Early Life
Born in 1899, Van Schelle spent the early part of his life in the United States. Living in Chicago, Illinois from 1904 to 1918, he lost his mother Annie when she was killed aboard the RMS Lusitania when it was sunk in 1915 by a German U-boat. This resulted in him joining the American Expeditionary Force which landed in France in 1918 as a doughboy. Following the end of hostilities of World War I, Van Schelle stayed over in Belgium to help the nation rebuild.
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