https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/c75518af3d80d533f7ee7e6b2d8c53e1.jpg 1f28c7c367293c8cae09ffb366843a47 https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/6137cc692d351458781bb4fd1e6303ef.tif 69d9b65a630f78194c7da7f6caf6fa5e https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/569f072bee5dcdfb6586166edcf8b776.tif 48e4bfad35bc9c6a9ac35faace850675 https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/442ae5049a5239ff3ef6ad796bff4869.tif 3dc13c39d826bfce323a08deddeb6607 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1914 Person An individual. Last Name Sandy First and Middle Name Thomas Olden Jr. Biographical Text Sgt Thomas Oldham Sandy, Jr., sailed to & from France aboard the ships Siboney & Rotterdam with the 319th Ambulance Company of the 305th Sanitary Train. Soldiers of the 305th Sanitary Train of the 80th Division sailed to France for WWI on several ships, USS Mercury, USS Siboney, or USS Huron from Newport News & Norfolk, Virginia, in May, 1918. The Sanitary Train consisted of the 317, 318, 319, and 320th Ambulance Companies, the 317, 318, 319, and 320th Field Hospitals, and the 305th Sanitary Train Headquarters. The sanitary train returned to Hoboken, New Jersey, on the USS Rotterdam from Brest, France. The soldiers boarded the ship on May 20, 1919 in Brest France and arrived in Hoboken on May 31, 1919. Once ashore they were given refreshments by welfare organizations. They proceeded to Jersey City by ferry and then by passenger coaches to Camp Dix, New Jersey, for out-processing. All their possessions were sterilized in a steam sterilizer which was very effective. Any thing leather shrunk to a much smaller size. Sanitary Train was decommissioned on Jun 9, 1919. (Reference: “History of 318 Field Hospital” (2019) by Thomas Nelson; U.S. Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939) Hometown Burkeville, Virginia County and/or State Nottaway County, Virginia Birth Date 10 March 1892 Birthplace Burkeville, Virginia Death Date 25 April 1938 Place of Death Burkeville, Virginia Parents Thomas Oldham Sandy Sr. and Sallie Miller Sandy Spouse(s) Inez Miller Sandy Children Thomas Oldham Sandy III VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1914, Two Year Agriculture Program Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Agriculture Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Ambulance Company 319, 305th Sanitary Train, 80th Division Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Sergeant 1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet Did this individual appear in the 1927 booklet "Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the World War"? If so what page? No Bibliography <ul> <li>Virginia, U.S., Department of Military Affairs Records, 1876-1947 for Thomas O Sandy</li> <li>Thomas O. Sandy Jr. - Virginia World War I History Commission Questionnaire</li> </ul> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sandy, Thomas Olden Jr. questionnaire