Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Netherton, James Thomas, 1895-1918. Papers, 1919. 4 items.
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Content
Collection includes an "in memory of" certificate signed by Major General George Barnett expressing his condolences at Netherton's passing. Along with two pages of Private Netherton's military service records, the collection contains a newspaper clipping, "Netherton Falls on Battlefield," from the Louisville Post, January 17, 1919. The article declares that Netherton was "one of Louisville's most promising young [baseball] players," who "played the game the limit against the Hun." Netherton, United States Marine Co*s, was killed in action on October 3, 1918, in Char Ex., west of Metz; France.
