Battalion Sergeant Major John J. Chisholm, a 23-year-old soldier from Hqrs. Det., Hqrs. Troop, 32nd Division, is photographed wearing a clerical uniform. He was born in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, with a Chippewa Indian father and a Chippewa Indian and French mother. Chisholm is a railroad clerk and stenographer and enlisted in the Machine Gun Co., 3rd Wisconsin Infantry. He has received a promotion to Battalion Sergeant Major based on his exceptional skills as an expert stenographer and his ability to efficiently manage office records.

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