Word: groot
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...DeGroot was born in Morristown, New Jersey, 38 years ago. In 1898 he enlisted in the army, was assigned to the 18th Infantry, and immediately sent to the Philippine Islands, where he remained until after the capture of Manila and the cessation of hostilities. After the war Lieutenant De Groot remained in the army, and was commissioned second lieutenant in the 28th Infantry in May, 1917. He was promoted to his present rank in August, 1917, but whether he was in France at that time or not is not yet known, because the date of sailing of his unit...