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 1915 Person An individual. Last Name Smith First and Middle Name George Blackwell Jr. Hometown Capron, Virginia County and/or State Southampton County, Virginia Birth Date 20 August 1894 Birthplace Capron, Virginia Death Date 6 March 1985 Place of Death Lookout Mountain, Tennessee Parents George Blackwell Smith and Elizabeth Lee Williams Spouse(s) Emily Jameson Miller Children 2nd Lt. Gustavus Hindman Miller Smith (died in Europe in World War 2), and George Blackwell Smith III VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1915 Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Unknown, but did attend VPI between 1911 and 1912. Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? US Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? 37th Infantry, 93rd Division Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Entered the first Officers Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, GA, 13 May 1917, was commissioned 2nd Lieut. 15 Aug 1917, and assigned to Camp Jackson, SC. He sailed for France on 6 Aug 1918,was wounded in action overseas (37th inf., 93rd Div. Regmt, AEF) and rec'd from the French govnt. a Croix de Guerre. He returned home on 11 Feb 1919, was sent to Camp Lee, VA and discharged there on 25 Feb 1919. Decorations or Citations Croix de Guerre Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? In 1919 accepted a position with the United Hosiery Mills Corp., of which he is became vice-president and superintendent. 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? No 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 Smith, George Blackwell Jr. wounded