Eugene "Gene" Lawrence

Click here to view article in the Evening Record on December 13, 1918

Eugene also referred to as Gene Lawrence being wounded for which he would receive the Purple Heart.
 
          Click here to view short article in Evening Record on December 17, 1918

which Gene Lawrence confirms being wounded in the left hip and arm.

          To view the February 15, 1919 Evening Record article which tells of Eugene "Gene" Lawrence being the first Hackensack soldier to come home click here. 

We do not know if this is fact as of November 6, 2011 but we do know is this is how it was reported.

                                                           Written By
                                                              Bob Meli
                                                                August 12, 2011

Backround image of American soliders briefly resting in the Argonne forest.

http://usgwarchives.net/pa/1pa/military/ww1/iron/iron-division.htm