This is downtown Louisville, 1940s, when buses came to pick up all the men to go to war. A moving picture when you think of all the people affected by this war.
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John F. Garrard was born in 1909 to Willton and Marme Garrard in Winston County, MS. Garrard was born into hard times: the nearest city to where he lived, Louisville, MS, was small with a relatively low income. He grew up with eight siblings: Luther, James, Irene, Joe, Cora, Willie, Alvin, and Willis. Garrard worked on his family farm part time until he finished the fifth grade. Once he had his basic academics completed, he worked on the farm full time, a concept that was commonplace in early 20th Century rural Mississippi. Due to the rapid mechanization of farm labor, less hands were needed in the fields; with eight siblings still at home, John decided to enlist in the United States Army in 1942. It is still unknown as to when PFC Garrard was married, as he was listed single upon enlistment into the military, but his military headstone inscription and internment record show a Mary A. Garrard as his wife.