Grave of Edward Pigford! An enthusiastic reader left a bottle for the old trooper!
Private Edward D. Pigford, Company M, 7th Cavalry died on December 16, 1932 at Lock Three, Pennsylvania. (Custer’s Best: The Story of Company M, 7th Cavalry at the Little Bighorn)
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Master Sergeant John C. Woods
On May 19, 1948, Master Sergeant John C. Woods, with the assistance of his company commander Captain Jasper N. Cohen, extended his three-year enlistment – which had been initiated on December 16, 1945, when he entered the Regular Army – to six years. This extension would extend John’s Army service to December 1951. (American Hangman: MSgt. John C. Woods: The United States Army’s Notorious Executioner in World War II and Nürnberg)