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Hello all, I stumbled on to this site while trying to get info on the following topic. Any help or information would be appreciated. Thank you!!

When I was growing up, I was always told that he had a wall of a building fall on him while fighting in France during WWI. He was said to have been trapped under the rubble for two days before being rescued. He had numerous broken bones and some abdominal wounds. I am still trying to substantiate this info through a couple of websites. I will update as I find out.

His Disharge/Enlistment papers state he was in Company I or J (can't make it out) and was in the 342nd Infantry. He was 23 when he enlisted in 1917 and was Honorably discharged in 1919. They state he was in the "Argonne-Meuse Offensive Sept 26th 1918, the Bois de Chaume Offensive Oct 9th 1918, the Chine Offensive Oct 11th-20th 1918" and was part of the "Army of Occupation". He recieved $103.88 on May 30th 1919 from Camp Grant in Rockford, Illinois upon discharge.

I recently acquired my Great Grandfathers Purple Heart. Unfortunatly, the purple back ground behind George Washington has good size piece missing from it. Would you have it repaired or not? Thanks








This post has been edited by rollin_hot: Nov 15 2009, 07:17 AM