{"id":24887,"date":"2019-02-15T16:33:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T21:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=24887"},"modified":"2019-02-14T10:22:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T15:22:39","slug":"kiwanis-talks-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/kiwanis-talks-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiwanis talks history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Pictured here is Mark Holtsberry and Naomi Nicely.<\/strong>
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PAULDING, OH: Kiwanis member Naomi Nicely introduced guest speaker Mark Holtsberry who talked about his new book titled Paulding County in the Great War. With 10.5 years of research, 768 pages and 1,300 names of men and women who served in the Great War, Holtsberry\u2019s book is a one stop shop for people interested in World War I and its effects on the people in Paulding County. Some named are people who were raised in Paulding County, others are people who moved to the county before or after the war, or people who were born in the county but moved away after the war. Much of his research was from draft lists as well as 6-7 other sources. In fact, most highlighted men and women in the book include their draft picture, registration card, and discharge paper as well as their personal story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Great War was supposed to be the war to end all wars,\u201d said Holtsberry. \u201cTeachers, doctors, farmers, mechanics, and more left their jobs and families behind to serve.\u201d He said some joined for the mere adventure and many who joined couldn\u2019t have even found the country they were going to on a map before leaving the states to serve oversees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although not a lot, some women did serve in the Great War with the American Red Cross. Something Holtsberry found unsettling was that many women were relieved of their duty rather than being discharged. This was the governments way of not paying them a proper pension. \u201cI don\u2019t think that\u2019s right. If they served their county then they served their country, plain and simple,\u201d said Holtsberry. After returning from war many soldiers had PTSD or then known as \u201cshell shock\u201d. They were shot at, gassed, or told to shot others and that caused a lot of mental issues for men and women in the Great War. Some thought talking about the war would help, others couldn\u2019t. Holtsberry\u2019s book really lets the reader in on the suffering the service men and women went through. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most Great War veterans are buried in the county, but there are 14 buried in France, and 2 buried in Belgium from Paulding County. Mark was contacted by an office in Columbus, OH who let him know that Paulding County was the first county to document their veterans which is an extraordinary accomplishment. Mark thanks his uncle, Ray Keck for his support and love for history and heritage that inspired him to do the same. Kiwanis thanks Mark for his dedication to our county\u2019s history and look forward to reading his current book, and his next book in the works on the Spanish American War. You can buy one of Mark\u2019s books by contacting him directly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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