My Grandpa In World War I

Memorial Day is a day of reflection and appreciation. 
My Grandpa was in World War I.

 As I was sifting through a box I came across this report that I wrote in 5th grade.  I thought I would retype it and share it:

This is a true story of what my grandpa did in World War I.

During the last year and a half of the war, Frank A. Anderson was in training to go over to the war. After 3 mos. of training in America, alot of young, courageous men like my grandpa (He was 22) went by boat to go over to France to help win the war for them.

In France he wasn't assigned to fight on the war front, but since he was such a good mechanic, he was to drive trucks, full of supplies like mail, food, ammunition, first aid, soldiers, gas, spare parts, Doctors, Nurses, etc. over the border and into Germany, to the war front.

My Father with Grandpa Frank (his dad)

Since the Germans could bomb him during the day he had to go over there by night with all the lights inside and outside the car turned off. Sometimes just in-case the Germans would catch them they had to be good shooters, and my Grandpa got medals from it.

Gradually, the trucks would get worn out, for example: it would get a flat, the engine might stall, run out of gas, etc. and if the men had to get help or didn't know how to fix it, they would get shot, so since grandpa was a good mechanic, he would fix it in the dark and try to hurry to the war front, and back to the base by dawn.

After a few months of being private, he, quickly got to be private first class and up to corporal . The badges he got are Driver and Mechanic badge and Expert Rifler badge and was in the Cops. of Engineers. I am very proud of my Grandpa, because he was so brave. He is now 81 yrs old and had pretty close calls during the last year of World War I.

Army Expert Driver/Mechanic/ Operator Badge

Expert Rifle/Weapons Badge