World War:Corporal Albert Vernier
May 3, 2008
On July 15, 1917 the National Guard of Ohio was called into Federal Service. On 18 July 1917 National Guard troops from Ohio and West Virginia are directed to form the 37th Division. On 25 August 1917, concentration begins at Camp Sherman, OH.
Movement overseas on 20 May 1918 and was completed by 18 July 1918 and Corporal Albert Vernier, a twenty year old from Stryker, Ohio was there. He wrote home to his father and mother and several of his letters survive and give us a glimpse of a infantry soldiers life in World War One. Read more
