My brother Bruce Kelly wrote the following article on Alonzo Richmond 'Lonnie' Green. He died of combat wounds in World War I making him Sugar Land's only soldier killed in the Great War. His story is well worth reading. The small park at Wood and First Streets is named after him.
I have a small bonus to add to Lonnie Green's story. I found the following postcard in T. C. Rozelle's archive. It's from Otto Martin to a Sugar Land resident, Mrs. I. G. Wirtz, Sr. (I'm not sure Otto was a Sugar Land resident.) He sent it a little over a month after the War was over. He must have served in the occupational forces stationed in Munich, which saw considerable tumult after the Armistice.
Anyway, it is a good example of mail soldiers sent back home. Otto was in Battery A of the 344th Regiment in the First Artillery Division, if I'm reading the card correctly. I presume that's the censor's approval at the bottom center of the front of the card.
Anyway, it is a good example of mail soldiers sent back home. Otto was in Battery A of the 344th Regiment in the First Artillery Division, if I'm reading the card correctly. I presume that's the censor's approval at the bottom center of the front of the card.
