New Sayville Alumni Veterans Remembrance Quiz for August 17, 2021.
Sayville Alumni Veterans Remembrance quiz. It is very important to remember the amazing sacrifices of our Alumni veterans. I am hoping today’s posting will prompt some discussion, even if you don’t know the answer. Very few people even know about this young hero.
What Sayville High Graduate:
1. Spent nearly all of his life in Sayville
2. Served in the US Army infantry
3. Suffered four major wounds during a major battle in WWI in France
4. Spent six months partially recovering in France before being sent home
5. Spent much of the remainder of his life suffering from his war wounds.
6. Died in a veterans hospital from war wound complications, about 7 years after the war.
7. Had a brother who also fought in WWI and his brother was taken prisoner while helping to evacuate an injured fellow soldier.
8. Was survived by two sisters.
Thoughts and comments?