, he was part of the initial American
contingent coming to France with General Pershing. Wollstrom died in
a motorcycle accident August twenty first, nineteen seventeen. Pershing was
among those attending the burial or the funeral. Excuse me,
(28:13):
there's an image of him showing his championship shooting form.
There's another image here of Wollstrom training the French shazierzel
alpins Uppins, demonstrating his signal skills with the flags and
(28:41):
in the next part's going to be very pleasant. It's
pretty sad, but it doesn't surprise me either. This is
suicide in the line of duty. Sherman Avery White originally
grew up in New York State. The Spanish American War
saw him sign up with the first Nebraska Volunteer Regiment.
(29:01):
This regiment was involved in the first actions of the
Philippine War in Manila in eighteen ninety nine. Well worked,
I'm sorry. White worked his way up to first lieutenant
of Company E when the Nebraskans went home in nineteen hundred,
he stayed and gained a commission as the second lieutenant
(29:24):
with the US twelfth Regiment, staying on the islands. White
was the first lieutenant of Company E for the first
first Nebraska Zumachase of that and of First Lieutenant Sherman White,
leading Company E on the march in the Philippines. He
(29:49):
stayed with the regiment until the war. I'm sorry. He
stayed with the regiment until before the war, where he
served with the fifty first Regiment on the Mexican border.
White then came to France with the regiment part of
the sixth Division as lieutenant colonel. On November fourth, he died.
(30:12):
Some accounts have him dying as a result of an accident,
though his military records show the cause of death is
suicide in the line of duty. Whatever that means. Question
Mark Thiss is what they said, who created the page?
So okay, here's a murder actually. Delbert A. Thomson was
(30:35):
a second lieutenant with the twenty third Engineers, the road
builders of the AEF. He was working as a railroad
engineer until January thirtieth, nineteen nineteen, when an unknown assailant
shot him through the throat, killing him. There is no
mention of the case ever being solved. Wow, there's a
(31:00):
picture of him with his uniform and engineering symbol. Because
mentioned I will be sharing this link with you. None
of the stuff that I read to you, I don't
own any of it. I'm just sharing these with you.
(31:22):
Down to the bottom of the page, there are some
YouTube videos that you might want to watch, so yeah,
I might want to check that out. And also at
the very bottom, I haven't noticed this before, but this
(31:43):
is one hundred years ago gold Star Women nurses of
World War One and cal Hampshire. Let me click on
that and see. I want to see if there's actual
any stories to share. I might be able to do
(32:13):
like a nurse's episode. That would be kind of neat
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Welcome to the New High Show on Education. This is
your host, Pamela Clark, and this is an episode of
American Servicemen and Women tell their Stories of Survival. So
the last few episodes we've been talking about the Musargone.
We're going to continue with that today, And if you
(01:04):
haven't listened to the first two, I suggest you go
and listen to those, and I am numbering them as
I go. And I had mentioned that I'm covering these
as I kind of build the show up of battles
that my own family was in. And my paternal great
(01:25):
grandfather was part of the muse Argonne and he survived,
but he was injured and even worse than his injury,
which was supposed to be what was marked is slightly
(01:45):
because ordly used, but mentally it was much more than that.
And I've already shared that about him as well, kind
of what he went through. So today I'm going to
pick up where I left off last time, this side
his meaning thought or meeting through marandering through the prologue,
(02:14):
and I'll share the link below, all right, so let's
get right into it. Dell Burne, our Ariel Ariel was
last was the last burial at mew Sargonne. He did
(02:36):
not die until February fifteenth, nineteen twenty three. At the time,
Ariel was a civilian graves registration officer. He lies among
those he registered. Besides Ariel, there are three infants buried here,
children of either civilians working at the cemetery or a soldier.
(03:00):
One French laborer, Camil Radier of the one hundred and
eighty fifth Labor Battalion, who died March twentieth, nineteen nineteen,
is also here. There is a picture of del Ariel
for you to look at. I apologize from saying any
(03:21):
of these name is wrong. American Filled Service routes American forces.
Besides the Norton ARLs Group, the American Filled Service provided
a place for Americans wanting to serve the French cause
to work. Two thousand volunteers became ambulance drivers, serving on
(03:46):
the French fronts in France and in the Balkans on
the Salonica Front. Many signed up with the American forces
when the US finally entered the war in nineteen seventeen.
