Stories of Service

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Roy Irvin Driver

Submitted by: Nancy Cramer

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Roy Irvin Driver served in World War One with the United States Army. The dates of service are: Unknown .

Conscientious objector who worked in the kitchen at Camp Funston, KS and wore the uniform.

Col. Norman J. Eckert

Submitted by: Richard Eckert, Sr. (son)

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Col. Norman J. Eckert served in World War 1 with the United States Army. The dates of service are: Known 1920 - 1954.

Colonel Norman J. Eckert, WW I, WW II, Korean War era

Colonel Norman J. Eckert Bronze Star: Father of Edward (Ed) Colonel US Army; William (Bill) Lt. Col. U.S. Army; and Richard (Dick), Captain USAR (author). My Dad enlisted in WW I to follow his older brother Jack P. Eckert, he rose from private, sergeant and received a commission as a 2n Lt. in 1920. He rose in rank as acting commander of the 25 Division artillery in WW II.

Frank James Bleck

Submitted by: Beverly Przybylski

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Frank James Bleck served in World War 1 with the United States Army. The dates of service are: Known Dec 18, 1916 - Jun 30, 1919.

Enlistment record: St. Mihiel Offensive Sep 12/18; Offensive of Sep 26/18 operating between Montfaucon & Very. Attached to 17th French Corps, east of Meuse North of Verdun, Oct 7-8, 1918 - Offensive of Nov. 1/18 against Bois de Loges, Forest de Argonne. He was promoted to Corporal while in France. He was furloughed to the reserves on Jun 30, 1919, and subsequently received an honorable discharge.

Glennie Long Tomlinson Miller

Submitted by: Nancy Miller

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Glennie Long Tomlinson Miller served in World War 1 with the the United States Navy. The dates of service are: Unknown .

Enlisted as a Yeoman 3rd class. She was assigned to the Division of Supplies and Accounts Disbursements to make out transportation slips for the men. In an article that appeared in the Richmond VA Times Dispatch on 23 Jan 1973, she states that she drilled 3 times a week, marched in parades for bond sales, and was paid $2 per day.

Nelson Howard Ulmer

Submitted by: Barrett Young

Nelson Ulmer at Camp Jesup c.1918

Nelson Howard Ulmer served in World War 1 with the United States Army. The dates of service are: Known August 20, 1918 – September 23, 1919.

Nelson H. Ulmer, my great-grandfather, was born on May 16, 1896 in Dawson, Nebraska.

Nelson began his military career on August 20, 1918, at the local draft board in Falls City, Nebraska. In the afternoon, he and seven others boarded a train for Des Moines, Iowa. Near midnight, the train reached Camp Dodge, Iowa where Nelson spent forty-three days getting equipment, vaccinations, drilling, hiking, tests, and was even placed on stable duty for a time.

On September 21, he started for Camp Jesup (Near Fort McPherson, Georgia) passing through St. Louis, Missouri, Mt. Vernon, Illinois, Evansville, Indiana, Nashville, Tennessee, and arrived at Camp Jesup on September 23.

On October 20, new companies were formed and he became a part of Co. G. Unit 310. Motor Transport Corps. (The Motor Transport Corps (M.T.C.) was formed out of the Quartermaster Corps on 15 August 1918, by General Order No. 75. Men needed to staff this new corps were recruited from the skilled tradesmen working for automotive manufacturers in the US.)

Leonard Louis Nutter

Submitted by: Rachel Hill

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Leonard Louis Nutter served in World War One with the United States Army. The dates of service are: Unknown .

He fought in the battle of Muese-Argonne. He received a Purple Heart and a medal from that battle with two bronze service stars on his ribbon from Muese-Argonne.

He was shot in the lung in France where he almost died. He told my grandmother (his daughter) that he almost died because they wrapped him up very tight and he doesn't remember how long he laid in the trench before he got help. The hospital told him had he sat there any longer wrapped that tight that he would have died.

Sergeant Robert Emmett Carey

Submitted by: RADM James Carey, USN (Ret.) (son of Robert Emmett Carey)

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Sergeant Robert Emmett Carey served in World War 1 with the United States Army. The dates of service are: December 10, 1917−June 30, 19191919.

Sergeant Robert Emmett Carey served with the 325th Army Remount Squadron in France during World War One.

John Eugene Carey

Submitted by: RADM James Carey, USN (Ret.) (nephew)

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John Eugene Carey served in World War One with the the United States Army. The dates of service are: Unknown .

Corporal John Eugene Carey served with Company C, First Wisconsin Cavalry, in World War One.

Earle Schwartz

Submitted by: Bob Bostock

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Earle Schwartz served in World War 1 with the United States Army. The dates of service are: Known June 5, 1917 thru shortly after Armistice Day.

Woodrow Wilson, former New Jersey governor and then-president of the United States, campaigned for re-election to the White House in 1916 on the slogan, “He kept us out of war.” Exactly three months and one day after Wilson took the oath of office for his second term, my grandfather, Earle Schwartz of Wood Ridge, New Jersey, registered for the draft. He did so less than three weeks after the President signed the bill instituting a draft to raise an Army to join what is today known to us as World War I. The day that Earle, then 21 years old, registered, June 5, 1917, was the very first day for registration under the new draft.

Before the year was out, young Earle, described by the draft registrar as being tall, of medium build, with blue eyes and brown hair and missing no limbs or eyes, was called up. Earle was sent to France as part of the American Expeditionary Force under the command of General John J. “Black Jack” Pershing. He returned to the States not long after the war ended, November 11, 1918, on what he always called “Armistice Day.”

Holmes E. Dager

Submitted by: KP Morris

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Holmes E. Dager served in World War 1 with the United States Army. The dates of service are: Known June 23, 1917-1946.

As the war in Europe was gaining steam it was just a year later that Lt Dager volunteered for Federal Service on June 23, 1917. After going to Ft Leavenworth for his Basic Officers Course he is sent to the 6th Infantry Division being formed at Camp Forrest, GA. Once back with the unit he is assigned to H Company, 51st Infantry September 25, 1917. All of the officers in the division are sent to Ft Sill, Oklahoma for instruction on artillery.

During the next several months the 6th Infantry Division will train for war at various locations, 11th Brigade at Camp Forrest, Georgia, 12th Brigade at Camp Wadsworth, S.C., and the division headquarters at Camp McClellan, Alabama with other units at other camps throughout the United States. The division would not train together until it reached France.

As the training developed 1st Lt Dager would move from unit to unit. Promoted to temporary Captain on August 5, 1917 and moving to F Company January 13, 1918. On September 30, 1918 Dager is assigned to K Company and promoted to Major (Temporary) on October 24, 1918 and moved to command the 3rd Battalion of the 51st Infantry until he reverted to the rank of a Captain in March 1920.

Russell Perkins Byington

Submitted by: Stacey Byington

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Russell Perkins Byington served in World War 1 with the the United States Army. The dates of service are: Known 1917-1918.

Russell Perkins Byington, born 21 OCT 1893, moved with his parents to Cairo, NY, in September 1895 and from there to Ossining, NY, in the spring of 1902. Attended Ossining public schools, took an active part in athletic activities and was popular with fellow schoolmates.

Joined the New York National Guard in June 1916, joining Company A, 3d Regiment of Infantry, of Rochester, NY, for service on the Mexican Border. Was one of the first to respond. During the four months he spent on the Mexican border his company saw no fighting. Mustered out in September 1916.