Ralph DeShon Sawyer [Jr.] was born on 5 October 1918, in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, the son of Ralph D. Sawyer and Hazel Annie Seaman. Ralph DeShon Sawyer Jr. married Esther Virginia Archibald on 5 December 1939 in Salem Depot, New Hampshire. Esther was the daughter of Erwin Archibald and Ida E. Archibald née Thurston. Ralph […]
Author: Karen MacArthur
These unique photographs from 1908 depict the hospital tent at Camp McKinley in Somerset, Pennsylvania, and the First Regiment Junior Order of United American Mechanics Volunteers of Pennsylvania. . Very little information was located for this pre-World War I camp, but a postcard featured online was entitled “Camp McKinley, Somerset, PA” and dated 27 July […]
On 28 February 1918, the United States Military was actively engaged in World War I (1914–1918). After declaring war on Germany on 6 April 1917, the U.S. began mobilizing forces and sending troops to Europe under the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), commanded by General John J. Pershing. Locations of U.S. Military on 28 February 1918: […]
Private George E. Glaser mailed this postcard from Camp Dodge on 20 February 1918, to Mr. W. Holtzinger of 635 Cemetery Street in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. George expressed that he was at Camp Dodge, but expected that they would leave from there most any time. He also said that he was lucky, as the barracks he […]