Mr. Campbell was born in Argentina and was working as a salesman in Latin America, listing "Colt's Arms" in Hartford as his residence. This record includes only the Questionnaire, but it is well filled, including this conclusion: might, without right, has neither honour, glory, nor flag.
Gassed "slightly" in 1918, Mr. Case writes "I was continually at the front with my organization with the exception of the couple weeks after the 2nd Battle of the Marne...." He was discharged as a sergeant. Mr. Case died in 1984. This record includes notes added to the Questionnaire by Mr. Case.
Sgt. Dwyer returned to Waterbury after the war to become a fireman. The Questionnaire includes an appendix from the veteran describing how he came to be nominated for the "DSC".
Pvt. Fischman of New Haven, said that he was impressed "that a man, when going 'over the top' is temporarily insane." He served as a prisoner of war for seven months.
Mr. Flynn, who was born in New Haven, wrote in this questionnaire "that United States is a pretty good country to live in and my desire for the romance and glory of war is at an end."
"It seemed in the national emergency that it was the duty of one to go as much as another and that the draft was the fairest determination both of the order in which we went to camp and of those entitled to exemption from service."