Rejected from the Front
A local young man's enlistment dreams are shattered by a minor physical disability just before his unit deploys for WWI.
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Bud Jameson, one of the best known young men in this part of the county and who enlisted in Battery B of the artillery several months ago, was turned down at the very last minute after a final examination disclosed that his wrist was stiff. It was a pretty bad jolt to Bud as he had already secured his suit and was sure that he was going with the rest of the boys and was very much pleased with his new life. He will be away for several days awaiting his discharge papers and has not made any definite plans for the future yet.
“It was a pretty bad jolt to Bud as he had already secured his suit and was sure that he was going with the rest of the boys.”
This account provides a rare, intimate look at the emotional cost of the 1917 mobilization, highlighting how the sudden entry into the global conflict disrupted the lives of Kennewick families.
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