West High School - EOS Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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E Cj S NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETEEN E Q S VAN NI 511+ PHFNS entered VVest Hlgh School of Aurorl ln 1917 and vxas graduated ln 1916 He enllsted ID Chicago Nifty 3 1917 xxhere he was sent to efferson Barracks 'md was en rolled ln the 17th Cxzvalrx lroop Ix He xx'1s sent to Port Bllss Iexcas 'md from there xx as statloned 'xt Douglas Arw Later he xx 'ls sent to Globe Ar17 on strllce duty After five months dutv at Globe hns Companv was re He xx as txlcen suck about Fehruarx 1 1918 After he was ln the hosp1t'1l about one month he was sent home where he received an Honorable Discharge March 7 1918 He xxas taken suck xxxth Influenza 'lnuarx 28 1919 Pneumonia devel oped 'md he died Fehruirv 15 1919 at the hosp1t'1l ln 1xI'1ss1l1on cyhlfl VVhat can I glve O soldier leal and brave Long 'ls I llve 'I 0 p'1x the lxfe xou give? PORCP I H14 RRILR came from VV'1term'1nn m September 1916 to complete hls course ln the VVest Hugh School of Aurora He was graduated vxnth his class IH une 1917 He en lnsted with the hrst boxs gomg from VVest Hxgh Aprll 7-1 1917 'md xxas sent to efferson Barracks Aprll 30th From there he xx 'ls sent to Port Leaven vxorth lXfI'1v 7th then to bm Antomo une 9th t loronto August 10th 26th From here he xx 'ls sent to XVTCKJ Ievas December 13 1917 He xx 'ls at Camp Rltchfield at Waco Tevas at the txme of his death He xx as '1 me L1'l'lf1lC ln the 'nr servxce although at the tlme of the slgmng of the armlstxce he xx 'ls a Reserve Pnlot having spent manx hours ln the 'ur He Hexx to Chicago from Rantoul xxlth Lxeut Schroder and dropped leaHets of the 3rd I lbertx Loan He dled March 4- 1919 'lt VVaco rlexas 'lge 71 xe'1rs Thls IS the song of the Axr The lxftmg drxttmg 'ur The eddymg steadxmg 'ur The xxxne of its llrllltltss p lce N115 lt nerve us t l st to cmre Fven death xxlth und umtc d tice' Hex ho' for the Alf' - I I - I l I A . sf . I 4 T: S G 3 I 3 Q 0 l s 7 -C ' f 1 ' z ' .., . . , 7 K 7 1 1 1 , , ' '1 . 1.7 7 1 1 . . , . f -x . - Q H - 1 1 ,', . - ' 1 I 1 7 7' Y' -1 ' scv 1 -7 -1 Y v '-' 1 3 f 7 1 4. 1 71 f , '1 1' . 1 7 7 s, v A if . .., 1 . . ' 1 1 , 1 . , 1 . 1' - 1 9 0 ' I 3 lleved and sent to Douglas, Ariz. from there back to Rantoul, Ill., August ' . 2 5 ' 'f , . . . , 0 K C r 1 , Q -. y 1 71: f 1 y . ' . : . 1 , 3 . If . . - C y . ' 1 1 . , 1 J- j , . ' - . ' , . ' . . j - . . . . 1 . 1 I , , . 1 . ' 1 -7 1 A 'V 1 if , . 1 . ' ca - . 1 J- ' . . . - 1 , 1 , x f s ' . . , v T K - . 1 , 1 -1 ' 1 . Q v 1 . 7 r ,, U .1 . . C ' C 1 1 rs ' y 9 ' 0 ,Y Y ' v ' , -:f f zo - - . f a '. - . ' z r . . Y 7 V, . . . ..1S..

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