![]() ![]() He was in the Corps for a year as an enlisted man assigned to combat intelligence, but the war ended before he was shipped overseas. He returned to the United States and worked on a local desk of the Associated Press for about six months before joining the Marine Corps. ![]() ![]() His army career ended abruptly, however, when he was dismissed by court-martial in Ireland after traveling two miles beyond the official limit to see his girlfriend. After the United States entered World War II, he was sent to Europe, where he served as a battery commander of field artillery, rising to the rank of captain. In October 1939, Foote joined the Mississippi National Guard and, with the mobilization of his unit the following year, became a sergeant in the regular United States Army. Carter often chided Foote for writing fiction instead of tending to his newspaper responsibilities. (age 89) Greenville, Mississippi, United Statesīetween 19, he worked on an intermittent basis for Hodding Carter's Delta Star, which became the Delta Democrat-Times. ![]()
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