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Dublin Core
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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
Harris
First and Middle Name
Henry Miletus
Nicknames or Other Names
N/a
Birth Date
3/12/1896
Birthplace
Albemarle, VA
Hometown
Scottsville, VA
VPI Graduating Class
In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from?
1917
Graduated
Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI?
No
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?
Private
Retired Rank
What military rank did this individual hold upon retirement?
Sergeant
Death Date
9/30/1984
Cause of Death
Age
Place of Death
Salem, VA
Postwar Life
What did this individual do after the war?
Worked as an engineer in Roanoke, VA and Bluefield, WV
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 Division, 73rd company, 6th Marines
Bibliography
<p>Letter from Henry M. Harris, 24 October 1918, <em>The Virginia Tech</em>, Blacksburg, Virginia.<br /><br />Virginia War History questionnaire<br /><br />Death certificate and 1930 census on ancestry.com</p>
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<p>Virginia Tech Special Collections also holds Henry Harris' scrapbook he kept while at VPI. The listing can be found <a href="http://addison.vt.edu/search~S1?/Y1915+Photograph+Album&searchscope=1&SORT=D/Y1915+Photograph+Album&searchscope=1&SORT=D&startLimit=&endLimit=&SUBKEY=1915+Photograph+Album/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=Y1915+Photograph+Album&searchscope=1&SORT=D&2%2C2%2C#.WJisXvkrKM9">here</a>.</p>
Parents
Charles B. Harris and Helen Crofton
Spouse(s)
Claudine A. Harris
Military Events
What significant military events occurred in this individual's life?
Arriving in France in October 1917, Harris fought with the Marine Corps during the battle of Chateau-Thierry, which was one of the first engagements in which American soldiers fought under Pershing.<br /><br />
<ul>
<li><em>The Virginia Tech</em> reported that Harris was a private in the 73rd Company, 6th Regiment of the US Marine Corps and was fighting in France as of 7 February 1918. He was trained at Paris Island, South Carolina and then at Quanico. They also noted that he was formerly working with the People's Service Company of Muskegee, Oklahoma.</li>
<li><em>The Virginia Tech</em> recieved a letter from Harris who was now in France and published it on February 28, 1918. In the letter <span>Harris wrote that his unit has just been issued new gas masks, Hotchkiss machine guns, caps, and "knickerbockers" which he wore like bloomers. He told his friends back at VPI that "We are going to do our 'darndest' to let the Huns know that the 73rd company is right on the job and ready to go 'up and over."</span></li>
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Battles or Engagements
What battles or engagements was this individual involved in during World War One?
Chateau-Thierry and Soissons
Occupation
Engineer
Additional Notes
Of the Chateau-Thierry offensive, he said, "I hope to live to tell you about the sights I saw the day before and the first day of the big Allied offensive, it was the most wonderful thing I have seen in all my life."
Contributing Researchers
Connor Skelly
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Harris, Henry Miletus
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