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Rescuing survivors of the Titanic and going to England to relieve the unit 6 marines and kind of anxious of going to France and still goes and has to go to Plymouth.
December 1917, they had been aboard when they were making the rescue of the Titanic of the survivors. His group was diverted in Winchester, England to relieve the unit of the 6 marines. He was anxious about going to France. Everyone knew he was determined to go to France. They went aboard onto a train and a boat. For some reason, he had to drive to Plymouth next. -
Getting leave in France, stopping in Germany.
The first stop they made in Germany and there were people lining up for the coffee and he lined up too and he got food, potato bread and he had good food there and it was good coffee. He had one person in his unit and was his friend kind of in a way and his friend was a good cook as well and he was just in England. -
Taking prisoners back to Germany on train after the Armistice
He had to take prisoners back to Germany on a train and he missed his coach car so he had to ride with the prisoners in the train. He soon met a guy in a car. The prison guard started shooting at the train. -
Guarding German prisoners
The German prisoners had their own orchestra and he had listened to their music that they played. He never talked to people about it all because people never knew that he went into the army and the pictures that he gets back are very pleasant but he forgets some of the stuff that has happened. He’s in France and they would go out to work and he would be one guard for them. He remembers some stuff from the top of his mind and it was a picture of what he had seen at the time. -
Readjustment to civilian life
When the War was over, he went back on the ship Pocahontas. After being over 2 years and a half. in the Army and overseas it was quite a different life for him. By the time he was 15 he was treated like an adult and when he came back he decided that he wanted to be independent. He wanted to go to school and get a job and he did that and the YMCA gave him a 1 year membership and he said that that’s the only thing he’d ever seen someone recognize a soldier for. -
Going to business school with other vets.
He was going to the business school and he saw soldiers he knew there. One of them had an injury and he was the only one that was on a limp and so they didn’t take him. There were uniforms for the business school/job and it was expensive to get/buy/afford. -
Working for Star Steamship line
He was working for the White Star steamship line in the 1930s and the 1940s. -
Working for Star Steamship
He was working for the White Star Steamship line in the 1930s-1940s -
In the Philippines
In December 1941; he was in the Philippines when the Japanese attacked. He was then taken prisoner and was held for over 3 years. -
Decided on avoiding being in the military/Army
He decided near the end of everything that he wanted to avoid the military after the war and because when going into the war and understanding the bigger picture of it all. There was a sense of abandonment that was being felt by people in the Orient during World War II when the US was concentrating on Europe. So he just wanted to not be in the military after that last war because of how much it probably was for him. -
Getting a medal from president in France, written up in Life magazine, and more.
The president of France decided to give all the remaining veterans of World War I something and decided to include the Americans. He sent a french photographer and they found out about him and the photographer was there to take pictures and he needed someone because he couldn’t speak english. He soon appeared in the magazine. Lots of the veterans are probably still living until now. One of them contacted him to hang out and they ended up doing what they did.