Show MURPHY SAW OVERSEAS OVERSEA s DUTY new director of service division at national headquarters headquarter la Is native tive of vermont gerald J murphy tile the new of tit service division nt at notional national headquarters 01 the file american legion E indianapolis Is 19 a native natho ol of rutland vt van and hae fins served wibb the american le glou glon since the ts es t s t tt b 11 s 01 temporary n a lional toza tes in now new york lie ile was born lio lc ISM lie ho IV wat at graduated from st colle college gc winooski vt with ith uio the class of 1017 1917 ond and then matriculated at georgetown Georget George owr university liv lav school washington U D 1 0 I but left to join the tha infantry bebon bf completion 1 ion of 0 tho the year 11 ans 08 lath litt attach ached feil to the wiy ask sect ton then being formed by 13 th lato late MO willard D straight and sail ball i ed for biers overseal oversea eds a duty december 12 1017 iio iiii saw BOW service tit at the barlou camps campa in england and scotland ile he left brest in jabur january ry 1010 and was discharged from U army february 1010 1910 lie hon ho to of regimental regimen tul sergeant major but was never commissioned lie was aI assistant stant hoad of the spedit special ser vice section of 09 tl bureau of ral ra risk insurance for tarle months and was the then n called callea to bt of th american legion as assistant head ot ol tho insurance division and later of th service dIO dioron Won which took over thil th I 1 work and handled all ather claims of 01 os ex scesco men mr murphy succeeds charles P F sheridan of syracuse who tills has beez beet head hand of the tha service pervic e dIvIs division lori at national I 1 of the american legion for or it alio past eight months and who re igal ato to resume the p practice 4 of iam it 1 ilia his alive ry elfy 4 |