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LOCAL LEGIONHAS PICTUREof McFarlandSuccessful Culmination of Ten Year Search For PhotographMcFarland Post No. 2. American Legion, now has an enlarged photograph of William W. McFarland, for whom the post was named, which has been handsomely framed and will be hung on the wall of Legion hall. The only known photograph of McFarland was secured through the efforts of Dr. 8. L. White who, with S. J. Henderson, served as a committee which had the enlargement made and framed.William W. McFarland was born in Lincoln parish, near Downsville, February 11, 1895. He was drafted into the army on September 29, 1917 and assigned to Company F, 347th Infantry, Camp Pike, Arkansas. On November 12, 1917 he was transferred to Camp Beauregard, La., and assigned to Company M, 156th Infantry. He left for France on May 29, 1918 and was assigned to Company B, 38th Infantry, of the Third division. On August 8, 1918, McFarland was killed by a high explosive shell during t.he heavy fighting along the Veslc river, near Fismes, France. His body was brought back after the war and was buried in the Downsville cemetery, the services being conducted under the auspices of McFarland post.For the past ten years, Dr. White has made an exhaustive search for a photograph of McFarland and it is Just recently that his efforts were crowned with success. The photograph was taken just as he entered the service and is an excellent likeness, according to Malcolm Hood, A. H. Hedgepeth and others who served with McFarland. It will be considered one of the treasured possessions of McFarland post.REPORTER.
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Ruston Leader
Ruston, Louisiana, US
Wed, Feb 26, 1930
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