Wentworth Military Academy Doughboy Medal awarded to Earl Goldsmith and Les Kopel for their research presented on this site, October 2, 2004.
From Tom Douglas,
Former Editor of the Spencer (Indiana) Evening World:
August 1, 2005
Good Morning Earl...
What a fantastic website!!!
I can't imagine how much time and dedication you have put into developing this site.
Not only is it a great source of information about Viquesney, you have given a tremendous tribute to Mr. Wesley.
Thank you so much for sharing it with me. I intend to inform our readers today about the site and encourage them to take the time to really dig into the life of Mr. Wesley, Viquesney and the works he produced.
Again, thank you so much Earl.
Mr. Wesley would be left without words... and you know that would take something very special.
Tom Douglas
Editor
Spencer Evening World
Good Morning Earl...
What a fantastic website!!!
I can't imagine how much time and dedication you have put into developing this site.
Not only is it a great source of information about Viquesney, you have given a tremendous tribute to Mr. Wesley.
Thank you so much for sharing it with me. I intend to inform our readers today about the site and encourage them to take the time to really dig into the life of Mr. Wesley, Viquesney and the works he produced.
Again, thank you so much Earl.
Mr. Wesley would be left without words... and you know that would take something very special.
Tom Douglas
Editor
Spencer Evening World
''Doughboy Searchers'' Frank and Royetta Kirian at the Spencer, Indiana Doughboy, January 1993.
The Doughboy Searchers
Earl D. Goldsmith, The Woodlands, Texas
No project like searching for the Viquesney Doughboys has any chance of succeeding to any degree at all without a lot of help from others – people who have other things to do, but who take time from their busy schedules to help in something that is really someone else’s "thing." The following is an attempt to recognize sources of substantive information and/or photographs used in compiling this information. It’s hoped that descriptive references, where included, are relatively accurate. Apologies are extended for errors that must surely exist and to any person or source omitted; such errors/omissions were not intended. If you have helped me and aren’t mentioned, please remind me so I can add your name.
It really isn’t possible to describe all the help I’ve received from Les Kopel of Oxnard, California. He’s been a major source of information and assistance by providing photos, material obtained from other websites, and copies of brochures and advertisements Viquesney used to promote sales of the Doughboy, and by helping determine the locations of some Doughboys after I thought all sources had been exhausted. Les has a high interest in both miniature and life-size Doughboys, owns a miniature Doughboy fashioned as a lamp. While Les unfortunately didn’t know of Mr. Wesley until shortly after he died, there is no doubt that he has become the most active and most effective Doughboy Searcher. An article about Les' Doughboy lamp appeared in Coastal Art & Antiques Magazine in 2003.
Items sent to me by the late T. Perry Wesley of Spencer, Indiana, and information in his files at the offices of Spencer Evening World were a major source of information, as were telephone conversations with him and audio tapes he made for me after his sight and ability to write declined. The information included reprints of articles/writings about E. M. Viquesney’s life and activities, his other sculptures, and Doughboy memorabilia. Some were partial or complete editions (or copies of editions) of Spencer-Owen County Chamber of Commerce Monthly for February 1991, and various issues of Spencer Evening World and Owen Leader. Others from Spencer who helped include Tom Douglas, Editor, and the staff, of Spencer Evening World, and Mary Lee Brinson, Mr. Wesley’s loving companion/caregiver of his last few years. Laura Wilkerson of the Spencer-Owen County Public Library, also graciously supplied significant items of information, as did Mr. Wesley’s daughter, Betty Jo Blunk of Paragon, Indiana.
Substantial information was obtained from files at Lake Blackshear Regional Library, Americus, Georgia, significant portions of which were compiled or written about Viquesney’s activities in Americus by Alan Anderson, Americus historian and Sumter County, Georgia Archivist. Information he compiled or prepared was a very helpful source. Mr. Anderson also furnished a copy of a letter E. M. Viquesney wrote to Mr. Anderson’s Americus maternal grandfather, Edgar Purvis, describing the grief he experienced over the death of his first wife, Cora, and the circumstances of her sudden illness and death. Other file contents included items Mr. Wesley sent to Mr. Anderson or the library and news articles from past issues of Americus Times-Recorder. Shirley Hopkins and others of the library staff provided helpful assistance.
Important information was obtained at Perry Memorial Library, Nashville, Georgia from microfilms of Nashville Herald articles about the campaign to obtain a monument to honor area soldiers who were lost when the Otranto sank off the coast of Scotland in October 1918, following a collision with the ship Kashmir during a storm. Catherine Tucker, Librarian, also looked through microfilms for me. Additional very helpful Nashville assistance was very thoughtfully provided by former Berrien County Probate Judge, John P. Webb, Jr., and his daughter, Susan Griner, his successor as probate judge.
Information gained from Henryetta (Oklahoma) Public Library files with assistance of Willa Mae Pangle and Joann Hott, primarily included transcriptions of articles from 1920s issues of Henryetta Daily Free-Lance and Henryetta Daily Standard. Also, a dated article in theFree-Lance covering the 1969 move of Henryetta's Doughboy was provided by Ruby Wesson of the library.
A major source of information about multiple individual Doughboys was the Smithsonian Institute Research Information System Inventory of American Sculpture. Christine Hennessey of the Smithsonian staff was helpful, as was Carol A. Grissom, Senior Objects Conservator at the Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute. Information was also obtained from the Doughboy Center website and a website of Ohio Outdoor Sculpture Inventory - Sculpture Center. Save Outdoor Sculpture websites of other states have been sources of other limited information, as have several other Internet websites. Information about Frederic L. Hollis, the man who kept Viquesney's business alive after the artist's death, was found at the Ten O'Clock Treaty Line Museum in Gosport, Indiana.
