Clarke County Roll of Honor in World War
A list of Clarke County men who served or died in World War I follows with sketches of Harry All Born in Athens and enlisted in the Canadian forces with the British Army in 1914 killed in France. Robert J Griffith First Lieutenant Aviation Section Signal Corps died May 9 1918 after training in England. Ed Bugg Corporal details of service and death in Argonne in 1918. Edward Hammond Johnson Major in 82nd Division died in Coblenz May 17 1919. Arthur Fleming details of early life and long military career culminating in service training soldiers in Athens. full biography noted.
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Fleming
Allen R. Williams
H. L. Jewett
Allgood
Harry Harbin
Broy. Harbin
Audley White
Ugg
H. Johnson
E. Hammond
Cobb
Howell B. Adair
Chester
P. Carson
Joe
Griffith
Robt
J. Walker
Frank L. Loehr
James
Allen
Win
G. Ne
Cretall
Larke
Harry
Athens
Kings Liverpool Regiment
France
Annie Uutler
Cedar Grove
Fallonshire
Manchester
Robert J. Griffith
Aviation Secttion Signal Corps
State University
Italy
England
Oxford
Grantham
Bekesbourne
Salisbury Plain
Leutenant
N Aviation Corps
Engae Royal Air Force
Amesbury
Wilts
Edward Hammond Johnson
Milledge Avenue
Ft. McPherson
82Nd
Camp Gordon
Army of Occupation
Coblenz
Boy swimmer saved as canoe hits reef in narrow escape
A canoe struck a hidden reef and a boy navigator emerged to swim to shore amid a crowd. One grim woman seized him by the hair and scolded him for disobeying her water warnings, while others cheered the rescue.
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All Save
American Legion Weekly
The Fourth of July and the Battle for Justice
The piece argues the American independence movement grew from protest against一Old Whigs in England and royal repression, not a simple desire for war. Forefathers stood for justice against entrenched privilege, shaping freedom as a universal heritage for English blooded nations.
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United States of American
America
Great Britain
England
Lord North
George III
William Pitt
Coloniata
Friends of Freedom
Williams and Strickland and Hodgson war dead names
Henry Lee Jewett Williams Captain Infantry born 1887 in Macon Georgia educated at Gresham High School University of Georgia Rhodes Scholar Oxford degrees ordained minister and later professor killed June 9 1918 in action near Albert France with 326th Infantry 82nd Division. Samuel Guy Strickland Lieutenant Navy born 1887 Danville Georgia died February 17 1919 in San Antonio Texas. Frederick Grady Hodgson Colonel died August 6 1917 after forty years service leaving University of Georgia and US Military Academy.
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ED Hampton
Then
Georgia
Camp Gordon
Wheeler
Winvler
Killuiey
France
Cote
Vartles
Champagne
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Argonne Forent
Athens
Newman
Athens High School
Navy
Portsmouth
N. H
Newport News
S. S. Manley
Queenstown
Allen Fleming
Lumpkin St
Henry Lee Jewett Williams
Macon
Gresham High School
University of Georgia
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Williams
Oxford University
United States
Oxford
Episcopal Church
University of the South
Sewanee
Albert France
George Dawes
Eleanor Barrow Williams
Kittie Jewett Willamas
Lorane
Samuel Guy Strickland
Dan‘felsville
University School For Boys
Stone Mountain
U. S. Naval Academy
Kansas
San Antonio
Texas
Strickland
Hutchins
Tex
Parenta
Frederick Grady Hodgson
Frederick Grady Hodg- Joon, A. S
United States Miliary Academy
Argonne Post Names Show Legion Tradition and Rules
The article notes Legion posts commonly bear Argonne and Victory names, with sixteen Argonne posts nationwide and nearly 11 000 posts named after World War I figures. It emphasizes the tradition honors fallen comrades while forbidding living persons as post names.
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the Argonne
Argonne
The
Legeon
Kansas
Iiola
Sutton
Neb
Elizabeth
N. J
Brewster
Beulah
N. D
Steubenville
Barnesboro
Jelico
Galveston
Littleton
Des Moines
Montr Minn
Calleo
Kans
Great Bend
Chicago
Ill
Victory
Tix Oeder
Liberty Porn
Legion
America
Only a Volunteer in the World War
A veteran recalls choosing to volunteer for service over being drafted. He describes lack of recognition and isolation at training, the rituals of departure, and the haunting question he might someday face from his grandson. The poem contrasts volunteers with drafted soldiers and their dependents.
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Bunkle
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Clarke County
E. F
Hitching
Oglethorpe County
Allen R. Fleming, Jr
Seaman
Sith Cavalry
Geronimo
Big Dry Wash
Chevelon Forks
Wounded Knee
Chiracahuas
North Georgia Agricultural College
Dahlonega
South Dakota
Wyoming
RE. A. Carr
New Mexico
Department of Law
United States Infantry and Cavalry School
Fort Leavenworth
War Department
Washington, D. C
South
Department of the Columbia
Vancouver
Washington
the Gulf
Philipine Islands
Department of the East
Governors Island
Arlington Cemetery
Potomac
General Munitions Board
Hodgson
Walter A. Dyer
Berton Braley
NEA
John Doe
Richard Roe
Ami Legion Weekly
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