With a young family and bright career future ahead of him, First Lieutenant Clarence R. Green meets his destiny in a trench somewhere in France during the First World War. From 100 years ago, local newspaper articles, his letters home and family photos tell Clarence's story. A story of heroism and self-sacrifice. A story of a small Iowa town's courage amid the anguish wrought by war. Read the first-person accounts that changed a family and a community. - provided by publisher.
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