Several persons have exhibited active interests in Doughboys located in places other than the towns where they reside. While I don’t know all of them, the following names some I believe warrant special mention.
First,four who knew Mr. Wesley must be mentioned:
Information gained from Henryetta (Oklahoma) Public Library files with assistance of Willa Mae Pangle and Joann Hott, primarily included transcriptions of articles from 1920s issues of Henryetta Daily Free-Lance and Henryetta Daily Standard. Also, a dated article in theFree-Lance covering the 1969 move of Henryetta's Doughboy was provided by Ruby Wesson of the library.
A major source of information about multiple individual Doughboys was the Smithsonian Institute Research Information System Inventory of American Sculpture. Christine Hennessey of the Smithsonian staff was helpful, as was Carol A. Grissom, Senior Objects Conservator at the Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute. Information was also obtained from the Doughboy Center website and a website of Ohio Outdoor Sculpture Inventory - Sculpture Center. Save Outdoor Sculpture websites of other states have been sources of other limited information, as have several other Internet websites. Information about Frederic L. Hollis, the man who kept Viquesney's business alive after the artist's death, was found at the Ten O'Clock Treaty Line Museum in Gosport, Indiana.
Several persons have exhibited active interests in Doughboys located in places other than the towns where they reside. While I don’t know all of them, the following names some I believe warrant special mention.
First,four who knew Mr. Wesley must be mentioned:
Marian Hobson-Lutz of Upper Eddy, Pennsylvania has been to 35 or more Doughboys and Mr. Wesley delighted in mentioning her motorcycle treks to see them. She’s continuing that activity. She’s been quoted in at least one newspaper article about the Doughboys and was a guest at the 2001 rededication of the Dover, New Jersey Doughboy. I was able to reach her and tell her of Mr. Wesley’s death after she returned from that event.
The late Len Ennico of Yonkers, New York, was a man of whom Mr. Wesley spoke very fondly. It was through Mr. Ennico that Mr. Wesley learned of the restoration of the Winchendon, Massachusetts Doughboy that he told me about. I learned Mr. Ennico was no longer living when I called, at Mary Lee Brinson’s request, to tell him of Mr. Wesley’s death.
Frank and Royetta Kirian of Fostoria, Ohio, visited and photographed over 80 Doughboys. Mr. Kirian was consulted for his knowledge of the features of the Doughboy when the Fostoria Doughboy was restored in 1997. The Kirians gave their collection of photographs to Mr. Wesley to help him in his search after they saw his letter in Home and Away asking people to tell him of locations of Doughboys. They personally delivered them to him, even though they had not previously met him. Mr. Wesley said it was quite a surprise when they came to visit him and gave him all the pictures. They are the Doughboy Searchers Mr. Wesley held in the highest regard. While Mr. Wesley was in a nursing home his last nine months, they drove to Spencer to see him twice and on one of those occasions, took Mr. Wesley and his loving caregiver, Mary Lee Brinson, to dine at the Canyon Inn, his favorite place to eat. It was Mr. Wesley’s next to last visit to his favorite dining place. At Mary Lee’s request, I called the Kirians on June 4, 2001, to tell them of Mr. Wesley’s death that morning. Mr. Kirian died in Fostoria November 25, 2003 and his obituary mentions that he and his wife enjoyed traveling, especially to vist and photograph doughboy statues similar to the doughboy in Fostoria Cemetery.
Roger Putnam of Tulare, California visited with Mr. Wesley in Spencer in 1995, unearthed some information about Viquesney that had not previously surfaced, and is the one who first provided information about the Doughboy that was in storage in Chicago. He’s one of those I called to tell of Mr. Wesley’s death. He used to express interest in acquiring a life-size Doughboy for a museum in which he had an interest, and we even made a pass at obtaining one in very good condition until we learned the local community really wasn’t interested in parting with it. He used to own a miniature Doughboy, but recently sold it to me.
Mr. Wesley told me of a few other searchers, but I’ve never been able to contact them.
Harlan Ogle of Monticello, Kentucky has a strong interest in both miniatures and life size Doughboys, Viquesney, and his other sculptures. He has visited Spencer, Indiana, including the Viquesney family gravesites in Riverside Cemetery and the Viquesney miniature collection in Spencer’s Owen County Courthouse, and has visited a few other Doughboys as well. He owns some miniatures and also written a book about the acquisition of Monticello’s Doughboy. He was invited to the Wentworth Military Academy Doughboy rededication in 2004 but became ill while en route and wasn’t able to attend.
There are others I consider to be Doughboy Searchers that Mr. Wesley never knew. Bill Witt of Swanton, Ohio has been to several Doughboys and has a high interest in their physical composition and features. The late Timothy McMahon of Fair Haven, New Jersey, had a high interest, had visited most of the New Jersey Doughboys, and was very helpful in obtaining information about several of them. J. P. Jennings of Griffin, Georgia and Jean Murray of Zebulon, Georgia also have very high interests. All of those mentioned in this paragraph, as well as many others around the country, knew of Mr. Wesley while he was still living, even though he didn’t know of them. The all learned of his death through me.
Bill and Kathie Plack of Herminie, Pennsylvania have developed a significant interest in looking for and photographing Viquesney and other doughboys in their very frequent forays to look for and catalog details about various types of tombstones and grave markers in cemeteries throughout their area of the country. As a result, they have been able to furnish details about some of the Spirit of the American Doughboys that were not previously included in the files supporting this website.
