World War I

1917 Changed the lives of many Americans and Ted was one of many.

Ted's draft card described him as "Short, black hair, and black eyes". While being described as "short", Ted was by no means small as you can tell from photographs of him, he was a stoutly built man. In the later years of his life in the mountains, lugging 100lbs of books up and down trails was no easy task and yet he did it repeatedly, when a normal man would have given up.

Stories of the years he spent on the front lines of WW1 are are scarce. It was quite evident that it was traumatizing. Ted would only speak to close friends about his time there and if they had an honest interest in learning from his experiences -- it was a period in his life that would change him forever.

On November 11, 1918 at 11:00AM and armistice was signed with Germany, thus ending WW1.

Ted was reassigned to duty in Toulouse, France. This was perhaps the most life forming period in Teds young life. Here, he was able to attend classes, establish an American troop newspaper (Qu'est Ce Que C'est") which translates to "What is it" an American overseas weekly newspaper. The news weekly was so popular, that there was a $2,000 surplus that they used to found an American Library at the University. The goal of the library was to establish good will between the two nations.