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Philadelphian gave his life as nation found its soul

It is Sept. 26, 1916. Six French soldiers, three on each side, carry the plain pine coffin from the little Catholic church in the French town of Rampont. It is unusually warm for late September, and the familiar booming sounds of German and French artillery can be heard in the distance as the mourners slowly file out of the church.

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