Jack Foley enlists in the First World War: Dennis Foley

Uncle Dennis Foley tells the saga of his grandfather, Jack Foley, who enlisted in the First World War, was gassed (temporarily blinded) and hit by shrapnel before he even got over the side of the trench for the first time on the front line in France, and was returned home to find himself a local hero, especially among the ladies.

Keywords: Identity; World War I

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