April 1918-William Denzil Reichard, Willshire, was among those rescued from a cargo vessel that was sunk by a German submarine.
Category: Willshire
Jul 21
Downtown Willshire, c1940-50
Jun 23
1879 Willshire Postmark
Mar 31
Two Schumm Soldiers in WWI
Last week I posted a photo of 139 young men from Van Wert County, in front of the Van Wert County Courthouse, just before they departed for Camp Sherman on 22 July 1918, where they would receive basic training before entering WWI. At that same time my grandfather Cornelius Schumm (1896-1986) was of draft age, age 21.