Unnamed Wounded Veteran of World War I
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3389
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Unnamed Wounded Veteran of World War I
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Unnamed Wounded Veteran of World War I
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
In The Town Charles mentions that "one of Captain McClendon's company was wounded in the first battle in which American troops were engaged and was back in his uniform with his wound stripe in 1918" (123). He is the first veteran of World War I to return to Jefferson. (Historically, this first battle was the Battle of Cantigny, 28 May 1918.)