During World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

, Hazel Carter of Douglas, Arizona

Douglas, Arizona

Douglas is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. Douglas has a border crossing with Mexico and a history of mining.The population was 14,312 at the 2000 census...

 stowed away on a ship to France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 to stay with her soldier husband, Corporal John Carter.

When her husband was to be sent overseas, she tried to join the Red Cross so she could be near him, but was not accepted. She wore an Army

United States Army

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uniform to conceal her identity. She was discovered and sent home. She died while her husband, John, was still overseas.