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Record of Furman Men In Service HIS page is dedicated to the men from Furman University and Furman Fitting School who heard their country’s call and responded to it by offering themselves for the defense of the world. Even before America severed diplomatic relations with Germany, there were those who gave themselves in this great cause, entering French and British units as soldiers, ambulance drivers, and surgeons. By May. 1917, so many undergraduates had volunteered that the student ranks were visibly depleted, and several Seniors came from nearby camps to receive their diplomas. The number grew continually until more than 320 men of the Purple and White were in service. On the old world battlefields, in the Army, in Air Service, the Navy, in Sub-sea work, as Chaplains, as Y. M. C. A. workers, in virtually every branch of the Service, Furman was ably represented. Our boys were in Flanders, in the St. Mihiel sector, at Chateau-Thierry, in the dread Argonne Forest, in Italy, and later, in the Army of Occupation in Germany. Not all could go Overseas, and those left in America in Camps, in Army Schools, and in the S. A. T. C. should receive our homage along with the heroes of the front lines. Many suffered from wounds and from the deadly gases; they may bear in their bodies permanent evidence of their sacrifice. A few will be still more deeply enshrined in our hearts because they made the supreme sacrifice, counting life itself not too dear to give in the cause of peace for their generation and succeeding ones. Quite a number were awarded distinctions of special merit—promotions, citations. Distinguished Service medals. Now that they have returned, after their baptism of fire, we would outpour our profound appreciation and deepest love to lurman’s faithful “Heroes of the Greatest War the World ever Witnessed.” For lack of space we cannot give the names of all Furman’s representatives in the world war, but we must mention those who won distinction in the giving of their lives and those wounded in action. Sergeant Edward Timmons, killed September 24, 1918. He was a member of the 1917 class, taking his degree in khaki. He volunteered in the spring just preceding graduation as a private in Company “A,” I 18th Infantry. Going Overseas with his regiment and while in battle he volunteered to guide a detail of some thirty men with provisions for Co. D.” Losing his way, he entered the German lines and was killed. Lieutenant J. H. David, killed in action, being among the first from South Carolina to give his life. He was commended for his bravery; as it is said, he held at bay seven or eight Germans, armed only with an automatic revolver, and when found dead his revolver was empty and seven of the Germans lay about dead. Lieutenant Hagood Bostick, of the British Squadron of the Rotary Motor Scouts. Royal Air forces, was shot down by a German airplane and his wounds were so serious he lay unconscious for seven days. Lieutenant William Hamlin Beattie, wounded October. 1918; details of wounds and bravery unknown. Corporal Harvey T. Cook, son of Dr. H. T. Cook, beloved Professor of Greek of Furman, was cited for bravery. Captain John O. W. Donaldson. Air Hero, being decorated by King George. He shot down nine enemy planes, and then he was brought down, his plane being
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