There are some pictures again you can look at. One
is of George Hollister as an army officer after the AFS,
(04:09):
and then there's a tombstone for him, and on the
back it shows a centa centa centif back in the
US remembers hollisters short life. One driver was George Mary Hollister.
He left Harvard after his sophomore year in nineteen sixteen
(04:32):
to join the AFS, first in France and later was
sent to the Balkans. Returning to the US, Hollister became
an officer with the sixty first Regiment, fifth Division in
Baude Forret, east of Canal. He died from an artillery
(04:53):
shell blast on October twelfth, nineteen eighteen, operating as a
forward scout. There's some more pictures this of Tingle Culbertson
a young lieutenant, and there's a photo of Hill two
seventy four where Tingle Cubton died. Tingle Woods Culbertson graduated
(05:26):
from Princeton in nineteen eleven, joining the AFS. In the
spring of nineteen sixteen, the ship he came over to
Europe On was torpedoed, starting his adventure off. He stayed
on the Western Front until the US entered the war.
Returning to the US, he gained a commission with the
(05:46):
three hundred and eighteenth Regiment, eightieth Division, leading his platoon
on Hill two seventy four and both the or Ogi.
I know Butcher on this one maybe north of Nantilis.
He died from NARTILLIV last October fifth, nineteen eighteen. His
(06:10):
body was not initially recovered. Okay with the French. There's
some more pictures. One of Salter S. Clark junior. This
is in one of Coleman T. Clark as an asparent
(06:32):
in the French Army January nineteen eighteen. Coleman lays next
to his brother Salter in the musargon ABMC and I
wonder these are Clarks. I'm married to Clark and I
(06:54):
couldn't to do have some of the family resemblance. So
if they're related to my husband. Interesting. There's always these
full circle moments, you know, where you see other names
and you wonder and yeah, okay, so Coleman Tilston Clark
(07:15):
was joined by the joined the AFS in nineteen sixteen.
He was listed as a member of the Yale Class
of nineteen eighteen. Like Hollister, he spent time in the
Balkans nine months before returning to become an aspirant officer
in training with the French Army. Clark was serving with
the French Artillery when he was mortally wounded on May
(07:39):
twenty seven, nineteen eighteen, dying the following day. Originally he
was buried near Susan. I mean, I know I've seen
this and I've heard how is pronounced, but I'm not
one hundred percent it's SOI sso ns. But his remains
were moved here to are gone to be next to
(08:01):
his brother, Pfc. Salter Store. It's STO. R. R. Clark Junior,
who died at bella Us Farm near Grand Prix, a
member of the three hundred and eleventh Regiment, seventy eighth Division,
September twentieth, nineteen eighteen. Letters from the two men were
(08:23):
later collected in a book into a book titled Soldiers' Letters.
I'm going to come back to that in a few
so we can see there's any other stories we can
share from it. Okay, College roots Eddie Grant. There are
more graduates of Harvard buried at MOUs Argonne. One of
(08:46):
the more well known as Eddie Grant, Edward Leslie Grant,
graduated from Harvard in nineteen oh two, going through Harvard
Law in nineteen oh nine. He pursued his law practice
during the winter months, playing professional baseball durings the spring
and summer as a third baseman. Grant enjoyed a career
taking him to Philadelphia, Cincinnati, and the New York Giants.
(09:08):
The Giants played in the World Series in nineteen fifteen,
and Grant made two brief appearance appearances as a pinch
hitter and a pinch runner. There are some pictures of
him playing baseball for practicing patting practice with the New
(09:28):
York Giants, and then him as lawyer, third baseman and
Army captain. As a captain in the three hundred and
seventh Regiment, seventy seventh Division, Grant assumed battalion command when
the major was wounded as he led the battalion in
(09:49):
the search and rescue of the lost battalion and artillery
blast killed him on October fifth, nineteen eighteen. Post war remembrance,
a plaque was set out in the center field of
the Polo Grounds after the war, The last game of
the Polo Grounds for the Giants was September twenty ninth,
(10:12):
nineteen fifty seven. The Mets would play a couple more
seasons here before the park was finally demolished in nineteen
sixty three. After the giants last game, the plaque was stolen.
