<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Wahlangana noHelen Poteat ngesikhathi eseWake Forest. Wayeyindodakazi kaDkt. William Louis Poteat, umongameli waseyunivesithi, futhi engudadewabo kaProfesa wezincwadi zakudala kaStallings. Babethandana phakathi nayo yonke iminyaka yabo yesikole. Wathweswa iziqu e-Wake Forest College ngo-1916, futhi wathola umsebenzi wokubhala ikhophi yokukhangisa yehhovisi lendawo lokuqasha. Yayikholelwa kakhulu encwadini yayo, kangangokuthi yajoyina iUnited States Marine Reserve ngo-1917. Washiya iFiladelphia ukuze ayosebenza phesheya kwezilwandle eFrance emkhunjini i-USS Henderson ngo-24 Ephreli 1918. EFrance, wakhonza njengomkhuzi we-platoon ne-3rd Battalion, 5th Marines ngesikhathi kulwa eChâteau-Thierry. Walimala emlenzeni ngesikhathi  <response>: Impi yaseBelleau Wood ngemuva kokuhlasela isidleke sesibhamu sesitha ngoJuni 25. Ngemva kokuncenga odokotela ukuba bangamnqamuli, waya ekhaya ukuze achithe iminyaka emibili ebuhlungu elulama eBrooklyn Naval Hospital. Kamuva walilimaza lapho ewela eqhweni, futhi laphulwa ngo - 1922. Eminyakeni eminingi kamuva, kwadingeka ukuba anqunywe nomlenze wakhe osele. Ngemva kokuqeda ukwelashwa kwakhe, uStallings noPoteat bashada ngoMashi 8, 1919; baba namadodakazi amabili, uSylvia owazalwa ngo-1926 noDiana owazalwa ngo-1931, ngaphambi kokuhlukanisa ngo-1936. Ngo-1928 kuya ku-1929, babuyisela iPoteat House eduze kwaseYanceyville, eNorth Carolina. NgoHelen umalumekazi wakhe ngokushada kwakungumdwebi u-Ida Isabella Poteat. 