<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Wahlangana noHelen Poteat ngesikhathi eseWake Forest. Wayeyindodakazi kaDkt. William Louis Poteat, umongameli waseyunivesithi, nodadewabo 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 eMpini yaseBelleau Wood  <response>: ngemva kokushaya isibhamu 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. 