My maternal grandfather, Everett Shearman Carpenter, served in World War I as has been discussed previously here at The Prism. He served for a time in France and ended his service on a courier mission back to Washington, DC in July 1919. He was honorably discharged with the rank of Sergeant at Camp Meigs in the District of Columbia on July 17, 1919.
After returning to his home in Rhode Island, my grandfather at some point joined the Rhode Island Militia. As the promotion paper shown above illustrates, Everett Shearman Carpenter was promoted to the rank of Captain in the Rhode Island Militia on June 3, 1943.
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Scan of the original promotion certificate in the collection of the author.
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Copyright 2014, John D. Tew
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