One Veteran
Posted By Russ Emerson on May 31, 2004 at 2:22 pm
Russell L. Emerson, my grandfather, enlisted in the Washington State National Guard, and served in the Field Artillery in France during the First World War. A number of the artifacts of his military service — his medals, his marksmanship badge, and a set of Captain’s bars, among others — are kept at my Mom’s home.
He came home after the war and lived his life. I’m pretty sure he was a Federal Marshall, but I’ve never been too clear on that.
He was felled by a heart attack in 1939, and is interred at San Francisco National Cemetery.
One of my most treasured posessions is the presentation flag from his funeral.
I wish I’d known him.
God bless your granddad.