31 20 1145 https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/2358e96d58b8894e78b4136e562bc809.jpg 655a7b2a1169c15beab67a11cfa8af4b https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/172563eb891c4700eaf06f197e89891a.jpg c5a6759833677540f24461a60287664f https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/7b1869b54e6df92db031ba342c93461d.jpg 8784a3d57d16d661d58949217721aa1a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1923 Person An individual. Last Name Lancaster First and Middle Name Jackson Guy Hometown Farmville, Virginia VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1923 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Mechanical Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? 116th Infantry, 29th Division Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? <ul> <li>The 1923 VPI Bugle reports that Lancaster served on the Mexican Border in 1916 and 1917. Trained with the 116th Infantry, 29th Division in Alabama and went across with them for serice overseas.</li> <li>Overseas 8 months</li> </ul> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lancaster, Jackson Guy Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1912 Person An individual. Last Name Land First and Middle Name G. R. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1912 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Sergeant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? National Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? N/a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Land, G. R. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1919 Person An individual. Last Name Langslow First and Middle Name H. B. 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B. questionnaire https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/b6262978048a9a471f4a3fb0d3606a30.jpg 2ed0d7a4eda8ede91038c5a2dfbe4fad https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/35f3a9ca1d249c547eee39d804b5bd98.jpg e4a304c2da5ebd32c8ebce860589ff5c https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/d631a094a5a124ca56f1078840782756.tif db0e50c055027258124ef15ab19babab https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/40195f7c8d016cf535296eae6d02d4f4.tif 39fd1eb3fd0bfa0ecd8391ee2676239d https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/2920d214f9ec2f259cd100dc8edde3ac.tif 04850fb5529e69c80799efc52cc2eabf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1909 Person An individual. Last Name LaPrade First and Middle Name Benjamin Watlkins VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1909 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Captain Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Reserve Officers Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Engineers Additional Notes http://image.lva.virginia.gov/WWI/pages/053/0234.html Hometown Moseley's Junction, Virginia Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Electrical Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1918 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Sergeant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? US Army Signal Corps Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? 7th Company, 2nd Motor Mechanics Regiment Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Noted in <em>The Virginia Tech</em>, as being a student aviator at Fort Thomas, Kentucky as of 31 January 1918. Nicknames or Other Names "Birdie" Bibliography <ul> <li>Letter from James W. Lark published in <em>The Virginia Tech</em> campus newspaper, 13 March 1919</li> </ul> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lark, James W. https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/447d6a44e2c2592827bb7e16a5afca41.jpg f929091b5b6c4a36a334cffb56bc1336 https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/b09200cef4b8d1c04173807da0e5477b.jpg 008652772e153709158c5d451e47705d https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/0c401322035be57f44975eeca2e405e7.jpg 71c2abda326294ea26c69b66de94e947 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1916 Person An individual. Last Name Lassiter First and Middle Name James Ralph Hometown Suffolk, Virginia County and/or State Nansemond Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Signal Corps Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Student Aviator, Pvt. (Wagoneer) Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Noted in <em>The Virginia Tech</em>, as being a student aviator as of 31 January 1918. Birth Date May 6, 1894 Birthplace Baltimore, MD Death Date Jan. 21, 1956 Cause of Death Heart attack Place of Death Santa Fe, NM Parents Julius M. Lassiter & Harriet Savage Lassiter Siblings Stanley N. Lassiter, Ethel Lassiter Yost Spouse(s) Kathleen Covington Tompkins Children Kathleen Lassiter Manscill, Harriet Lassiter Hehr VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1916 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Civil Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? Civil Engineer, City of Norfolk; Engineer, National Park Service; Superintendent Shenandoah H National Park; Regional Engineer Southwest Region, NPS. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lassiter, James Ralph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1914 Person An individual. Last Name Lathrop First and Middle Name Carol Currie VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1914 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Second Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Signal Corps Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? 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VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1919 Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? United States Navy Nicknames or Other Names "Hippy" Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Enlisted in the Navy and was detailed to the transport service and was in European waters. The 1919 VPI Bugle reports that his ship was chased by a sub for two days. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lathrop, Whitmel F. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1910 Person An individual. 