With a young family and bright career future ahead of him, First Lieutenant Clarence R. Green meets his destiny in a trench somewhere in France during the First World War.

From 100 years ago, local newspaper articles, his letters home and family photos tell Clarence's story.

A story of heroism and self-sacrifice

A story of a small Iowa town's courage amid the
anguish wrought by war

Read the First-Person accounts that changed a family and a community