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WWI casualty Bolding wrote of mud, shells and willpower

World War I Cpl. Paul E. Bolding’s photograph hangs inside the American Legion hall named in his honor on Riverside Drive. At the time, it was believed Bolding was Hall County’s first fallen serviceman in the war.

0727greatwar13 — World War I Cpl. Paul E. Bolding’s photograph hangs inside the American Legion hall named in his honor on Riverside Drive. At the time, it was believed Bolding was Hall County’s first fallen serviceman in the war.

A century will have passed Monday since the beginning of World War I, which started July 28, 1914, when Austria declared war on Serbia. The United States didn’t enter until three years later, declaring war on Germany. Many Hall County men joined the fight in Europe.