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Montgomery Howe “Trey” Polk

Submitted by: Diana Quinn Cotton {grandniece-in-law}

Montgomery Howe “Trey” Polk was born around 1895. Joseph Maxim served in World War 1 with the United States Army . The enlistment was in 1917 and the service was completed in 1919.

Story of Service

Montgomery Howe “Trey” Polk, son of Walter H. Polk and Lillian (Montgomery) Polk, was born on April 4, 1895, in Natchez, Mississippi. Trey’s maternal great-grandfather was General Charles Clark, a Confederate Civil War Governor of Mississippi. He was related on his father’s side to Lt. Thomas Polk, who buried the Liberty Bell to save it from the British.

Trey played on the Mississippi A & M College football team and served during World War I as a 1st Lieutenant in Co. “A” 125th Infantry AEF France.

The following is a letter that Trey wrote to his future brother-in-law, Henry Eugene Quinn, during the war:

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Frederick Lee Wilber

Submitted by: Barbie Jo Nielsen Great Granddaughter

Frederick Lee Wilber born around 1895. Frederick Wilber served in World War 1 with the United States Army . The enlistment was in 1917 and the service was completed in 1919.

Story of Service

Served in 77th Div, Co. G 2nd Bn, 308th Inf Regt. Served during the "The Operation of the So-Called "Lost Battalion," Oct. 2nd to Oct. 8th, 1918. Meusse-Argonne, France.

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Charles Harry Prewitt

Submitted by: Louanne Pelletier {Daughter}

Charles Harry Prewitt was born around 1898. Charles Prewitt served in World War 1 with the United States Navy. The enlistment was in 1917 and the service was completed in 1917.

Story of Service

My father was an engineman on a Navy ship and the ship was in the Black Sea. He served 4 years in the navy.

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John Joseph Winters, Sr.

Submitted by: John J Winters {Grandson}

John Joseph Winters, Sr. was born around 1892. John Winters served in World War 1 with the United States Army. The enlistment was in 1917 and the service was completed in 1918.

Story of Service

Private First Class John J. Winters, Albany, NY
Enlisted June 11, 1917
October 29th received uniforms @ Troop B Armory, Albany
Set sail aboard the RMS Carmania (troop ship) May 3, 1918
Arrived in Liverpool England May 16th

BASE HOSPITAL NO. 33

Base Hospital No. 33 was organized in June, 1917, at the Albany Hospital, Albany, N. Y., and was mobilized November 19, 1917, at Troop B Armory, Albany, N. Y., where it remained in training for five months. On April 26, 1918, the organization entrained for Camp Merritt, N. J., where it remained until May 2. It embarked May 3 on the Carmania, leaving the same day for Liverpool, England, where it arrived May 16, 1918. It left immediately for the rest camp at Knotty Ash, where it remained for two days and was then transferred to the American rest camp, Winnall Down, Winchester. At Winnall Down the unit remained awaiting permanent assignment until June 3, 1918. The majority of the personnel during this time were assigned to duty in hospitals and camps in England. On June 3 the unit was assigned.

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Hugh Patrick Shields

Submitted by: Cathleen Shields Berger {granddaughter}

Hugh Patrick Shields was born around August 15, 1893. Hugh Shields served in World War 1 with the United States Army. The enlistment was in 1917 and the service was completed in 1918.

Story of Service

Served in the Argonne and Belleau Wood. Survived mustard gas. Returned home to raise a family on Shields Street in Philly.

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Oras Lenord Stutler

Submitted by: John Burgett {Grandson}

Oras Lenord Stutler was born around 1896. Oras Stutler served in World War 1 with the United States Arm . The enlistment was in 1917 and the service was completed in 1917.

Story of Service

Served in France in infantry unit.

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Louis P Lacroix

Submitted by: Louis Lacroix {Son}

Louis P Lacroix was born around 1893. Louis Lacroix served in World War 1 with the United States Army . The enlistment was in 1917 and the service was completed in 1917.

Story of Service

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Horace Regent

Submitted by: Richard Crowther {Great Nephew}

Horace Regent served in World War 1 with the United States Army. The enlistment was in 1917 and the service was completed in 1917.

Story of Service

My Great Uncle was 19 years old when he was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1917. He was KIA in the Battle of the Marne, in France. He had a Military Funeral with his casket carried by horses and caisson. He was buried at Lawn Croft Cemetery, in Lower Chichester Twp., PA.

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Robert Lee Bullard II

Submitted by: Robert Bullard {Great Grandson}

Robert Lee Bullard II born around 1863. Robert Bullard served in World War 1 with the United States Army . The enlistment was in 1900 and the service was completed in 1925.

Story of Service

Robert Lee Bullard II was Commanding General of the Big Red One at the beginning of the war with the AEF under General Pershing, and his 1st Division was the first AEF unit in action against the German Army in 1917. The 1st Division fought well alongside French and British Army units in many major battles.

Robert Lee Bullard’s military leadership and skills of maneuvers saved countless American soldiers lives while achieving victories over Germany. He was promoted to Lieutenant General commanding the US Army Second Army until Germany was defeated November 11, 1918.

The American People will always remember the hard fought victory of 1918 and cheer and be thankful for the great leaders this nation has then in the right place, at the exact moment in time they, like LTG Bullard, and General Pershing, were needed most. As General Eisenhower once said on June 6, 1944 about the weight and great responsibility of the required leadership decisions and consequences good or bad that follow. Our nation should remember the heavy burdens placed on our senior leadership and the incredible soldiers they had the honor to lead at critical moments in history.

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Alva Henry Cook

Submitted by: Daniel A. Anthony {grandson}

Alva Henry Cook was born around 1895. Alva Cook served in World War 1 with the United States Army. The enlistment was in 1917 and the service was completed in 1920.

Story of Service

The attached PDF is research I (Daniel Anthony, Grandson of Alva H. Cook) conducted on his service to the U.S. Army in WW1 for which he was severely wounded and permanently disabled. This study is based on an original typewritten account of his time served in World War I by Alva H. Cook, my Grandfather (my Mother’s Father), also with some of his time and experience after the war and a few anecdotes from his survivors. A copy of the original account is provided, and the account is also shown in italics.

This study corrects several phonetically spelled locations in France, and grammar; and is organized in a timeline, bulleted fashion for readability. Hyperlinked references are also provided for further verification and interest. The order of events and locations, as written, is awkward to reconstruct at times, and I have attempted to make this as accurate as possible. In some cases, place names had to be reconciled with the movements of the 32nd Division during WWI and associated war records or most plausible locations in the general area of operations.

Additional information is also provided by service/testimony not described in his original account. Research to confirm locations of various wartime facilities was conducted, and other publications or evidence, or other testimony among his papers or peers provide additional insight into his service.

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