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Vhitmore holds a picture ol himself taken In France during World War I. when he was a sorgeant In the army.WWI vet remembers cheering war’s endly JIM WICKER 'traes-N'ewsHAWFIELOS - Even If it hadn't hap^ ened on the day before his birthday, loctha C GC” Whitmore would always ave remembered Nov. II. 1918 - the ay World War I endedWhitmore, who quietly observed his 6th birthday Monday at his home in ural southeastern Alamance County, emembered hearing news of the enemy ierman army's surrenderI was on guard duty with my outfit In lie Argonne Forest in France We got lie message to leave the front lines and eturn to our base,” Whitmore said, dding the good news caused a lot ofloud cheering - the men were shooting their guns and celebrating”It was. as he recalls, a bright, sunny day much like Sunday, which marked the 72nd anniversary of the armistice.On the day after the end of the war to end all wars, Whitmore, a sergeant in an infantry unit, turned 24 years of age and his mind was ftill of happy thoughts of returning to Alamance County and resuming a normal life.But I had to wait about two months in France until there was room on a ship to take my outfit back” to America He said there were a lot of men in the army in France from Alamance County and when we got back there was a big parade down Main Street in Burlington ”Whitmore turned 96 on Monday.Whitmore says he can’t remember the date of the homecoming parade, but he well remembers the big crowds along the street yelling and hollering, telling us they were glad we were back home ” While Whitmore was one of the 1.4 million American soldiers who servedPlease see VET/B2
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Burlington Times News
Burlington, North Carolina, US
Tue, Nov 13, 1990
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