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unless they are four or five to one.
They throw up their hands and we
bring them in.”
Jesse L. Hall to his parents:
“I get to see lots of French girls but
I can’t talk to them, for I can’t talk
their way, but I am trying to learn to
talk. The French people seems to be
proud to see us. This part of the world
is pretty. The soil is rich and they
have good gardens. ”
Heard Orr to his brother, Oda P.
Orr:
“lam very glad to get a letter from
you and glad to hear that you was
well and getting along fine. I am well
and having a good time.
Yes, I will do my bit in this war,
don’t you worry. lam right on the dot
with my part. I see lots of airplanes
flying over the camps nearly all the
time and sometimes I see some fights
in the air and it is very interesting to
us boys to watch them. ”
Lewis Pruitt to his father:
“Pa, these people are far behind us
along the Unes of agriculture. They
still work and plow the oxen and they
work the yoke on his head instead of
his shoulders. I have learned to say a
few words in their language. It is
almost like our language. ”
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Clayton K. White to his mother:
“I have been over a lot of France
and I am close enough to the front
now to hear the big guns. I hope
Tommie has not had to go to the
camps yet, but I guess if he hasn % he
will pretty soon. I sure dread it for
him.
“Mother, don’t worry one minute
about me, for God is going to take
care of me. Go on and enjoy yourself,
so you will look like mother when I
come home. ”
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heroes.
Entitled, “To Our Soldier Boys,”
this poem was published in the For
syth County News:
Farewell to our boys, God bless you
all,
And remember our thoughts are
with you,
Who have answered so nobly your
country’s call,
And proved yourselves true blue.
To the boys of the north remember
your Grant
To the others your Jackson and
Lee,
United in arms with the spirit of
love,
For your brothers across the sea.
War claimed six Forsyth lives
By Chuck Thompson
News editor
Among the many Georgians who
gave their lives in World War I were
six Forsyth Countians, each of whom
is honored in the State Memorial
Book of 1921.
Published by the Military Depart
ment, state of Georgia, the book
contains information on each coun
ty s war dead, as well as pictures
depicting the conflict in Europe.
Forsyth County soldiers who died in
World War I include Pvt. Ernest D.
Bannister, who entered the service in
April, 1918 and was stationed at Camp
Gordon in Atlanta.
Bannister was attached to Com
pany M, 327th Infantry, 82nd Divi
sion, with which he embarked for
overseas service.
He was killed while on guard duty
at Ladney, France, July 20,1918.
Pvt. Benjamin Grady Corn had
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when he contracted measles, fol
lowed by pneumonia, resulting in his
death at the Camp Gordon hospital
Jan. 28,1918.
Com entered the service in Decem
ber, 1917 and was attached to Head
quarters Company, 307th Engineers.
Sickness also claimed the life of
Pvt. Herman Dinsmore, who em
barked for overseas service after
receiving his preliminary military
training. He was attached to Com
pany C, 350th Infantry.
While on active duty in France,
Dinsmore contracted pneumonia,
which resulted in his death there on
Sept. 29,1918.
Pvt. Thomas A. Spence was sta
tioned at Camp Gordon after entering
the service and was attached to the
328th Infantry, Depot Division.
After his arrival in France he con
tracted influenza, which resulted in
his death on Sept. 26,1918.
Pvt. Herman Dinsmore
Pvt. Ernest Nuckolls
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Unlike many of his colleagues, Pvt.
Bryant Ernest Nuckolls was killed in
action in the front line trenches.
He entered the service Sept. 28,
1917, and after several months of
military training, was attached to
Company B, 102nd Infantry, Ameri
can Expeditionary Forces.
Nuckolls embarked with that unit
for overseas action in June, 1918. He
was killed on Sept. 26,1918.
Pvt. Samuel M. Smith entered the
service May 29, 1918 and was at
tached to the 4th Replacement De
tachment.
He embarked with that unit for
overseas action, and after arriving in
France, was transferred to the 60th
Machine Gun Company, U.S. Infan
try.
Smith was wounded in action at
Cunel, France, dying as a result of his
wounds on Oct. 29,1918.
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