Lawrence Lore
- Apr 9
- 2 min
Youngest Volunteer WWII
James Harold Bailey became one of the youngest, if not the youngest, Army volunteer inducted by the local board as reported by the...
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Lawrence Lore
- Dec 7, 2023
- 3 min
Letters from the Front
Part 4 WWI Even though these letters of Miles W Adams, Amos Baird and Jess Tharp were written one hundred years ago, many of the themes...
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Lawrence Lore
- Dec 6, 2023
- 3 min
Letters from the Front
Part 3 WWI Often the soldiers did not have access to a post office and letters were slow going home. The men tried to impress upon their...
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Lawrence Lore
- Dec 5, 2023
- 4 min
Letters from the Front
Part 2 WWI Continued The Rainbow Division first saw action fighting alongside the French in February, 1918,(WWI) where it remained in...
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Lawrence Lore
- Dec 4, 2023
- 3 min
Letters from the Front
Part 1 Miles M. Adams was born October 29, 1898 in Lawrence County to William and Stella Musgrave Adams. He and a classmate, Jess Tharp,...
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Lawrence Lore
- Nov 3, 2023
- 1 min
Lukin Boy Joined Canadian Army
Daily Register-Republican published in Mount Carmel Illinois on Aug 29, 1918 page 2: Marshal W King of south of Bridgeport received a...
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