Charles O. Matthews, Military Correspondence, 1917-1937
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Rainbow Division Veterans Association
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Charles Oakson Matthews was born in Washington, D.C. on 15 November 1890. On 12 June 1917, Matthews and his brother Jim enlisted in the District of Columbia National Guard. Charlie served with the 165th Field Hospital, 177th Sanitary Train of the 42nd Division out of Camp Mills, Hempstead, New York (later called the "Rainbow" Division.) As part of the Medical Corps, Matthews followed the frontline troops, setting up field hospitals where needed. The 42nd Division moved to the front ...
Menoher, Charles Thomas, 1862-1930
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Charles Thomas Menoher (b. March 20, 1862, Johnstown, Pennsylvania-d. Aug. 11, 1930, Washington, D.C.), Major General in the U.S. Army, graduated from West Point in 1886 and served in Cuba during the Spanish-American War and in three tours in the Philippines. In 1917 he was given command of the School of Instruction for Field Artillery of the American Expeditionary Force in France. He also commanded the 42nd Division which participated in key World War I offensives including the Meuse-Argonne Op...
Matthews, Charles O. (Charles Oakson) 1890-1944
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Charles Oakson Matthews was born in Washington, D.C., in 1890. In 1917, Matthews enlisted in the District of Columbia National Guard. Matthews served as part of the Medical Corps that followed the frontline troops and was discharged 1919 at the rank of corporal. As a civilian, he was trained as a carpenter and in architectural draftsmanship. Matthews married Thelma Beall in 1920. He died in 1944 after a long bout of bad health cause by exposure to mustard gas. He is buried at Arlington National ...
