Marshall County in the World War, 1917-1918 : a pictorial history of the community's participation in all wartime activities with a complete roster of soldiers and sailors in service . CHESTER ANDERSON Died at Great Lakes. III. DAVID A. PAUL. of WcundsLived just out of Gilman iii ^^^^^ ^ ^^^LlK 4iK^ M 7 WHKffr: \ •^ sf^?. ~^ THOMAS VANHOY Died in France(Croix de GuerreJ. SERGT. FRANK CLICK U. S. Marines First Marshalltown Boy to Die in Battle Killed at Chateau Thierry, June .i. 1918 Page Sixteen TRIBUTE TO A FALLEN HERO Before the annual meeting of the Marshalltown Hi
Marshall County in the World War, 1917-1918 : a pictorial history of the community's participation in all wartime activities with a complete roster of soldiers and sailors in service . CHESTER ANDERSON Died at Great Lakes. III. DAVID A. PAUL. of WcundsLived just out of Gilman iii ^^^^^ ^ ^^^LlK 4iK^ M 7 WHKffr: \ •^ sf^?. ~^ THOMAS VANHOY Died in France(Croix de GuerreJ. SERGT. FRANK CLICK U. S. Marines First Marshalltown Boy to Die in Battle Killed at Chateau Thierry, June .i. 1918 Page Sixteen TRIBUTE TO A FALLEN HERO Before the annual meeting of the Marshalltown High School AlumniAssociation, June 17, 1918, C. H. E. Boardman paid a glowing tribute toSergt. Frank Click, of the United States Marines, the first Marshalltownboy to fall in battle. Mr. Boardman said: Fellow Members of the Marshalltown Alumni: TT is indeed fitting that we pause at this time to lay on the altar of mem--*- ory our tribute to the first of ours that has fallen in the great andfinal struggle twixt militarism and morality. We speak with a spirit of pride rather than sorrow. Sable garb isturned to gold, even as the glory of the sun, swift sinking in the westernsky, gilds the evening shadows that creep on apace, and death is swallowedup in victory. The story of Frank Click is truly typical of all that is best in America—yet so simple is the tale. In 1846 George Click, Franks pa
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