Entry from LeRoy’s journal dated December 9, 1917. He parents just arrived to Deming via train.
”…General Blocksom, the commander of the 34th Division was on the train, just returning from France, where he had been for several months; and I told my parents hoping that we might get a glimpse of the great man. But the General was “old stuff” to them. They had made his acquaintance along about Kansas City and had some chats with him. The General even offered Mama his lower berth when it was found she couldn’t get one. The joke was on the General, however, for it was later discovered that his was an upper too.”
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