Don Conrad of Piney Creek, North Carolina has a website featuring a guide to World War I and II monuments.
Charles J. Bugajsky of Richmond Hill, Georgia, is a military historian with a major interest in "Great War" cannon memorials. In his search for them, he's encountered several Viquesney Doughboys. In March 2000, he compiled a list of Viquesney Doughboys from the Smithsonian Inventory of American Sculpture and sent it to Mr. Wesley, who gave it to me to use in my search. Since I didn't yet know of the Smithsonian inventory, it was a big help. Mr. Bugajsky served two tours as a combat infantry rifleman in Viet Nam and was awarded two Purple Hearts. He's retired from 28 years with the Chicago Police Department, where he was a Youth Officer, and is continuing his search for cannon memorials. He's developed a special interest in Viquesney Doughboys along the way and has also helped in the Smithsonian's efforts to refine their records regarding them.
The late Len Ennico of Yonkers, New York, was a man of whom Mr. Wesley spoke very fondly. It was through Mr. Ennico that Mr. Wesley learned of the restoration of the Winchendon, Massachusetts Doughboy that he told me about. I learned Mr. Ennico was no longer living when I called, at Mary Lee Brinson’s request, to tell him of Mr. Wesley’s death.
Frank and Royetta Kirian of Fostoria, Ohio, visited and photographed over 80 Doughboys. Mr. Kirian was consulted for his knowledge of the features of the Doughboy when the Fostoria Doughboy was restored in 1997. The Kirians gave their collection of photographs to Mr. Wesley to help him in his search after they saw his letter in Home and Away asking people to tell him of locations of Doughboys. They personally delivered them to him, even though they had not previously met him. Mr. Wesley said it was quite a surprise when they came to visit him and gave him all the pictures. They are the Doughboy Searchers Mr. Wesley held in the highest regard. While Mr. Wesley was in a nursing home his last nine months, they drove to Spencer to see him twice and on one of those occasions, took Mr. Wesley and his loving caregiver, Mary Lee Brinson, to dine at the Canyon Inn, his favorite place to eat. It was Mr. Wesley’s next to last visit to his favorite dining place. At Mary Lee’s request, I called the Kirians on June 4, 2001, to tell them of Mr. Wesley’s death that morning. Mr. Kirian died in Fostoria November 25, 2003 and his obituary mentions that he and his wife enjoyed traveling, especially to vist and photograph doughboy statues similar to the doughboy in Fostoria Cemetery.
Roger Putnam of Tulare, California visited with Mr. Wesley in Spencer in 1995, unearthed some information about Viquesney that had not previously surfaced, and is the one who first provided information about the Doughboy that was in storage in Chicago. He’s one of those I called to tell of Mr. Wesley’s death. He used to express interest in acquiring a life-size Doughboy for a museum in which he had an interest, and we even made a pass at obtaining one in very good condition until we learned the local community really wasn’t interested in parting with it. He used to own a miniature Doughboy, but recently sold it to me.
Mr. Wesley told me of a few other searchers, but I’ve never been able to contact them.
Harlan Ogle of Monticello, Kentucky has a strong interest in both miniatures and life size Doughboys, Viquesney, and his other sculptures. He has visited Spencer, Indiana, including the Viquesney family gravesites in Riverside Cemetery and the Viquesney miniature collection in Spencer’s Owen County Courthouse, and has visited a few other Doughboys as well. He owns some miniatures and also written a book about the acquisition of Monticello’s Doughboy. He was invited to the Wentworth Military Academy Doughboy rededication in 2004 but became ill while en route and wasn’t able to attend.
There are others I consider to be Doughboy Searchers that Mr. Wesley never knew. Bill Witt of Swanton, Ohio has been to several Doughboys and has a high interest in their physical composition and features. The late Timothy McMahon of Fair Haven, New Jersey, had a high interest, had visited most of the New Jersey Doughboys, and was very helpful in obtaining information about several of them. J. P. Jennings of Griffin, Georgia and Jean Murray of Zebulon, Georgia also have very high interests. All of those mentioned in this paragraph, as well as many others around the country, knew of Mr. Wesley while he was still living, even though he didn’t know of them. The all learned of his death through me.
Bill and Kathie Plack of Herminie, Pennsylvania have developed a significant interest in looking for and photographing Viquesney and other doughboys in their very frequent forays to look for and catalog details about various types of tombstones and grave markers in cemeteries throughout their area of the country. As a result, they have been able to furnish details about some of the Spirit of the American Doughboys that were not previously included in the files supporting this website.
Don Conrad of Piney Creek, North Carolina has a website featuring a guide to World War I and II monuments.
Charles J. Bugajsky of Richmond Hill, Georgia, is a military historian with a major interest in "Great War" cannon memorials. In his search for them, he's encountered several Viquesney Doughboys. In March 2000, he compiled a list of Viquesney Doughboys from the Smithsonian Inventory of American Sculpture and sent it to Mr. Wesley, who gave it to me to use in my search. Since I didn't yet know of the Smithsonian inventory, it was a big help. Mr. Bugajsky served two tours as a combat infantry rifleman in Viet Nam and was awarded two Purple Hearts. He's retired from 28 years with the Chicago Police Department, where he was a Youth Officer, and is continuing his search for cannon memorials. He's developed a special interest in Viquesney Doughboys along the way and has also helped in the Smithsonian's efforts to refine their records regarding them.
