George Armstrong was born 22 February 1884 in St. Louis, Michigan. He enlisted (1908) in the U.S. Army, and for most of his army service during the period of this correspondence served with a Recruit Depot in the U.S. Army General Services Infantry, involved with training recruits. George Armstrong married Nell Floss Steel 27 Aug.1917 in Columbus, Ohio. During World War I, George Armstrong was stationed at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana and at Camp Sherman, Ohio, eventually serving with the 83rd Infantry Division in France (1918). Before going to France, George Armstrong served on assignments in Columbus, Ohio, El Paso, Tex., Saginaw, Mich., Saint Louis, Mo, Vera Cruz, Mexico, and Texas City, Tex. George Armstrong retired from the Army to build a career in the Texas oilfiields with Texaco, retiring from that company in 1949. He died in Baytown, Tex. in 1964. Nell Floss Steel was born in Chillicothe, Ohio 21 November 1884. After graduating in 1908 from the Protestant Hospital Training School for Nurses in Columbus, Ohio, she became a Red Cross nurse. During World War I, Nell Floss Steel served six months during 1914-1915 in a military hospital in Serbia, spending some time in Athens, Greece enroute. She was also one of the "The Texas Ten," a group of nurses who worked in a military hospital on the Mexican Border at Eagle Pass, Texas during the winter of 1916. Unable to return to active wartime nursing in Europe as a result of her married status, Nell Steel Armstrong worked in hospitals and sanitariums in the Columbus, Ohio area during the rest of World War I. She also did intermittent nursing until her death on 7 Jan. 1968 in Baytown, Texas.
From the description of Papers, 1863-1920 (bulk 1913-1920). (Texas A&M University). WorldCat record id: 50956193
