Paragould Recruits

People gathering at the Paragould (Greene County) train station as dozens of young men prepare to depart for the European fronts during World War I; June 1918.

Large crowd gathered around steam train at depot building with words saying "one hundred and twenty boys leave" written on photo

From the World War I Photograph Collection (BC.PHO.3.D), courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System

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