Besides others listed above, another source of general information about Doughboys around the country, is Mercene Karkadoulias, Cincinnati, Ohio. It was her late husband, Eleftherios Karkadoulias, who replaced the Doughboy at Liberty, KY, after it was destroyed in a traffic accident in 1982.
Naturally, several people who are genealogically related to Viquesney have been interested, and some have been to Spencer to visit Viquesney’s grave, and with Mr. Wesley while he was living. Helpful and interesting information has been received from Cathie Schoppenhorst of Marthasville, Missouri and Shirley Tracy, Poulsbo, Washington, both descendents of Viquesney’s grandfather, Charles E. Viquesney, Jr, and from Evangeline Poling, of Philippi, West Virginia. Her late husband, Glenn Poling, was also a descendant of Charles E. Viquesney, Jr.
There are many others with strong interests in the Doughboys in their respective communities. While gathering information for this narrative, several people who previously had little or no interest in the Doughboys, except perhaps small interests in those in towns where they live or have lived, have shown an increase in interest in others.
And although this site is primarily devoted to the subject of E. M. Viquesney and his Spirit of the American Doughboy statues, a special thank you must be extended to Kenneth Berchem-Nigg of Chicago, Illinois, for his expertise regarding American Art Bronze Foundry and the doughboy statues of John Paulding.
Naturally, several people who are genealogically related to Viquesney have been interested, and some have been to Spencer to visit Viquesney’s grave, and with Mr. Wesley while he was living. Helpful and interesting information has been received from Cathie Schoppenhorst of Marthasville, Missouri and Shirley Tracy, Poulsbo, Washington, both descendents of Viquesney’s grandfather, Charles E. Viquesney, Jr, and from Evangeline Poling, of Philippi, West Virginia. Her late husband, Glenn Poling, was also a descendant of Charles E. Viquesney, Jr.
There are many others with strong interests in the Doughboys in their respective communities. While gathering information for this narrative, several people who previously had little or no interest in the Doughboys, except perhaps small interests in those in towns where they live or have lived, have shown an increase in interest in others.
And although this site is primarily devoted to the subject of E. M. Viquesney and his Spirit of the American Doughboy statues, a special thank you must be extended to Kenneth Berchem-Nigg of Chicago, Illinois, for his expertise regarding American Art Bronze Foundry and the doughboy statues of John Paulding.
Newspapers, publications and institutions from which information was gathered include: Anniston (Alabama) Star; Western Jefferson County (Bessemer, Alabama) Western Star, Birmingham (Alabama) Age-Herald; Birmingham News; Mohave County (Arizona) Miner; Kingman (Arizona) Daily Miner; Ft. Smith (Arkansas) Southwest Times Record; Helena (Arkansas) Daily World; Historical Helena-West Helena by Phillips County (Arkansas) Historical Society; Bethel (Connecticut) Home News; Danbury (Connecticut) News-Times; St. Petersburg (Florida) Times; Sarasota (Florida) News Coast, Morgan County (Georgia) Record; Payette (Idaho) Enterprise; Chicago, (Illinois) Tribune; Herrin (Illinois) Spokesman; Naperville (Illinois) Clarion; Naperville, (Illinois) Sun; Waukegan (Illinois) News Sun; Evansville (Indiana) Courier & Press; Jeffersonville (Indiana) Evening News; Monuments Plaques & Markers by Allen County-Fort Wayne (Indiana) Historical Society; Who Put That There by St. Jude Catholic School and Historical Landmarks Foundation of Indiana; Fountain-Warren County (Indiana) Democrat; Indianapolis (Indiana) Star; Hobart (Indiana) Gazette and Hobart (Indiana) Public Library; Owen County (Indiana) Public Library; Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gazette Republican; article in June 2001 Antique-Gazette (Dubuque, Iowa) by Todd Womack; Harlan (Kentucky) Daily Enterprise; article Doughboy Downed by Flying Truck in Jamestown (Kentucky) Times Journal and Russell County News; Morehead – formerly Rowan County – (Kentucky) News; Winchester (Kentucky) Sun; 1983 article The History of The Doughboy by Joseph B. Boyle, Emmitsburg, Maryland; Emmitsburg, Maryland Historical Society; Frederick (Maryland) Post; Meridian (Mississippi) Star; Great Falls (Montana) Leader; Bolivar (Missouri) Herald; Kansas City (Missouri) Star; Sedalia (Missouri) Democrat; Perth Amboy (New Jersey) Enterprise News; Perth Amboy (New Jersey) News Tribune; Red Bank (New Jersey) Register; Roselle Park (New Jersey) Star-Ledger; Rochester (New York) Democrat and Chronicle; Fostoria (Ohio) Review Times; Fostoria (Ohio) Focus; Gallia County (Ohio) Historical/Genealogical Society Newsletter article by Barbara Richards; New Philadelphia (Ohio) Daily Times; book St. Bernard,Ohio 1878-1978; Toledo (Ohio) Blade; Warren (Ohio) Tribune Chronicle; Woodville (Ohio) News; Woodville (Ohio) Historical Society’s A Sketch Book of Woodville, Ohio Past-Present; Zanesville (Ohio) Times-Recorder; Cherokee (Oklahoma) Messenger & Republican; Henryetta (Oklahoma) Oklahoma Citizen; Chambersburg (Pennsylvania) Public Opinion; Indiana (Pennsylvania) Progress; Indiana (Pennsylvania) Democrat; Indiana (Pennsylvania) Evening Gazette; article Memorial Park and Erection of The Doughboy by Faith Noble, Indiana, Pennyslvania; selected pages of INDIANA COUNTY 175th Anniversary History VOLUME II 1866 – 1988 by Clarence D. Stephenson, Indiana, Pennsylvania; Lancaster (Pennsylvania) New Era; Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) Post-Gazette; Scranton (Pennsylvania) Tribune; Scranton (Pennsylvania) Times; unidentified book on local history of Tatamy, Pennsylvania; online Oakmont Advance Leader article on the Verona, Pennsylvania Doughboy; "A VERONA (Pennsylvania) ALBUM - 1871-1971 - One Hundred Years of Memories"; unidentified book on local history of Columbia, South Carolina; Columbia (South Carolina) State; May-June 1930 issue of The Spinner, the house organ of Pacific Mills of Columbia, South Carolina; material from Furman University (Greenville, South Carolina), including July 1921 Bulletin of Furman University, Furman University: A History, Toward a New Identity – 1925-1975, and Summer 1998 Inside Furman; A Comprehensive Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in Texas by Carol Morris Little; The Texas Ten by Texas Historical Commission; Aberdeen (Washington) Daily World; Logan (West Virginia) Banner; Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent; Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel World; a book entitled The Washington Country Veterans’ Memorial Plaza: Old Courthouse Square, West Bend, Wisconsin by Washington County (Wisconsin) Historical Society.
