Service
Oct. 1917 WW-I:
Pvt. Kenedy H Davis (Sr) had been in France only two months when he was gassed while his company of the Army Corps of Engineers were attempting to build a pontoon bridge across a canal to push the Germans retreat. Two weeks later , at the 11th instant, of the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month of 1918, ARMISTIS DAY (today known as Veterans Day) and the war ends. Kennedy spent months in the field hospital recovering. Loosing one lung and suffering significant damage to the remaining lung. He was discharged and returned to the family home in Indiana. Unable to compete with the (aprox) 4.4 million uniformed men discharged in 1918-1919, his carreer as a btidge carpenter was over. The U.S. government awarded able bodied vetrans a certificate to homestead 160 acres (1/4 section) as partial payment, and in gratitude for their service. Disabled vertans were offered certificates for additional acrage depending on their extent of disability. Kennedy was given a certificate to homestead 640 acres (one full section). Kennedy was instructed by doctors to move to a DRY climate, so he, his new bride Althea and a couple they were friends with moved to Arizona.