Walter Van Brunt, Duluth and St. Louis County: Their Story and People, Vol. II (Chicago and New York: The American Historical Society, 1921), p. 652-654 Carl William Peterson was the son of August W. Peterson, 5632 West Eighth Street, Duluth. Ernest O. Peterson, also of Duluth, was brother of Arthur W. Peterson, 2702 West Third Street, Duluth. Harold Peterson, brother of Mrs. Carl Olson, 427 Forty-third Avenue, West, Duluth, lived in Duluth before the war came. Helmer A. Peterson was born in Duluth, and was well-known. He was born January 23, 1894, son of John and Hannah Peterson, and his academic schooling was obtained in Duluth schools. He became a pharmacist and in that capacity was employed at Beyers Drug Store, Duluth, for some time before reporting for military duty on September 21, 1917. He was sent from Duluth to Camp Dodge, Iowa, and assigned to the Medical Corps, 350th F. A., 313th Sanitary Train. At Camp Dodge he remained for the winter and would probably have gone overseas in 1918 had he not succumbed to disease at Camp Dodge, on April 10, 1918. His mother now lives at 119 East Third Street, Duluth. Henning O. Peterson lived at 520 West Superior Street, Duluth, before entering the army. His brother, Arvid, lives in Chicago. Rudolph Peterson was the son of Oscar R. Peterson, of 912 North Fifty-seventh Avenue, West, Duluth. Rudolph worked in Duluth before entering the service. Elia Peteruka was of Duluth residence prior to the war, but appears to have no relatives in Minnesota. His brother, Gust Peterson, is at Fort Morgan, Colorado. John Pitich was one of the boys from Buhl. John H. Pluth was of Ely, where his mother, who is now Mrs. Anna Matiehick, lives. Neno Molidro lived at Aurora, his papers state. George E. Porthan, of Ely, was the son of John E. Porthan, of that place. Porthan was killed in action in France. Mott Prelbich was also of Ely; his father is John prelbich. Louis Press lived at Chisholm before leaving for military service. His brother, Samuel, lives at Eveleth, at 705 Hayes Street. Louis was born August 17, 1891, at Trovi, Russia, but had lived in the United States for many years before the war. He was enlisted in February, 1918, and went overseas with an infantry regiment. He was killed in action in France on August 15, 1918. Clyde E. Prudden, who became a major of the Medical Corps, United States army and was much respected by the men of the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Field Artillery, was a well-known and successful physician of Duluth before the state of war into which the nation became in 1917 so radically changed the course of the lives of so many of its worthiest citizens. Major Prudden was born in Duluth, and attended local schools. For the medical course he proceeded to Northwestern University, from which he graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, with the class of 1909. In 1912 he was an associate of Dr. C. A. Stewart, in practice in Duluth, and later with Drs. Bagby, Kohagan and Gillespie. He was for many years interested in military affairs, and in peace time was a member of the old Third Minnesota Infantry. He went with the regiment to Fort Snelling, and when it was converted from an infantry to a field artillery unit, he was advanced in rank and made senior officer of the Medical Detachment at the Base Hospital. Within a short time, he was again promoted and became major. Eventually, he became senior major of the Regimental Medical Detachment of the One Hundred Twenty-fifth Field Artillery. From August, 1917, to the autumn of the following year, he was with the regiment at Fort Deming, New Mexico. In September, the regiment went overseas and during the voyage Major Prudden developed pneumonia, from which he died before the regiment debarked. Doctor Prudden was married in Oklahoma City in January, 1918, and a child was born to his widow five or six months after his death. Both widow and child, however, met a tragic death, being drowned in the tidal wave that swept Corpus Christie, on September 14, 1919. The body of Major Prudden was returned to the United States in October, 1920. It was received in Duluth on November 1, 1920, and reinterred on American soil in his native city, with full military honors and with many other indications of the respect in which his memory is held by people of Duluth. His father is A. E. Prudden, of 3501 Minnesota Avenue. Otto Pusarim, another of the soldiers of Ely who gave national service to the full, was the son of Matt Pusarim of Ely. Howard C. Quigley, who was killed in action in the Argonne Forest, France, November 4, 1918, was a native of Duluth, born in the city July 18, 1894, the son of James R. Quigley, now of 123 Minneapolis Avenue, Duluth. Young Quigley passed through the Duluth schools, and was with the American Bridge Company, Duluth, when called into service on April 26, 1918, at Duluth. As a private of infantry, he was sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa, and became a member of Company D, Three Hundred and Sixtieth Infantry, Ninetieth Division, going to Camp Travis, Texas, within three weeks of reaching Camp Dodge. In June, 1918, his regiment embarked at Hoboken and was soon in action in France. Quigley was present at St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne major offensives, being killed in the Argonne within a week of the signing of the armistice. William Henry Reddy, of Biwabik, was in the United States navy, and had the rating of baker, 2cl. His mother is Mrs. Mary Reddy, of Biwabik. Frank Reed, of Arnold, was born in Duluth on July 27, 1897, son of Mike Reed, of Arnold, R. F. D. No. 4, Duluth. Ne was a smart, well-developed boy, and when enliste, on March 30, 1918, was assigned to the cavalry branch of the United States army, and sent to the Mexican border. He died of pneumonia at El Paso, New Mexico, December 8, 1918, pneumonia developing at a time when he was somewhat weakened, woing to inaction that followed a fall from a horse while on patrol. Charles C. Ringler was of Duluth prior to entering upon military duties. He was in the Chemical Service of the United States army, as chemist, and died at the United States Marine Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, on November 22, 1918. His mother, who now is Mrs. Philip Allendorfer, lives in Chicago. Albert Carl Robertson, who died of wound, was a Duluthian, born in the city on April 21, 1894, son of Charles and Hedvig Robertson, now of 2516 West Twelfth Street, Duluth. He also was a married man at the time of entering the army, and was employed at the Great Northern Power Plant. Enlisted at Duluth on June 28, 1918, he left that day for Camp Grant, and was there assigned to Company I, Four Hundred and Thirty-first Infantry. He was transferred in August to Company D of Three Hundred and Tenth Infantry and left for Port of Embarkation early in September. After a short stay at Camp Upton, New York, he embarked at New York, September 8th, and arrived in France on September 25th. He was in action on October 7th, at Bois de Loges, Argonne Forest, and from that time until he was wounded on October 18th, he was almost continuously in action. He died in hospital in France on November 5, 1918. William L. Robideau before the war lived at 123 Astor Street, Duluth.