There is a picture of where it's set before it
was stolen, and there's also an image or a replica
(10:35):
of Eddie Grant's plaque in San Francisco. There's an original
unveiling of Captain Eddie Grant's plaque in the Polo Grounds
and it shows two men with their hats off holding
a wreath by it. Removed to San Francisco, the Giants
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were given the opportunity to place the plaque, they balked,
saying that the plaque was for the New York version
of the team. Following a blowing World Series to the
Los Angeles Angels and the upset Indivisional playoffs the following year,
the team relented, eager to put any possible curse behind them. Today,
there is a replica of the plaque and it's not
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in centerfield, but near the lefty Odell Bridge in the
right field side of the stadium. The Giants have won
three World Series since the plaque was put up in
two thousand and six. Oh my gosh, okay, another lawyer.
Eddie Grant is not the only lawyer to be buried
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here at the Misargonne. John Case Phelps was a Yale
graduate of nineteen oh six. After a year at Harvard
Law and another in New York, Phelps passed the New
York Bar and practiced in his hometown and Bingham Binghamton
attended Plattsburgh Training Camp in nineteen sixteen, going through an
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officers training course the next year to gain a commission
as a captain in nineteen seventeen, leading his company of
the three hundred and ninth Regiment, seventy eighth Division. He
fell grand Prix on October eighteenth, nineteen eighteen, and the
Bows de logues A Senate a cenotaph sets in the
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family plot back in New York and with the quotation
he rests where he fell. There is a picture of
him as well. Another was James Jackson Porter, whose father
was prominent New York City banker. Graduated from Princeton in
nineteen eleven. After graduating Harvard Law in nineteen fourteen, Porter
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went back to New York to practice law. It must
have been a little doll because he enlisted into Troops
C Squadron A of the Cavalry in the fall of
nineteen fourteen, eventually serving for six months of nineteen sixteen
on the Mexican border. When the US entered World War One,
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Porter gained a commission as second lieutenant. In August nineteen seventeen,
he found himself with the tenth Machine Gun Battalion, Fourth Division.
After a period of working in the General Purchasing Department
for the Army in Paris, Porter died in action near
Brenell Barnell's Ornell b Renell b R I E N
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E L E S October sixth, nineteen eighteen. And then
there's an image of him as well. Here's another one.
Let's see Charles Glenn Credenton Cretin Den. It has a
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de en at the end. Was from Pennsylvania. Graduating from
Cornell in nineteen thirteen, he became a plant pathologist with
Or Georgia Board of edam Entomology at their field station
in Thomasville, Georgia. With the declaration of war, Crittendale Crittendale
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critten Den gained a leave of absence to volunteer. After
graduating officer training at Fort McPherson, he was commissioned as
a second lieutenant Macto on August fifteenth, nineteen seventeen, the
same day he had gotten married. Serving with Battery e
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seventh Artillery, first Division, he was soon in France, a
little over a mile north of the village of Veria.
On October two, nineteen eighteen, he was mortally wounded, dying
that evening. There's an image of him as well. Okay,
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Welcome back back to American servicemen and women tell their
stories of survival. Right now, I'm giving more of an
overview of who all is buried at the Musargone from
what's recorded online. Anyways, So I guess we'll continue with that.
There's still quite a few to do. And I did
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find the book as well. Let me see, Actually I
might not be able to see this book just because
of my vision issues. Oh okay, so the book is
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two hundred and four pages long, and I am going
to share it. I can. I can view it, which
is good. I'll definitely be able to share some stuff
from it. Let's finish what I was going and maybe
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part of the next episode. But I do want to
share some of these because this directly relates to our
show and their letters from them. Okay, the chemists. William
Digby Morgan earned a BS degree with oh no sorry
from Louisiana State University in nineteen oh seven. He was
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working as a sugar chemist in Cuba when he joined
the army. Before the war, Morgan had been a member
of the Louisiana National Guard and in France with the
one hundred and twenty eighth Regiment, thirty second Division. He
served as a second lieutenant, dying one day before the
end of the war November tenth, nineteen eighteen. A grove
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of thirty one oak trees on the campus of LSU
Louisiana State University remembers the thirty one graduates who died
in the Great War. One tree dedicated to Morgan's memory.
