Today is veteran's day. In honor of all who have served, today's post is going to highlight some of my previous posts about veterans. Last year, my Veteran's Day post, Veterans in My Tree, documented those individuals in my genealogy file with a military service fact. This year, I'm going to create a list of …
Category: World War I
Arriving Home
I love gossipy newspapers! The Dodge City newspapers not only provide information about recruitment and service in France, but also the discharge of brothers, Leon and Marion Crawford. The 20 Mar 1919 issue of The Dodge City Daily Globe begins telling their story. Leon Crawford has been sent over from France for final discharge according …
Letters Home
Have you used online newspapers to try and locate letters soldiers wrote to their families? I've recently being doing such a research for my grandfather, Leon Crawford, and his brother, Marion who served during World War I. I found letters in the 16 Sept 1918 issue of The Dodge City Daily Globe. Explains Anti-Aircraft WorkIn …
Ford County Soldiers
While looking for news of my grandfather, Leon Crawford, during World War I, I came across the following article identifying the Ford county men serving during World War I. Where Soldiers of Ford County AreC. E. Smith Has Helped to Revise List of Ford County Men in Military ServiceWhat is perhaps the most complete list …
Roll of Honor
While searching the Dodge City newspapers for letters from my grandfather, Leon Crawford, I came across the following article where the Methodist Church honored their members serving in the military. 06 Methodists Honor SoldiersTwenty-three Members of Methodist Class Have Gone to ColorsThe Methodist Sunday School will pay a tribute tomorrow to the men who have …
Recruits
Have you tried to find information about your ancestor who served in the U.S. Army during World War I? Knowing that many U.S. Army records for World Wars I and II were damaged or destroyed in the 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, I haven't tried to obtain my grandfather's …