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Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1916 Person An individual. Last Name Lawson First and Middle Name Charles Tell Hometown White Stone, Virginia County and/or State Lancaster, Virginia Nicknames or Other Names Tell Birth Date November 13, 1893 Birthplace White Stone, Virginia Death Date May 9, 1979 Cause of Death Age Place of Death Oakland, Michigan Parents Edward Everett Lawson and Rebecca Virginia Chase Siblings Katharine Anne Lawson, Emma Chase Lawson, and Francis William Seabury Lawson Spouse(s) Marion Lee Cundiff Lawson Children Helen Patricia Lawson VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1916 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Mechanical Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Marine Corps Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? 2nd Marines, company 51, 5th regiment Rank What military rank did this individual hold? 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Lieutenant, Captain Retired Rank What military rank did this individual hold upon retirement? Captain Decorations or Citations None Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Charles Tell Lawson served the Aisne-Marne Offensive, the St. Mihiel Offensive, and in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, which was the largest deployment of American soldiers so far in our nation’s history. This offensive, which took place in September of 1918, was credited as one of the final decisive blows in pushing the German’s toward an armistice. Additional Notes “War is a serious and inhuman affair at best, however, it is necessary when so much is at stake”-Lawson Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? Immediately after the war, Lawson went on to train soldiers before he was discharged. In the following years, Lawson found employment as a mechanical engineer and moved to Pennsylvania and then Michigan Occupation Engineer at a manufacturing company Contributing Researchers Connor Skelly Biographical Text <div style="text-align:center;"><em>“War is a serious and inhuman affair at best, however,  it is necessary when so much is at stake.”</em></div> <div style="text-align:center;"><em>-Captain Charles Lawson</em></div> <p><span>Charles Tell Lawson, from Lancaster, Virginia, joined the Marine Corps on May 24, 1917 as a second lieutenant. After training at both Paris Island, South Carolina and Quantico, Virginia, Lawson and the rest of the 2nd Division departed for France on October 22, 1917. They arrived in the city of Brest on November 13, 1917. His unit continued to train in France until March 13-14, 1918 where they were deployed as reserves for the French Army in the area of the front line. On March 21, the Germans began a series of offensives which resulted to the Allied lines begin pushed to the brink of collapse. After the lines had stabilized, Lawson and the rest of the 2nd Division were ordered to push the Germans back.</span></p> <p><span>In this ensuing action, the 2nd Division and the United States Marine Corps as whole would earn fame at the Battle of Belleau-Wood. After five weeks of bloody, often hand to hand combat, the now hardened American Marines pushed the Germans out of the ground they had gained in the March offensives which had precipitated the Aisne-Marne Offensive.</span></p> <p><span>Lawson would go on to participate in every major American action of the war, most notably the massive Meuse-Argonne Offensive of October 1918.</span></p> <div> <p><span>Immediately after the war, Charles Lawson trained fellow Marines at the Quantico Marine Corps Base. Upon being discharged on January 30, 1919, Lawson returned to civilian life as a sales engineer with a company in Pennsylvania. Lawson married Marion L. Cundiff and raised one daughter.</span></p> <div><span> </span></div> </div> Battles or Engagements What battles or engagements was this individual involved in during World War One? Aisne-Marne Offensive (fought in the Battle of Bellau Wood), St. Mihiel Offensive, and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lawson, Charles Tell questionnaire Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1876 - 1899 Person An individual. Last Name Leach First and Middle Name W. O. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1876 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Major Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Infantry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Leach, W. O. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1912 Person An individual. Last Name Ledgerwood First and Middle Name Guy VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1912 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Second Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Reserve Officers Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? 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Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1913 Person An individual. Last Name Legge First and Middle Name Withrow Reynolds VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1913 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? 2nd Lieutenant, then promoted to 1st Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Battery C, 328th Field Artillery, 92nd Division Nicknames or Other Names "Winnie" Hometown Winchester, Virginia Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Horticulture Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Bibliography <ul><li>Letter from Withrow Reynolds Legge published in <em>The Virginia Tech</em>, 16 January 1919</li> </ul> Biographical Text <div style="text-align:center;"><em>“Our battery was in a big woods with barbed wire strung in among the trees in which the Boche had left upon departing a short while before. It was dark as Hell itself and of course no lights are permitted as they soon draw fire, even a cigarette butt will do that.”