Private Joseph V. Gerland
Birth Date: 1900, in Brooklyn, NY
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Enlistment Date 14th NY: March, 1917.
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Regiment WWI: 106th
Company: G
Rank: Private
Wounded: August 2, 1918, in the left leg
Last Known Address: 5304 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Occupation: Employed by the New York Sun, then E.W. Bliss Company
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Excerpt from a letter written to his mother in late August 1918
" Don't worry ma, there is one thing we can say, and that we are doing it for a good cause even if we lose our lives. I guess you are saying that it must make a mother feel bad to lose a son only 18 years old, but dear mother, there are many of us, and I dare say that our division is to make a showing that will be an honor to the mothers, sweethearts, and mostly the flag and country. Don't worry ma. Take everything cheerful and it will make your son feel a hundred times better."