Roy C. Alexander enlisted on April 10, 1917, in Company B, 2nd Infantry, Kansas National Guard; drafted into federal service Aug. 5, 1917, to serve in WWI; became a member of Company B, 137th Infantry Regiment, 69th Brigade, 35th Division in October 1917 at Fort Sill, Okla. Promoted to corporal.
In a letter to his father received in October 1928, noted he had been in 16 days in the trenches, and on the last day, he went over the top. "We rested on the hill above the trenches waiting for time to go in. I and a friend of mine slipped down to a dug-out occupied by some signal corps boys.
They treated us well. They gave us some meat, bread and some good hot coffee. We appreciated that because it was cold and we had no jackets on. We went down into the trenches to our positions. We had a couple of hours to wait. Our artillery opened fire with a barrage, and it was some barrage. Imagine scores of big guns firing all at once." Was gassed on Oct. 31 which affected their eyes and ears.
Some World War I Veterans Connected with Jackson County, Kansas (April 6, 1917 – November 11, 1918) A work in progress as of June 27, 2017, by Dan Fenton 2 Some World War I Veterans Connected with Jackson County, Kansas (April 6, 1917 – November 11, 1918)
In a letter to his father received in October 1928, noted he had been in 16 days in the trenches, and on the last day, he went over the top. "We rested on the hill above the trenches waiting for time to go in. I and a friend of mine slipped down to a dug-out occupied by some signal corps boys.
They treated us well. They gave us some meat, bread and some good hot coffee. We appreciated that because it was cold and we had no jackets on. We went down into the trenches to our positions. We had a couple of hours to wait. Our artillery opened fire with a barrage, and it was some barrage. Imagine scores of big guns firing all at once." Was gassed on Oct. 31 which affected their eyes and ears.
Some World War I Veterans Connected with Jackson County, Kansas (April 6, 1917 – November 11, 1918) A work in progress as of June 27, 2017, by Dan Fenton 2 Some World War I Veterans Connected with Jackson County, Kansas (April 6, 1917 – November 11, 1918)
Roy C. Alexander enlisted on April 10, 1917, in Company B, 2nd Infantry, Kansas National Guard; drafted into federal service Aug. 5, 1917, to serve in WWI; became a member of Company B, 137th Infantry Regiment, 69th Brigade, 35th Division in October 1917 at Fort Sill, Okla. Promoted to corporal.
In a letter to his father received in October 1928, noted he had been in 16 days in the trenches, and on the last day, he went over the top. "We rested on the hill above the trenches waiting for time to go in. I and a friend of mine slipped down to a dug-out occupied by some signal corps boys.
They treated us well. They gave us some meat, bread and some good hot coffee. We appreciated that because it was cold and we had no jackets on. We went down into the trenches to our positions. We had a couple of hours to wait. Our artillery opened fire with a barrage, and it was some barrage. Imagine scores of big guns firing all at once." Was gassed on Oct. 31 which affected their eyes and ears.
Some World War I Veterans Connected with Jackson County, Kansas (April 6, 1917 – November 11, 1918) A work in progress as of June 27, 2017, by Dan Fenton 2 Some World War I Veterans Connected with Jackson County, Kansas (April 6, 1917 – November 11, 1918)
In a letter to his father received in October 1928, noted he had been in 16 days in the trenches, and on the last day, he went over the top. "We rested on the hill above the trenches waiting for time to go in. I and a friend of mine slipped down to a dug-out occupied by some signal corps boys.
They treated us well. They gave us some meat, bread and some good hot coffee. We appreciated that because it was cold and we had no jackets on. We went down into the trenches to our positions. We had a couple of hours to wait. Our artillery opened fire with a barrage, and it was some barrage. Imagine scores of big guns firing all at once." Was gassed on Oct. 31 which affected their eyes and ears.
Some World War I Veterans Connected with Jackson County, Kansas (April 6, 1917 – November 11, 1918) A work in progress as of June 27, 2017, by Dan Fenton 2 Some World War I Veterans Connected with Jackson County, Kansas (April 6, 1917 – November 11, 1918)
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