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Clarence McGregor Thompson

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"I did not expect a picnic and it was what I looked for. The glory of war is all on canvas, but I therefore do not jump to the conclusion that there are not worse evils which only war can overcome."


Letters from Chandler Green

Letters From Sherman Green

LETTERS FROM PAUL MAYNARD

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"We are in the range of the big guns and they can be heard very plain from here. Well since leaving the hospital I have put about twenty days in the front line. ... We have had some real hard times during that time you bet...."

Sgt. Maynard was killed on November 11, 1918.  He is buried in France.

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Paul Maynard