The following persons (with titles, ranks, license designations, organizational affliliations omitted to save space) have furnished information or photos about individual Doughboys around the country:
Alabama – Tammy Chapman and Grace Houghton Gates, Anniston; Ray Morris and Jefferson Traywick, Bessemer; Pamela Smith, Clanton; Doug Purcelle, Eufaula; Larry Durham, Birmingham area;
Arizona - Justin Chambers, Kingman;
Arkansas - Bob Nunnery and Flickr.com member sunnybrook100, Ft. Smith; Danielle Burch, Helena;
California – Les Kopel, Oxnard, Roger Putnam, Tulare;
Colorado - Will DeBoer, Colorado Springs;
Connecticut - Richard Godfrey, Violet Mattone, Pat Rist and Patrick Wild, Bethel; Timothy Abbott, Fred Hall, North Canaan;
District of Columbia - Carol A. Grissom, Smithsonian;
Florida - David, Clearwater Public Library, Thomas Walbolt, Clearwater; Mary Murphy, Palatka; Frank Colson and Jack Gurney, Sarasota;
Georgia – Chris Usrey and Heather Stanley, Americus; Charles J. Bugajsky, Richmond Hill; Jana Dopson, and Frances Bethel, Atlanta; J. P. Jennings, Sherry Husak and Brant Keller, Griffin; Rete R. Odom, Jr. and Marshall W. Williams, Madison; Roland Nunn, Trion; Jean Murray, Zebulon;
Idaho - Ann Curtis and Carol Bruce, Payette;
Illinois - Susan Kuhlasekara, Alton; Julia Bachrach, Rick Bowman, Mike Conklin, Andrzej Dajnowski, Gordon McAlpin, and Gary McGauchlin, Chicago; Debbie Huggins and unidentified person at Columbia American Legion Post – possibly the post Adjutant, Columbia; Richard Vitton, Forest Park; Andrew Schneider, Chicago; Sue Douglas, Marian Goins, Richard Tammy Sue Kirk, Klingelsmith, Gordon Pruett, and Harvard Sohn, Herrin; Steve Hyett, Sue Omanson, Robert Thomas, and Betty Wampach, Naperville; Michael Piper, Palos Heights; Chris Gerrib, Villa Park; Ralph Zahorik, Waukegan; Bill Dermody, Zion;
Indiana - Priscilla Davis and Doan Helms, Attica; Robert L. Jackson, Bloomington; Stanley Griffith, Ellettsville; Gene Maxwell, Evansville; Phil Bennett, Fort Wayne; Martha Christman, Hartford City; Zeta Allen, Michael Ellis, Gerry Kegelbein, Robert Morgan, and Roy Watts, Hobart; Beth Rahn, Muncie; Marcia Caudell, Glory-June Greiff, Lynn Hopper and Suzanne Rollins Stanis, Indianapolis; Jay Kendall and Nancy Maston, Peru; Travis Curry, Spencer; Al Wolf, Veedersburg;
Iowa - Wayne Opheim, Art Fishbeck, and Webb Cole, Mason City; Jim Nowak, Cedar Rapids, John Sauer, Mechanicsville;
Alabama – Tammy Chapman and Grace Houghton Gates, Anniston; Ray Morris and Jefferson Traywick, Bessemer; Pamela Smith, Clanton; Doug Purcelle, Eufaula; Larry Durham, Birmingham area;
Arizona - Justin Chambers, Kingman;
Arkansas - Bob Nunnery and Flickr.com member sunnybrook100, Ft. Smith; Danielle Burch, Helena;
California – Les Kopel, Oxnard, Roger Putnam, Tulare;
Colorado - Will DeBoer, Colorado Springs;
Connecticut - Richard Godfrey, Violet Mattone, Pat Rist and Patrick Wild, Bethel; Timothy Abbott, Fred Hall, North Canaan;
District of Columbia - Carol A. Grissom, Smithsonian;
Florida - David, Clearwater Public Library, Thomas Walbolt, Clearwater; Mary Murphy, Palatka; Frank Colson and Jack Gurney, Sarasota;
Georgia – Chris Usrey and Heather Stanley, Americus; Charles J. Bugajsky, Richmond Hill; Jana Dopson, and Frances Bethel, Atlanta; J. P. Jennings, Sherry Husak and Brant Keller, Griffin; Rete R. Odom, Jr. and Marshall W. Williams, Madison; Roland Nunn, Trion; Jean Murray, Zebulon;
Idaho - Ann Curtis and Carol Bruce, Payette;
Illinois - Susan Kuhlasekara, Alton; Julia Bachrach, Rick Bowman, Mike Conklin, Andrzej Dajnowski, Gordon McAlpin, and Gary McGauchlin, Chicago; Debbie Huggins and unidentified person at Columbia American Legion Post – possibly the post Adjutant, Columbia; Richard Vitton, Forest Park; Andrew Schneider, Chicago; Sue Douglas, Marian Goins, Richard Tammy Sue Kirk, Klingelsmith, Gordon Pruett, and Harvard Sohn, Herrin; Steve Hyett, Sue Omanson, Robert Thomas, and Betty Wampach, Naperville; Michael Piper, Palos Heights; Chris Gerrib, Villa Park; Ralph Zahorik, Waukegan; Bill Dermody, Zion;
