Pvt. Paul Sechrest - Ambulance Corps

 

Paul Sechrest is 17 years old. He was born at Womack Army Hospital, Fort Bragg, NC. He is a senior at Massey HillClassical High School. His interests include martial arts, forensics, rock music guitar, and handgun target shooting. He hopes to join the military as a light arms instructor. He has a Siberian Husky named "Bear" and hunts squirrels.

The red badge on his hat signifies that he is in the ambulance corps. As such, he is authorized to remove wounded men from the field of battle. Infantry soldiers were considered "shirkers" if they stopped to help a wounded man during a battle. The red badge informed the officers that the stretcher bearer was not shirking., and hopefully discouraged the enemy from shooting at him.