Hawk, every time I see a pic like this it spawns images of trench warfare..That had to be the chittiest duty of all akin to the stench of a Korean or Vietnam rice paddy...BTW do you know if he survived the war ?
Yes, he survived the trenches, and returned home to Danville, VA. He tried out for a professional baseball team, and was accepted on the team as a pitcher. He was told to show up for spring training in a few months, when it was scheduled to start, but wanted to earn some money in the meantime, so he took hours at the Dan River Textile Mill. His shirt sleeve got caught in some gears there, and it pulled him in, killing him, so he never got to play pro ball. Survived the trenches of The Great War only to be killed in a textile mill.
