My maternal grandfather's discharge from WW1. He enlisted in 1917 at the age of 29. Giving thanks to all of our veterans of the past, the present, and the future. This day is to honor all of you.
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Monday, May 26, 2014
Sunday, November 11, 2012
SepiaColour, Veterans Day
Veterans Day 2012. I've posted many photos of my dad from both his Navy and his Army days. To honor today, I'm posting my maternal grandfather, Charles R. Sanborn. This photo is the day he left from the Leete's Island CT train station for the first world war, the "War to End All Wars." He was 29 years old when he enlisted in 1917 and came back from France in early 1920.
From his diary:
August 11, 1918, Front Line Trenches
Under artillery fire today, and me thought, 'twas like a blast of dear
old Beattie's quarry, only I was thinking it seemed a terrible long and
loud blast when a shell whistled by close to my good ear. I'd like to
have changed places with Uncle John Wireless and done "my bit" in some
other branch of the service.
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