Hope Mills honors veterans
HOPE MILLS — On Sept, 28, 1918, the U.S. Army 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, swarmed the open fields near Bellicourt in France. Their mission was to break the Hindenburg Line, the last zone of German defenses on the Western Front.Among that group of soldiers were dozens from Cumberland County.North Carolina Corp. John D. McPhail of Hope Mills lost his life in that bloody French field, never knowing that in 44 more days, the Great War would be won.Sunday […]