Another chemist, Frank Owen Ammon, earned a degree first from
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the Allegheny College, going on to receive a PhD in
nineteen fifteen. He was an associate professor of chemistry at
the Carnegie Institute, also working as a research chemist. Called
to service, he served as a first lieutenant and a
gas defense officer. While serving at the front, Ammon came
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down with the flu and died from pneumonia at the
age of twenty six on September thirtieth, nineteen eighteen. There's
an image of him as a second lieutenant and the
memorial grove commemorating the lives of Louisiana State alumni who
died in World War One. There's a photo of that location. Okay,
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the next one. This one was an athlete as well,
says another Yale graduate, Ebert Coughing. Williams was a member,
like Eddie Grant, of the class of nineteen oh six.
He rode on the four man rowing team for Yale,
going on to gain a master's degree in forestry from
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Yale in nineteen oh eight. Williams worked for a couple
of years in the logging industry in Wisconsin. He joined
the US Forestry in nineteen eleven, working in the Idaho
National Forest. In nineteen sixteen, he became the forest Supervisor.
With the war, Williams gained a commission as a first
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lieutenant at the at as a first lieutenant at he
end of At the end of the July nineteen seventeen,
there's a typo there, he joined Company D of the
first Gas Regiment, earlier known as the thirtieth Engineering Regiment
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cass in Flame. His company was helping the US twenty
sixth Division in the French fifth Colonial Division by laying
down smoke on German lines in the opening of the
Saint Hill Offensive. On September twelfth, nineteen eighteen, scouting ahead,
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Williams was wounded evacuated to a hospital, he was operated on,
dying the next day, one of only two deaths the
regiment suffered in the Three Day Battle. Footballers Captain Arthur
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yancey ware War was a more mature thirty eight year
old when dying of a perforated ulcer while leading his
company of the three hundred and fifty sixth Regiment, eighty
ninth Division, where was part of the doubles tennis team
winning the bronze medal at the nineteen o four Olympics
in Saint Louis. There's pictures of him as a captain
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and in his football days at Yale Alexander Dixon. Wilson
was yet another Yale, graduating in nineteen sixteen. He was
also from Birmingham. I'm sorry, Binghamton, New York. Wilson had
been the captain of the varsity football team at Yale.
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He was one of four brothers on active duty during
the war, with the fifth brother serving in the YMCA.
Died at the age of twenty six as a captain
on September thirty, nineteen eighteen, leading a company of the
fifty ninth Regiment, fourth Division. There's a picture of him
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as a lieutenant and as an officer and it says
Frank and then I guess he went by Deeke Guard
Rugby Lieutenant Frank Jacob Deeke Gard died or died a
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day before Wilson's serving with the three hundred and sixty
second Regiment, ninety first Division. On September twenty nine, nineteen eighteen,
he was killed by a sniper. He was also twenty
six guard. Before the war, had been the captain of
the Stanford rugby team, also serving as the captain of
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the international American team and test matches against Australia in
nineteen twelve and in New Zealand in nineteen thirteen. There
are images of the American national rugby team before they're
in nineteen twelve test match in Australia. Guard was the
big smile in the back row, the sixth man from
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the left. You can see that. And then another image
of the American in nineteen thirteen in New Zealand against
against New Zealand. Excuse me, Guard is third from the
right in the back row. Ok. I know some of
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you might not appreciate the like the history of this.
You might want more of the stories, but I just
want to continue. But I still, I mean, they're all
important and I hope you understand and appreciate what I'm
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trying to share with you. Okay. Next, Captain Carter Carrie
Hammer or Hamer because it's only one m I'm not sure,
was a captain with one hundred and forty second Regiment,
thirty sixth Division. He previously served in the Spanish American
War at the age of forty. Hammer or Hammer, let's say.
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Hamer was another tennis expert in a violin virtuoso, having
studied with David Huckstein. Huckstein died from the during the
musark On Offensive as Well, but is buried back in Rochester,
New York. Illness and accident. Arthur brod Field Warren graduated
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from Harvard in nineteen fifteen. He spent the summer of
nineteen fourteen studying at the University of Marburg in Germany.
