Excerpt from Norman County, Minnesota, in the World War For almost three years the Great World War had been raging across the waters. On April oth, 1917 the news was flashed to Norman County and the world that the United States had thrown herself into the greatest conflict of all ages. For almost three years we, the people of Norman County' had been peacefully going about our peacetime labors, almost ignoring the great struggle miles away In an instant, on this beautiful day in April, 1917, we were at once plunged into this awful carnage. Little did we think that before it was finished sixty-three of our boys would pay the supreme sacrifice and give their lives in the trenches, in the waters of the ocean and in camps where the grim reaper stalked in the form of awful pestilence that broke out seemingly as a punishment to man for his wickedness. Little did we think that more than 800 of our boys would be called to the great struggle. Of the splendid armv of the United States that eventually turned the tide of battle and brought peace again to the war torn world more than 800 were our own home boys and young women from Norman County who fought and trained in every arm of the United States Forces - dough boy, artillerymen, marine, aviator, sail or and nurse they all brought glory to their County and Country. While they were gone to fight the battles of their country let us not forget the work of the home folks, the endless hours spent in knitting for their comfort, the soliciting for the Red Cross and Liberty Loan and other war activities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.