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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.

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John Patrick Dwyer

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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".

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Alexander Joseph Flynn

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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."

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Raymond Joseph Queenin

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I was anxious to go. Wanted to see what war was like (and did). I would have been ashamed to have been drafted. I saw the need and didn’t believe in waiting for a “personal invitation.”