 They were among the first to enter the war and were still engaging attacking Japanese after the Armistice was declared.Edwin Forrest Harding was born on September 18, 1886, in Franklin, Ohio, the son of Clarence Henry (Larry) Harding, the manager of the Harding Paper Division of the American Writing Paper Company, and his wife Lilly, née Woodward.Forrest was educated at Franklin High School and Phillips Exeter Academy.