POET/SOLDIER JOYCE KILMER KILLED IN ACTION
The Western Front (JFK+50) On July 30, 1918, Sgt. Alfred Joyce Kilmer* was shot and killed by a German sniper as he was scouting ahead of his American division to locate enemy machine gun nests. Kilmer's death occurred near the Ourcq River**.
Kilmer, 31 years old, was awarded the Croix de Guerre by France. A graduate of Columbia, he was a prolific poet whose most famous lines are...
"I think I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree
Poems are made by fools like me
But only God can make a tree."
*Alfred Joyce Kilmer ((1886-1918) was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey & graduated from Columbia University in 1908. AJK became a feature writer for the New York Times. During WWI, he served in the 69th infantry division.
**Ourcq River is an 87 kilometer tributary of the Marne River located in France.
SOURCE
"July 30, 1918: Joyce Kilmer Killed in Action," by Donald R. McClarey, July 30, 2018, The American Catholic, www.the-american-catholic.com/
The Western Front (JFK+50) On July 30, 1918, Sgt. Alfred Joyce Kilmer* was shot and killed by a German sniper as he was scouting ahead of his American division to locate enemy machine gun nests. Kilmer's death occurred near the Ourcq River**.
Kilmer, 31 years old, was awarded the Croix de Guerre by France. A graduate of Columbia, he was a prolific poet whose most famous lines are...
"I think I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree
Poems are made by fools like me
But only God can make a tree."
*Alfred Joyce Kilmer ((1886-1918) was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey & graduated from Columbia University in 1908. AJK became a feature writer for the New York Times. During WWI, he served in the 69th infantry division.
**Ourcq River is an 87 kilometer tributary of the Marne River located in France.
SOURCE
"July 30, 1918: Joyce Kilmer Killed in Action," by Donald R. McClarey, July 30, 2018, The American Catholic, www.the-american-catholic.com/
Sgt. Joyce Kilmer
Fighting 69th Infantry
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