World War I started in 1914. The United States joined that war in 1917 and into 1918. During that time period my father, Earl Finifrock, lived with his parents, three brothers and a sister in their homesteaders' dugout in Montana, about 20 miles from the closest town. In October of 1918 my father's brother, Percy, who was 18 at that time, received a draft notice in the mail. It... ...read more read less