Indiana - Priscilla Davis and Doan Helms, Attica; Robert L. Jackson, Bloomington; Stanley Griffith, Ellettsville; Gene Maxwell, Evansville; Phil Bennett, Fort Wayne; Martha Christman, Hartford City; Zeta Allen, Michael Ellis, Gerry Kegelbein, Robert Morgan, and Roy Watts, Hobart; Beth Rahn, Muncie; Marcia Caudell, Glory-June Greiff, Lynn Hopper and Suzanne Rollins Stanis, Indianapolis; Jay Kendall and Nancy Maston, Peru; Travis Curry, Spencer; Al Wolf, Veedersburg;
Iowa - Wayne Opheim, Art Fishbeck, and Webb Cole, Mason City; Jim Nowak, Cedar Rapids, John Sauer, Mechanicsville;
Kansas - unidentified person from grain company, Axtell; Paul Hunter (my wife’s cousin), Parsons; Jennifer Ho and Linda McBeth (my daughters) and Jeff McBeth (Linda’s husband), Topeka;
Kentucky - Orathy Gibson and Robert Commisaur, Grayson; Marlene Gilbert, Gladys Hoskins and Jeff Phillips, Harlan; R. David Flanagan, Greg Wells, and Kim Weston, Jamestown; Judy Allen, Steve Sweeney, and Sheriff Department employee, Liberty; Doug Blevins and Harlan Ogle, Monticello; Linda Wilson, Morehead; Brenda Damron, Christy Fleming, Jimmy Kiser and Linda Little, Pikeville; G. T. (Jerry) Cecil and Nancy Turner, Winchester;
Maine - Glenn Aho, Janice McCafferty, and Lee F. Rand, Lincoln;
Maryland - M. D. Tawes, James T. Sterling, Jr. and Yvonne Long, Crisfield; Joan Boyle, Mike Hillman, and Jeff Smith, Emmitsburg; Seth Gaines, Rockville;
Massachusetts - Julia White Cardinal and Clifford P. Beauvais, Winchendon; Michigan - David, Roseland Park Cemetery, Berkley; Toby Beanblossom, Port Huron; Rory Dicky, St. Joseph; Marshall Korby, West Bloomfield;
Minnesota – John Danielson and Doug Opheim, Minneapolis; Darla Beghard, New Ulm; Shelley Cummings, Twin Cities area;
Mississippi - Mark Naylor, Meridan;
Missouri - Margaret Vest and Nadine Hendrickson, Bolivar; Tom Fitzpatrick, Jim Harris, Jim Ahrens, Mark Mullineux and Al McCormick, Lexington; Norma Fowler and William B. Claycomb, Sedalia;
Montana - Jim Marantette, Columbia Falls; Ken Robison and Donna Albers, Fort Benton;
Nebraska – Rob Jensen and his assistant Jeremy, Lynn Sullivan, Omaha;
New Jersey – Nick Mihalic, Belmar; Frank Poolas, Dover; Ann Dupree and Tim J. McMahon, Fair Haven; Ellen Russell, Frenchtown; J. B. Montfort, Matawan; Particia Gandy, Perth Amboy; Nick and Pat Pagnetti, Roselle Park; Michael Marra and Bobby Zibouich, Secaucus;
New York - Jennifer Wingate, Brooklyn; Fred Hance and Robin Bowles, Castile; Mark Roloson, Endicott; Robert G. Wasp and secretary to Mayor, Harrison;
Kentucky - Orathy Gibson and Robert Commisaur, Grayson; Marlene Gilbert, Gladys Hoskins and Jeff Phillips, Harlan; R. David Flanagan, Greg Wells, and Kim Weston, Jamestown; Judy Allen, Steve Sweeney, and Sheriff Department employee, Liberty; Doug Blevins and Harlan Ogle, Monticello; Linda Wilson, Morehead; Brenda Damron, Christy Fleming, Jimmy Kiser and Linda Little, Pikeville; G. T. (Jerry) Cecil and Nancy Turner, Winchester;
Maine - Glenn Aho, Janice McCafferty, and Lee F. Rand, Lincoln;
Maryland - M. D. Tawes, James T. Sterling, Jr. and Yvonne Long, Crisfield; Joan Boyle, Mike Hillman, and Jeff Smith, Emmitsburg; Seth Gaines, Rockville;
Massachusetts - Julia White Cardinal and Clifford P. Beauvais, Winchendon; Michigan - David, Roseland Park Cemetery, Berkley; Toby Beanblossom, Port Huron; Rory Dicky, St. Joseph; Marshall Korby, West Bloomfield;
Minnesota – John Danielson and Doug Opheim, Minneapolis; Darla Beghard, New Ulm; Shelley Cummings, Twin Cities area;
Mississippi - Mark Naylor, Meridan;
Missouri - Margaret Vest and Nadine Hendrickson, Bolivar; Tom Fitzpatrick, Jim Harris, Jim Ahrens, Mark Mullineux and Al McCormick, Lexington; Norma Fowler and William B. Claycomb, Sedalia;
Montana - Jim Marantette, Columbia Falls; Ken Robison and Donna Albers, Fort Benton;
