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  • Subject is exactly "Wars-World War I"
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Word War I Veteran's Memorial on Front Street and Pacific Avenue, with the Post Office, Plaza Bakery, and Veteran's Hall

Date: 1934
Source: Miller, Hank
Type: PHOTO

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Column: Hindsight.

Date: 1991-02-10
Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel
Type: NEWS

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Louise Holbrook. Photo. Also: Views from the Waterfront.

Date: 1965-04-25
Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel
Type: NEWS

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County veterans declared a cadet awaiting an active duty commission to be one of them.

William Ambrose Sullivan was born May 23, 1900, in Wisconsin to Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Sullivan. At an early age he accompanied his family to Santa Cruz County…

Date: Undated
Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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Four Watsonville brothers went to France, and three returned, leaving William at Verdun.

William J. Weeks was born about 1891 in Santa Clara, California, but spent most of his life in Watsonville. Also included in the Weeks family were his…

Date: Undated
Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

A violent explosion at sea ended the naval service of a Santa Cruz gunner's mate.

William Henry Wood's birth date and place of birth have not been identified. His mother's name was Virginia. William and his sister, Mrs. W. M. Sherer, may have…

Date: Undated
Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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William was a "splendid" and "likable young fellow among those who knew him."

William Felix Devitt was born in Felton, California, on October 25, 1895, to J. R. and Nellie Soper Devitt, members of a well-known local family. Their other sons…

Date: Undated
Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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Ward Isaac Church was born on March 7, 1897. Information regarding his birth location, parents or early life has not been located. In the 1914 Trident yearbook his class-mates commented, "We knew him but slightly, but to his friends the greatness of…

Date: Undated
Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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"Corporal Brostrom Dies on Battlefield For Democracy," declared the Santa Cruz Sentinel.

Walter F. Brostrom was born September 14, 1893, to Andrew and Gertrude Brostrom in the small Santa Cruz Mountain community of Eccles, located north of Felton…

Date: Undated
Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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Vic's life was stopped short by his own machine gun.

Victor Hubert Handley, a descendent of one of the city's older families, was born in Santa Cruz, California, on April 12, 1888. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Handley, had been early settlers…

Date: Undated
Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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