THE HORSE SOLDIER
The Small Family in World War II
Below is an article recently published in a special supplement to The Gettysburg Times which honored local Adams County World War II veterans. Chet Small, founder of The Horse Soldier, enlisted as a Marine in 1945, and was the youngest of 7 brothers who served in the military during the war. He died January 8, 2010 and was laid to rest in Gettysburg's Evergreen Cemetery. Maurice Small, who served in the US Army for 3 years, was killed in action at the age of 38 in St. Lo, France in July, 1944, slightly more than a month after D-Day. He is buried in Soldiers National Cemmetery here in Gettysburg; photos of his gravestone may be found below.
Note that there is one error in the text, in column 3 of the first portion of the text, it reads ""One of the biggest reasons I decided to join the Marines was because of my brother, Maurice." The word "brother" should read "uncle".