Unnamed Soldier in Memphis

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3625
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Unnamed Soldier in Memphis
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Unnamed Soldier in Memphis
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
No
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In "Two Soldiers" this is the first soldier that the Grier boy speaks to in Memphis. He is wearing an "arrerhead on his sleeve" (94), so he is possibly a member of the 36th Infantry Division ("Arrowhead"), which was activated on November 25, 1940.