http://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/d8f08dbdf03800cf711a5b607bb114c9.jpg cbf78c03c5364a9b4bc937b76882d1f1 http://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/a300234eabe20025c0131ce1f129f7f6.jpg a4226f20a4847bb0e8ffaaff9a47376d http://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/6abd3ca0a7bacc977f7a699af6c59d17.jpg f1dd1e23786d0b609027b926a77fc76c http://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/741ff65c17cbb1dffe763e9fa6db030c.jpg d16d2c01c02bd901a559f78fa6a97019 http://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/c3dff99aa339cebb709888780d060d1e.jpg 84ac134ea01c5f26deee980763710260 http://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/996ce64639c8d7c316d82b2fdff4ca8c.jpg 8a1a5e002981c11d270fc38aa2ca74b3 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 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 The Virginia Tech, 16 January 1919</li> </ul> Biographical Text <div style="text-align:center;">“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.”</div> <div style="text-align:center;">-1st Lieutenant Withrow Legge describing combat during the St. Mihiel Offensive</div> 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. 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.” 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. 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. 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? 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. Occupation Teacher Contributing Researchers Daniel Newcomb 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 Legge, Withrow Reynolds