Today in MI History: Pfc. Parker Dunn Killed in Action
October 23, 2019
October 23, 2019
FORT HUACHUCA, Arizona, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Army issued the following news:
As Parker F. Dunn boarded the train for Camp Dix, New Jersey, he remarked, "I want to do something big for my country." He felt the call to serve when the United States entered into World War I in April 1917. Rejected from enlistment three times due to his eyesight, he refused to give up and finally entered the Army in April 1918 as an infantryman.
Dunn deployed to France as part of a . . .
As Parker F. Dunn boarded the train for Camp Dix, New Jersey, he remarked, "I want to do something big for my country." He felt the call to serve when the United States entered into World War I in April 1917. Rejected from enlistment three times due to his eyesight, he refused to give up and finally entered the Army in April 1918 as an infantryman.
Dunn deployed to France as part of a . . .