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bihUf s\t w r rs .tl an* ut 111 / -! }p'-ry anlt;‘jon{ trmse II told0 i a mer for my *,v1 hand '3 wd I on left I had aOn April 17 28 xan ago when the !r th'*rs of today s fighting men vwie hos of 17 and IS America w as sp»erhly i/v olved in another *'re it World war And the bovs of 1917 wrre just a^ eager and re idy to fignt for America as arr tod *j lt;s in rnd *ar ur jforn Pn turr d in the above group are Hammond high semois who enI.'•ted foi rnihtai, sfuuo* before they finihhed h.gh .v hooi tnat tn# \ fould sooner join foices with Uncle Ham to protect AmericaThe recruits of 1917 as pictured above are from le't to ngat Standing Harry Newman, Ar-t thur Wolters, Arthur Miller John G Phromer Gardner Vooihei* Kenneth Stewart, Charles MacFar-land, Fred Beckman Sitting Charles Kreiger Clyde Hudson John Foley Charles Hickmarf, Glen Warne, Wynn Jones and Jacob*Brh^cl *Mo*t of the bos pictured above have left Hammond but two who are well known still in their hometown are John Phrommer and Fred Beckman.The group of 11 enlisted volun-j tauly following a meeting in the1 school \ ard wntn Hamm Mid High was located where the Calumet National Bank building now stands.McElroy of the teaching staff called the meeting and talked to the, senior bovs about the war which1 the United States had so recently declared against aggressor nations After that meeting, the young men marched down Hohman avenue and Sibley street to the Nickel} Plate railroad depot where they boarded a tram for Fort Wayne From that recruiting station they were transferred to Columbus Barracks in Ohio and equipped for assignment to coast artillery units at Fort Constitution, N H.After training in the States, the recruits were separated when assigned to combat in France ana then others were transferred to military camps for additional schooling.Bond 1*GARY -Indiana Hitrial on am Judge court here dared torfDiimli^rtnn OiiLre Tnnie jit Cuh Afldelsotl £!* ^°*inIILLIlt;BosimE Kerrige000,000 prc nile dellnq ordmate air
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Hammond Times
Hammond, Indiana, US
Sun, Apr 22, 1945
Page 27
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GA, USA 25 Aug 2020
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