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Boston Man Farnsworth Dies in French Trenches
The 20 year old Farnsworth left Harvard to join the French foreign legion and fought on the Balkan and Turkish fronts before dying in Champagne. In a hospital letter D W Thorn recalls Farnsworth in Battalion A1 dying after a neck wound and a later spine injury as machine gun fire raked the trench line.
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