BIOGRAPHIES: Leo GIDDINGS, Barron, Barron County, WI ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Transcribed by Peg Lamkin Edited and submitted by Vic Gulickson 28 March 2002 ==================================================================== Leo Giddings, Mr. Giddings' son by his first wife, was graduated from the Barron High School, and subsequently entered the University of Wisconsin, taking the engineering course, in which he continued until in his second year. On April 22, 1917, he enlisted at Ladysmith, Wis., in the United States' service, becoming a private in Troop K. He was sent to Camp Douglas, Wis., and from there to Camp McArthur at Waco, Texas, where he was transferred to the 121st Field Artillery, 32nd Division. In the spring of 1918 he crossed to France and soon found himself in action at the front. He took part in the fighting in the Haute Alsace sector, June 9 to July 22; the Aisne-Marne offensive, Aug. 1 to Aug. 6; the Fismes sector, Aug. 7 to Aug. 22; the Oise-Arnae offensive, Aug. 28 to Sept. 6; the Avecourt sector, Sept. 22 to Sept. 25, and the Meuse-Argonne offensive, Sept. 26, to Nov. 2, 1918. He remained in France until the late spring of 1919, returning to the United States in May, and being honorably discharged at Camp Grant May 16. Though he had passed through such a long and severe ordeal, and taken part in some of the fiercest fighting, he escaped without even a scratch. He is now a student in the State University at Madison, Wis. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 103-104.