The calendar pictured above was in my Grandfather’s boxes of World War One material. No dates are marked. The only writing in the calender is of a list of men to whom my grandfather loaned money–a fair amount in 1918 terms.
What follows is a time-line(in progress) that I’m constructing from my grandfather’s letters, documents and any history that I can find about his ambulance company.
| 1893 | April 27: Born in Cortez, Colorado |
|---|---|
| 1917 |
June 5: Registers for the Military in Cortez, Colorado. |
| 1918 | February 1: In France March 30: France: At the front in a dugout April 5(?)France: Helps bury three German soldiers April 8: France: At the front May 12: Writes Mother’s Day letter June ?: France: Gets button from German pilot who was shot down. June 7-9(?): 48 hrs at the Front/”difficult” & “exciting conditions” June 11: France: Back from the front a couple days ago. July 11: France: Watches French Farmers harvest grain. August 18: In France October 4(?): Wounded, shrapnel in lower left leg above ankle. October 8: American Red Cross Hospital, No. 5 in Paris. Nov. 12: American Red Cross Hospital, No. 5 in Paris, 20 minutes from Central Paris Nov. 28 (Thanksgiving): On a boxcar headed for St. Dizier, 200 miles east of Paris. Dec. 25 (Christmas): On a boxcar bound for Germany December 29: Back with Company in Engers, Germany. |
| 1919 |
Feb. 8: Engers on the Rhein, Germany |
| 1992 | January 22: Died in El Cajon, California |