Nebraska – Rob Jensen and his assistant Jeremy, Lynn Sullivan, Omaha;
New Jersey – Nick Mihalic, Belmar; Frank Poolas, Dover; Ann Dupree and Tim J. McMahon, Fair Haven; Ellen Russell, Frenchtown; J. B. Montfort, Matawan; Particia Gandy, Perth Amboy; Nick and Pat Pagnetti, Roselle Park; Michael Marra and Bobby Zibouich, Secaucus;
New York - Jennifer Wingate, Brooklyn; Fred Hance and Robin Bowles, Castile; Mark Roloson, Endicott; Robert G. Wasp and secretary to Mayor, Harrison;
North Carolina - David Ewing, Belmont; Mitch Morlan, Suzanne Sink, Jane Johnson, Rosemary Lands, Jay Clontz and Dan Morrill, Charlotte; Stephen Barnes, Rocky Mount;
North Dakota – Claudette Luger, Ft. Yates;
Ohio - Eric Kozar, Akron; Rufus Kevin Guy, David Shanteau and Flickr.com member "Stabilizer", Cincinnati; Tom Collins, Joanne Boring, Ned Watts and Linda Hinkle, Crooksville; Penny Justice and Elizabeth Bailey, Fostoria; Barbara Richards, Roberta Rousch and Dick Thomas, Gallipolis; Janet S. Augenstein and Charles Evers, Marion; Fred Miller, New Philadelphia; Connie Rutter, Newark; Scott Bieszczad, Perrysburg; Mickey Cendrowski, Russellton; Marjorie Niesen, St. Bernard; William R. Witt, Swanton; Mary Bertuzzi, Jodi Fridley, Alex J. Savakis, and Sue Shafer, Warren; Rene Dix, Woodville;
Oklahoma – Sonya Booher, Ramona Herrin, Mary Alice McLeod, Milton Ream, and Loyd Stout, Cherokee; Mike Doak, Bill Nelson and Lois Rodriquez, Henryetta; Peggy Jackson, Miami; George Lange and Liz McMahon, Muskogee; Dora and Lloyd Pickel (my sister and her husband), Poteau;
Pennsylvania - Tanya Mickey, Jim Mitchell and Rene Shank, Chambersburg; Jim Tomazic, Forest City; Bill and Kathie Plack, Herminie; Scott Decker, Ed Patterson, and Barb Waltemire, Indiana; Phillip Crnkovich, Eileen Gregg, and Martin Wubbolt, Lancaster; Don Walukus and Anna Ruth Thomas, Meyersdale; Bill Foyer, Oil City; R. J. Buchanan, Mary G. Klipfel, Penn Hills; Teresita K. Kolenchack, Pittsburgh; Mickey Cendrowski, Russellton; Gary Bell, Scottdale; Jack Finnerty, Scranton; Thomas Baum, Jr., Stevens; Stu Albert, Tatamy: Marian Hobson-Lutz, Upper Black Eddy; Teresita K. Kolenchack and Dave Recupero, Verona; Karen Gensey, Whitehall;
South Carolina - David C. Allen, Bobby Dean, Marty Hoard, Anderson; Lynda Solansky, Camden; Terri Davis, John S. Rainey and Rupert Rentz, Columbia; Dawn Deano Hammatt, Darlene E. Kleckley, LTC Bill Price, Tom Taylor, Greenville;
Tennessee – Alane Megna, Eleanor S. Williams, Clarksville; Gail Campbell, Johnson City; Becky Poling, Nashville;
Texas - Barclay Gibson, John Troesser, texasescapes.com; Paul Tidwell, Conroe; Robert Kincaid, Crowell; John Bailey, Ft. Worth; Pamala Ingersoll and Erik Stoltz, Houston; Veteran Service Officer, Lufkin; Johnnie Sue Littleton, Sinton; my stepdaughter, Jana Babitt, Spring; Mary Lou Williams, and young lady (who took additional Chambersburg photos for me), The Woodlands; Larry Souza, Vernon; William T. Fortune, Wichita Falls;
Utah - Joan Beal and Elizabeth Lee, Beaver; Chesley Christendon, Lou Ann Rosenlof and Karen Hansen, Mt. Pleasant; employees of City of Price;
Vermont - Janice Geraw, Enosburg Falls; Kevin Graffigno, Barre; Donald Miner, St. Albans;
Virginia - Buddy and Judy Parker, Hampton; George Bass, Phil Cheney, Petersburg; Kevin White, Stafford;
Washington - Doug Farmer, Aberdeen; Lee Grimes, Margaret Langus and Margaret Schields, Centralia; Shirley Tracy, Poulsbo;
West Virginia - Jerry Godby, Logan; Larry Lodato, Madison; Loring Phillips and Evangeline Poling, Philippi; Mary Hamm, Wheeling;
Wisconsin - "BenjaminPC", David Evans, and John Ritcher, Appleton; Sue Harwick and Al Haukom, Ft. Atkinson; Lou Lemke, Janesville; Mary Beth Noonan Jensen, Lena; David Dolata, Miriam Ownby, Jeff Shank, Joan Rick, and Dave Zanto, Markesan; Michael Noonan, Marinette; Robert Couvillion, Peshtigo; Edward Pierog, West Bend;
Wyoming - Don Nykodym, Debra Uhls, Rock Springs.
