GALEN OTTO HUNT

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In military service during WWI in France, Galen Otto Hunt distinguished himself in battle and received the special citations for courageous service at Belleau Woods, and at the Chateau Thierry part of the front. Again Galen Hunt was awarded medals for service across the Marne River; in the St Michael Sector, at Dead Man's Hill during the Battle of the Verdun Front. Here he was seriously wounded by a flesh shell splinter wound in the left thigh and by phosgene poison gas. He was removed by ambulance and hospitalized at Mesves Hospital Center located near Neviers, France. Surgery was performed and a metal plate inserted in the injured leg, which he carried for the remainder of his life. Recovery was a slow but steady process for Galen. He returned to school in spite of the difficulties of phosgene gas damaged lungs, attending classes on crutches. The rest of the story is here.
The photo at the bottom of this page is of Galen's father, William Chester Hunt.

William Chester Hunt, (Photo-below) the father of Galen Hunt, was born September 6, 1868, in Chequest, Davis Co, Iowa.
He died on May 29, 1937 in Batavia, Iowa. and Margaret Elizabeth Burger, the daughter of Joseph Madison Burger and Selinda Jane Burger. Margaret Elizabeth Burger was born December 27, 1879, in Russell Co. Kansas. She died on January 17, 1905 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and is buried in New Sweden Cemetery, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. William Chester Hunt and Margaret (Maggie) Burger married on May 19, 1897 in Jefferson County, Iowa. Their 2 sons were:

Galen Hunt is buried at the military burial place in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Alana, Galen Otto Hunt's daughter, and her husband Tom and daughter Zani, reside in Issaquah, Washington.
Alana Campbell is an artist.
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