{"id":568,"date":"2014-06-24T08:31:44","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T08:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/characters\/?p=568"},"modified":"2014-06-24T14:38:21","modified_gmt":"2014-06-24T14:38:21","slug":"adventuresome-youth-garner-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/characters\/adventuresome-youth-garner-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Adventuresome Youth (Garner-2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_579\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-579\" style=\"width: 176px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/characters\/files\/2014\/03\/ualr-ms-0048_na_na_pho009_cc1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-579\" src=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/characters\/files\/2014\/03\/ualr-ms-0048_na_na_pho009_cc1-176x300.jpg\" alt=\"J. E. Garner at the Arkansas River\" width=\"176\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">J. E. Garner holding a prehistoric jawbone found in the Arkansas River, ca. 1924<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Garner had his first taste of European adventure when he enlisted in the U.S. Army as an infantryman toward the end of the First World War, headed for France. In Garner&#8217;s war-time journal, he comments on encountering a U.S. Negro division from Battle Creek, Michigan, the horrors of battle, and the joy of Armistice Day. After the War, Garner enjoyed leisure time in Arkansas and Louisiana. In the early 1930s, he began his career in journalism and broadcasting.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_665\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-665\" style=\"width: 287px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/characters\/files\/2014\/03\/ualr-ms-0048_na_na_03_pho002_cc2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-665\" src=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/characters\/files\/2014\/03\/ualr-ms-0048_na_na_03_pho002_cc2-287x300.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of J. E. Garner, ca. 1930s\" width=\"287\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/characters\/files\/2014\/03\/ualr-ms-0048_na_na_03_pho002_cc2-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/characters\/files\/2014\/03\/ualr-ms-0048_na_na_03_pho002_cc2.jpg 981w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portrait of J. E. Garner, ca. 1930s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_571\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-571\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/characters\/files\/2014\/03\/ualr-ms-0048_na_na_01_01_doc03_character-coll.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-571\" src=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/characters\/files\/2014\/03\/ualr-ms-0048_na_na_01_01_doc03_character-coll-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"World War I diary, 1918\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/characters\/files\/2014\/03\/ualr-ms-0048_na_na_01_01_doc03_character-coll-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/characters\/files\/2014\/03\/ualr-ms-0048_na_na_01_01_doc03_character-coll.jpg 1009w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">World War I diary, 1918<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\"><div class=\"entry-summary\">\n<p>Garner had his first taste of European adventure when he enlisted in the U.S. Army as an infantryman toward the end of the First World War, headed for France. 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