And lastly, my helpful and understanding wife, Donna Goldsmith, who grew up in Parsons, Kansas, home of one of the stone Doughboys. Many paragraphs could be devoted to descriptions of how patient, helpful and understanding she has been about my pursuit of Viquesney and his Doughboys, but the descriptions would still be incomplete. Thanks, Donna.
North Dakota – Claudette Luger, Ft. Yates;
Ohio - Eric Kozar, Akron; Rufus Kevin Guy, David Shanteau and Flickr.com member "Stabilizer", Cincinnati; Tom Collins, Joanne Boring, Ned Watts and Linda Hinkle, Crooksville; Penny Justice and Elizabeth Bailey, Fostoria; Barbara Richards, Roberta Rousch and Dick Thomas, Gallipolis; Janet S. Augenstein and Charles Evers, Marion; Fred Miller, New Philadelphia; Connie Rutter, Newark; Scott Bieszczad, Perrysburg; Mickey Cendrowski, Russellton; Marjorie Niesen, St. Bernard; William R. Witt, Swanton; Mary Bertuzzi, Jodi Fridley, Alex J. Savakis, and Sue Shafer, Warren; Rene Dix, Woodville;
Oklahoma – Sonya Booher, Ramona Herrin, Mary Alice McLeod, Milton Ream, and Loyd Stout, Cherokee; Mike Doak, Bill Nelson and Lois Rodriquez, Henryetta; Peggy Jackson, Miami; George Lange and Liz McMahon, Muskogee; Dora and Lloyd Pickel (my sister and her husband), Poteau;
Pennsylvania - Tanya Mickey, Jim Mitchell and Rene Shank, Chambersburg; Jim Tomazic, Forest City; Bill and Kathie Plack, Herminie; Scott Decker, Ed Patterson, and Barb Waltemire, Indiana; Phillip Crnkovich, Eileen Gregg, and Martin Wubbolt, Lancaster; Don Walukus and Anna Ruth Thomas, Meyersdale; Bill Foyer, Oil City; R. J. Buchanan, Mary G. Klipfel, Penn Hills; Teresita K. Kolenchack, Pittsburgh; Mickey Cendrowski, Russellton; Gary Bell, Scottdale; Jack Finnerty, Scranton; Thomas Baum, Jr., Stevens; Stu Albert, Tatamy: Marian Hobson-Lutz, Upper Black Eddy; Teresita K. Kolenchack and Dave Recupero, Verona; Karen Gensey, Whitehall;
South Carolina - David C. Allen, Bobby Dean, Marty Hoard, Anderson; Lynda Solansky, Camden; Terri Davis, John S. Rainey and Rupert Rentz, Columbia; Dawn Deano Hammatt, Darlene E. Kleckley, LTC Bill Price, Tom Taylor, Greenville;
Tennessee – Alane Megna, Eleanor S. Williams, Clarksville; Gail Campbell, Johnson City; Becky Poling, Nashville;
Texas - Barclay Gibson, John Troesser, texasescapes.com; Paul Tidwell, Conroe; Robert Kincaid, Crowell; John Bailey, Ft. Worth; Pamala Ingersoll and Erik Stoltz, Houston; Veteran Service Officer, Lufkin; Johnnie Sue Littleton, Sinton; my stepdaughter, Jana Babitt, Spring; Mary Lou Williams, and young lady (who took additional Chambersburg photos for me), The Woodlands; Larry Souza, Vernon; William T. Fortune, Wichita Falls;
Utah - Joan Beal and Elizabeth Lee, Beaver; Chesley Christendon, Lou Ann Rosenlof and Karen Hansen, Mt. Pleasant; employees of City of Price;
Vermont - Janice Geraw, Enosburg Falls; Kevin Graffigno, Barre; Donald Miner, St. Albans;
Virginia - Buddy and Judy Parker, Hampton; George Bass, Phil Cheney, Petersburg; Kevin White, Stafford;
Washington - Doug Farmer, Aberdeen; Lee Grimes, Margaret Langus and Margaret Schields, Centralia; Shirley Tracy, Poulsbo;
West Virginia - Jerry Godby, Logan; Larry Lodato, Madison; Loring Phillips and Evangeline Poling, Philippi; Mary Hamm, Wheeling;
Wisconsin - "BenjaminPC", David Evans, and John Ritcher, Appleton; Sue Harwick and Al Haukom, Ft. Atkinson; Lou Lemke, Janesville; Mary Beth Noonan Jensen, Lena; David Dolata, Miriam Ownby, Jeff Shank, Joan Rick, and Dave Zanto, Markesan; Michael Noonan, Marinette; Robert Couvillion, Peshtigo; Edward Pierog, West Bend;
Wyoming - Don Nykodym, Debra Uhls, Rock Springs.
And lastly, my helpful and understanding wife, Donna Goldsmith, who grew up in Parsons, Kansas, home of one of the stone Doughboys. Many paragraphs could be devoted to descriptions of how patient, helpful and understanding she has been about my pursuit of Viquesney and his Doughboys, but the descriptions would still be incomplete. Thanks, Donna.
