John Marshall High School - Marshallite Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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DEDICATION vs Fear not that ye have died for namightz The torch ye threw to us we caught: Ten million Lands will hold it high. And Freedoms light shall never :lie ln with glowing pride in the spirit which animated them irl their loyalty and devotion to the Great Cause-a spirit fostered by our Alma Mater-We affectionately and reverently dedicate this 1919 Marshallite to our boys., who have made the supreme sacrifice. E41

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1 I . se.. in ..,, .,.,y.w,.R'- ., IQ. UL. N kms, gf, J., -..j, I , 4. 11 ,72-' ' 'p55L',,-eizg Heir- ' -f-xgi-f3,.-aawwn . f 1 Awrzzzwz-5- 9 f M ll..-L. -'-'4W Captain Billy Word Capt. Williain E. Word, Jr., of this city, known familiarly as Billy Word, a member of the 151st Field Artillery, Forty-second Division fthe Rainbow Divisionj, died February 10, in Heimersheim, Germany, after a brief illness ofbronchial pneumonia. Captain Word, who passed away on his twenty-seventh birthday, was a native of this city, a son of William E. and Mrs. Alice Eubank Word. He attended John Marshall from 1905 to 1909. During his last three half- terms he led his classes in all studies. Captain Word was also one of our star athletes. At the University of Virginia he took a prominent part in athletics, being a member of football, baseball, and track teams. He was commissioned Hrst lieuten- ant at the first camp at Fort Myer in August, 1917, and sailed for overseas duty in September, 1917. He was on the firing line from February, 1918, to May, 1918, and it was there that he re- ceived the American Distinguished Service Cross on March 25. He was the first Virginian to receive this honor. Two days before he died he received his third service stripe, having been on duty abroad eighteen months. He was promoted to a captaincy in line of duty While overseas. Captain Word was considered an expert artillery officer, and was for a short while an instructor in a French field artillery school. In the French school he stood at the head of his class of seventy-three men. All honor to his memory! ' - ' E61