Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois. He went to public school in Oak Park. In high school he wrote for his school newspaper. In 1917 he graduated from high school and, instead of following what his parents expected he didn't go to college, but went to work for the Kansas City Star, a newspaper.
When he graduated World War I was going on in Europe. Hemmingway volunteered as an ambulance diver for the Red Cross. On July 8, 1918 fragments from a mortar shell injured him. He then carried an injured Italian soldier back to an aid station, even though e had 100's of pieces of metal lodged in his legs. Along the way several machine gun bullets hit his legs. This bravery earned him the Italian Silver Medal for Valor.
In 1920 he moved in with a friend in Chicago. He then fell in love with and soon married Hadley Richardson, in 1921. In December of the same year he and his wife moved to Paris. …
