On what would be a fateful day in Grant Willard's young life, he enlists in the U.S. Army for the duration of the war...
Wednesday, September 26, 1917:
The recruiting officer came back with two more men this P.M. The men were called together and the age of each man was received and registered.
Then the Lieut. called each man aside individually and asked, “Are you going to stay in this service?”
My answer, “I am.”
Happy Ahlers, Eric Astlett, Fraser, Johnnie Taylor and I all answered the same. We then took our physical exams and all were admitted. Chief Bullard and our French Lieut. were tickled to pieces. Then, with our Chief, we took the oath to our government. We expect to be taken over in a couple of weeks.
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