</em></div> <div style="text-align:center;"><em>-1st Lieutenant Withrow Legge describing combat during the St. Mihiel Offensive</em></div> <p><span>Withrow Legge entered military service in late 1917. Upon entering service Legge was sent to Camp Custer, near Augusta, Michigan, to train with the 328th United States Field Artillery where he was made executive officer of the battery before being sent to France. </span><span><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span>In July 1918, Legge and his unit were sent to France to join the American offensive at St. Mihiel. Legge and his unit were in the thick of the fighting in the St. Mihiel in the last month of the war, where he described the trees being covered with barbed wire and the ground being muddy from the near constant rain during that French fall. One November 11th, at 11 AM, Legge and his unit were occupying German trenches when they received world of the Armistice and were told to cease firing. Legge described the moment by writing that “every gun ceased firing and it got so quiet it was lonesome.”</span></p> <span><span><span><span>After the Armistice, Legge and his unit stayed in their positions just ten miles from the infamous German stronghold of Metz. It was there that he saw long lines of Allied prisoners from all nations released by Germany pass through his lines all day and night. <br /></span></span><br />Withrow Legge returned to his home in Winchester, Virginia and became a teacher. He married Katrina Baumgardner and had a son, Withrow Legge, Jr. Legge died on February 8, 1955.</span></span> Birth Date January 29, 1893 Birthplace Winchester, Virginia Death Date February 8, 1955 Place of Death Winchester, Virginia Spouse(s) Katrina Baumgardner Children Withrow Legge Jr. Battles or Engagements What battles or engagements was this individual involved in during World War One? St. Mihiel Offensive Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? 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Last Name Lester First and Middle Name Douglas Darius VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1913 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Second Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army, National Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Field Artillery Nicknames or Other Names "Cafe" Hometown Christiansburg, Virginia County and/or State Montgomery County, Virginia Birth Date March 31, 1891 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Electrical Engineering Death Date 7 January 1972 Parents Darius Dudley Lester and Morgianna Maude Lester Spouse(s) Nellie Christina Lester Children Douglas Darius Lester Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Trained at Camp Jackson, South Carolina and Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Did not serve overseas 1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet Did this individual appear in the 1927 booklet "Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the World War"? If so what page? Yes Bibliography <ul> <li>Virginia, U.S., Department of Military Affairs Records, 1876-1947 for Douglas Darius Lester</li> </ul> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lester, Douglas Dairus Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1919 Person An individual. Last Name Lester First and Middle Name H. C. 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VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1922 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? First Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Infantry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource LeSturgeon , P. 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Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1917 Description An account of the resource This collection contains the profiles of all World War One veterans from the VPI Class of 1917. Person An individual. Last Name LeSueur First and Middle Name Marvin Edwin Nicknames or Other Names Ibid Birth Date October 12, 1894 Birthplace Bristol, Virginia Hometown Bristol VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1917 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Electrical Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes 1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet Did this individual appear in the 1927 booklet "Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the World War"? If so what page? Yes Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Began as Second Lieutenant, promoted to First Lieutenant of Infantry Retired Rank What military rank did this individual hold upon retirement? Discharged as First Lieutenant of Infantry Death Date April 3, 1954 Place of Death Portland, Maine Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? Worked as an electrical engineer with the General Electric Company after the war Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Company M, 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Division Parents Harvey Crockett LeSueur and Arabella Mae Hall LeSueur Siblings Homer Crockett LeSueur, Frank Baber LeSueur, Clinton W. LeSueur, Ella Mae LeSueur, and Robert Guy LaSueur Spouse(s) Kathrene DeGroot LeSueur Children Margarida LeSueur, Nancy LeSueur, Harvey LeSueur, and Katherine LeSueur County and/or State Washington County, Virginia Bibliography - 1900 United States Federal Census - 1910 United States Federal Census - 1930 United States Federal Census - 1940 United States Federal Census - U.S., Consular Reports of Marriages, 1910-1949 - U.S., World War One Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 - War History Commission State of Virginia Military Service Record 1921 Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Trained at Fort Myer and Camp Lee, Virginia and then participated in the Picardy Sector of the Somme Offensive, the St. Mihiel Offensive, and the Meuse Argonne Offensive Battles or Engagements What battles or engagements was this individual involved in during World War One? Picardy Sector of the Somme Offensive, the St. Mihiel Offensive, and the Meuse Argonne Offensive Occupation Electrical Engineer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource LeSueur, Marvin Edwin questionnaire Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1911 Person An individual. Last Name Lewis First and Middle Name E. B. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1911 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Captain Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Virginia National Guard Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Coast Artillery Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lewis, E. B.