William "Billy" Schlossareck

 

 

The Evening Record article of November 27, 1918 tells of a Maywood young man's experience of going ‘Over the Top’ as they called it when the soldiers would climb out of their trenches and charge the German positions.

Click on here to view November 27, 1918, Evening Record article.

                                                        Written by
                                                            Bob Meli
                                                              August 3, 2011

 

 

Background image of American troops charging over the top taken from:

http://www.pri.org/theworld/?q=node/21533