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A page in the 1919 Knox College yearbook notes: "Early in October a class meeting was held, and the election of officers made an organized class out of the mob of fearless, hopeful, and extremely ambitious newcomers…. At this meeting '21 decided upon…

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Private Carpenter writes in his letter, "…I am glad to learn from some thing about your institution. But now I am a soldier boy serving my country."

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Georgia E. Finley writes about the kindness of Bloomington, Indiana's citizens as she prepares to journey overseas to join the war effort as a nurse.

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Georgia E. Finley writes about the citizens of Bloomington, Indiana giving the boys of Battery F a proper send-off. As she herself was about to go to France to serve as a nurse, she, too, was honored.

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This photograph of Georgia E. Finley was taken in Galesburg. Georgia Finley attended Knox College for one year from 1891-1892. The photograph was presented to Knox College by Mary Charlotte Finley Henry in 1970.

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Portrait of Georgia Finley.

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Inscribed on the back of this photograph is the note "Georgia E. Finley, summer of 1917 at her home in Oneida, Ill., shortly before going overseas."

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In this photograph, Georgia Finley is wearing her World War I uniform.

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Georgia E. Finley records her impatience to get her orders and proceed to Ellis Island to be outfitted as a nurse.

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Georgia Finley's pendant.

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Georgia Finley's watch.

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Gerald Norman gave his life in the armed services during World War I,

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This German aircraft made its way to Morenie.

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German prisoners captured in Poland.
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