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WAR HISTORY COMMISSION
STATE OF VIRGINIA
MILITARY SERVICE RECORD
Name in full
(family name): James
(first name): Arthur
(middle name): Wilson
Date of birth
(month): Oct
(day): 8
(year): 1889
Place of Birth
(town): Grovel Hill
(county): Buckingham
(state): VA
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WAR RECORD
Inducted into service or enlisted on (date): April 20, 1914
at (place): Richmond
as a (rank): private
in the: Richmond Blues
section of the : National Guard
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School, camp, station, ship: Brownsville, Texas, Fort Meyers R. O. T. C. V. Camp Lee, Petersburg, Camp Jackson South Carolina, Camp Dix, N J
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to (rank): Corporal
Date: Aug. 1916
From (rank): Corporal
to (rank): Candidate
Date: Aug. 1917
Embarked from (port): Hoboken
on (ship): Ryndam
(date): June 24
and arrived at (foreign port): Brest
(date): June 27, 1917
Proceeded from : Brest
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to: Port a Mousson
(date): Oct 16, 1918
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Country: La Courtine
Place: Creuse
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WAR RECORD
First went into action (place): [Routes Moscow?]
(date): Oct 16, 1918
Participated in the following engagements: Defensive Sector [Marbosde?], Oct 16, Nov 11. 1918
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Arrived at (American port): [Brest?] Hoboken
on (ship): Great [Northam?]
Date: Mar 2, 1919
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Discharged from service at (place): Camp Meade, [Ma?]
(date): Mar 19, 1919
as a (rank): 1st Lieut. Field Artillery
RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE
Occupation after the war: Teacher - Law Student
If a change of occupation was occasioned by reason of disability acquired in the service, describe the process of re-education and readjustment, and indicate the agencies or individuals chiefly instrumental in furnishing the new occupations::
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
What was your attitude toward military service in general and toward your call in particular?: Entered Natl. Guard without thought. Came to like the consequent to services. Never felt any thrill for military till very late in war.
What were the effects of camp experiences in the United States upon yourself -- mental and physical?: Mental effect was slight. Physical was wonderful: Because a strong specimen.
What were the effects upon yourself of your overseas experience?: Broadening, humanizing
What effects, if any, did your experience have on your religious belief?: None
If you took part in the fighting, what impressions were made upon you by this experience?: Tendency to be fatalistic.
What has been the effect of all these experiences as contrasted with your state of mind before the war?: Have lost some of the frills? Many of the so called effects are far fetched. War is a big business.
Photographs-- If possible enclose one taken before entering the service and one taken afterwards in uniform, both signed and dated.
Additional data: Greatest impression made is my admiration for the [field?] of civilization, socially, scientifically, militarily, they are supreme.
Signed at (place): Richmond Va
on (date): July 12
year: [1921?]
(full name): [Arthur William James?]
(rank): 1st [Level?]
(branch of service): Field Artillery
The information contained in this record, unless otherwise indicated, was obtained from the following persons or sources:: [Arthur W. James?]