Returning to New England, Warren went to gain a master's
degree in Romance languages at Harvard, while at the same
time taking part in the officers training at Plattsburgh. Commissioned
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a second lieutenant in the one hundred and sixty seventh Regiment,
forty two Division. He died of scarlet fever abri fifteenth,
nineteen eighteen, just as he arrived Wow super sad Okay,
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just as he arrived into the trenches of France. I
didn't see that they had on a different line work
related accidents. Captain Frederick Charles Smith was English by birth,
immigrating to the US. He enlisted the Army shortly after arriving.
After spending time in the Philippines, he served as a
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recruiting officer in Brooklyn. With the war, he was sent
to Camp Jackson in South Carolina, where he was given
command in the three three hundred and seventy first Regiment
ninety third Division, a division comprised of African Americans in
the still segregated Army and France. Smith endured a gas
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attack in late September during the opening of phases of
the MW. Sargonne Offensive, and was hospitalized for two weeks.
He returned the final phases of the war with his men.
In January, just before the regiment was slated to return
to the US, Smith, in charge of the supply company,
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was handling a grenade when it went off, killing him instantly.
He and his brother, William Gaynor Smith, was remembered on
a school tablet in their hometown Thornbury, Bristol, England. His
brother fell at the end of the British offensive known
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as the Third Grise Prieze Ye Prieze, in the fall
of nineteen seventeen. William, like Frederick, had immigrated back or
immigrated but to South Africa. He died part of the
second Regiment of the South African Brigade. Frederic Wolston was
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a Swedish born After immigrating to the US, hand listed
in the Marine Corps in nineteen oh three, serving in
Cuba and Panama. Returning to the US, Wolston headed up
the Marine Corps electrical school and was an expert marksman
when winning several contests. Commissioned as the second lieutenant in
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July nineteen seventeen, he was part of the initial American
contingent coming to France with General Pershing. Wollstrom died in
a motorcycle accident August twenty first, nineteen seventeen. Pershing was
among those attending the burial or the funeral. Excuse me,
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there's an image of him showing his championship shooting form.
There's another image here of Wollstrom training the French shazierzel
alpins Uppins, demonstrating his signal skills with the flags and
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in the next part's going to be very pleasant. It's
pretty sad, but it doesn't surprise me either. This is
suicide in the line of duty. Sherman Avery White originally
grew up in New York State. The Spanish American War
saw him sign up with the first Nebraska Volunteer Regiment.
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This regiment was involved in the first actions of the
Philippine War in Manila in eighteen ninety nine. Well worked,
I'm sorry. White worked his way up to first lieutenant
of Company E when the Nebraskans went home in nineteen hundred,
he stayed and gained a commission as the second lieutenant
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with the US twelfth Regiment, staying on the islands. White
was the first lieutenant of Company E for the first
first Nebraska Zumachase of that and of First Lieutenant Sherman White,
leading Company E on the march in the Philippines. He
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stayed with the regiment until the war. I'm sorry. He
stayed with the regiment until before the war, where he
served with the fifty first Regiment on the Mexican border.
White then came to France with the regiment part of
the sixth Division as lieutenant colonel. On November fourth, he died.
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Some accounts have him dying as a result of an accident,
though his military records show the cause of death is
suicide in the line of duty. Whatever that means. Question
Mark Thiss is what they said, who created the page?
So okay, here's a murder actually. Delbert A. Thomson was
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a second lieutenant with the twenty third Engineers, the road
builders of the AEF. He was working as a railroad
engineer until January thirtieth, nineteen nineteen, when an unknown assailant
shot him through the throat, killing him. There is no
mention of the case ever being solved. Wow, there's a
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picture of him with his uniform and engineering symbol. Because
mentioned I will be sharing this link with you. None
of the stuff that I read to you, I don't
own any of it. I'm just sharing these with you.
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Down to the bottom of the page, there are some
YouTube videos that you might want to watch, so yeah,
I might want to check that out. And also at
the very bottom, I haven't noticed this before, but this
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is one hundred years ago gold Star Women nurses of
World War One and cal Hampshire. Let me click on
that and see. I want to see if there's actual
any stories to share. I might be able to do
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like a nurse's episode. That would be kind of neat
win it as part of this show. Well, my friends,
we are pastime. Now for the show. I hope you
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