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Roy Mahin shares preparation for World War I

Posted: Monday, August 13, 2012 10:04 am | Updated: 4:55 pm, Tue Dec 18, 2012.

Editor’s note: These letters were found by Zita Marie Mahin Shackles in her father’s things. They have been kept through four generations. First by Roy’s father, Scott Mahin; his brother, Guy Mahin; his nephew, Clarence Mahin; and then by Zita, his great niece. Laura Val Mahin McCurdy, of Hughesville, compiled the letters into a book this year.

Roy E. Mahin was born Aug. 28, 1895, in La Monte, a son of Scott and Laura E. Dorrance Mahin. He was a private in the 115th Aero Squadron during World War I. He left for Jefferson Barracks on Aug. 13, 1917, and was sent to Camp Kelly in San Antonio, Texas, on Aug. 29. These are excerpts from letters he wrote home.

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