New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-30
2 Transports Bring
Back Generals and
Air Squad Heroe.
The Sixaola and Car,...
Reach Harbor With NJ
Thrilling Stories of valo|
of Americans at the Fro,,

Sou"s american aviator from {.
attic who was shot in the nsck -
lying some eighteen hundred fest
Metz came home yesterday win
group Of wounded casuals on the t,..
port Sixaola. His engine was da,n.~.
and the wings Of his plane cut IA =
oons IN the fight, and he vas partly -.
alyzed by his wound, but he outton r.'
the enemy and managed to drift -.
and futter over the American r..
where his airplane crashed to cart.
This daring airlnan, who went .,..
nearly two years ago and few viii ~
French before America went ir.o a.,
war, is Lieutenant Paul D. Coles NJ =.
Dist Aero Squadron.
He had two bad spills and d..
fights alone with Germans wbo
numbered him, and, except for n. -
let at Metz, escaped without seriou.
jury. Just as soon as his nerve, =,
put in shape he expects to r.k.
flight over Seattle.
Has Not Lost HE No
ar -,
49,, nave :, oeen nying for nearly Ia,
yeals, ne saio' and II isn't ny fauh
lilat 4 was not Killed. I've taken some
S s, chahces ana nave had few bas
nalia' 1ut Sonleho" was never bsdly
-, nt.us9eo up Hiuch when my plane BIZ
''i1 glouho.
.,,,.'.ol % we niedi,est tails got oc.
49,. 81 ~ :, "a gus Mh.a we were scout
MAJ ~ ~ Tei ma" roKkers around s.,
. COO g. " too mo cloud about To-
b,,nct - c - ,.lu "osed right into q
LII 80 va -, Iei nan
] hit at US. and We gave tbe s1", d, .n aey
were looking for. 7 would have sts s,,s;
until the finish had it not been for IL.
shattered condition OF my plane. wb;rl
they peppered with machine On,
bullets. | managed 70 work oyer on,
lines after this encounter. and the,
she dropped fast and hard about ON
! feet 20 earth. | can't understand urs-
/ was not killed. 7 was shaken I'D. bp,
broke no bones and hardly had hrnis.
+ About ten DAYS later the GERMAN,
I nearly got me around the same sec,or
went out on scouting expedition
and, flying above a cloud ran into
! flock Of twenty enemy planes. | say
what was up against and don't min;
saying that I blazed away at the near
est plane and beat it nome as fast As
7 could. They finally shot NE dow,
but ] managed TO lard safely. When
fellow goes GU. looking for somethinl
in the air he usually finds it. some,
times a little more than he bargansi
for. The worst experience 7 haVa hal
since | have been fvjnr was the aigh
over Metz on September Is. when sr
them attacked me at an altitude Q.
$4,000 feet.
E;c.t o,o~ ou;.t,.,
f''''
~ Vas euicA scrap ana 'houga'
They had ME Just where thew ws9ted
me and there was no escape, 1 thought
MY alternative was TO fight tnem 70 3
finish. had a raster machine thai
any OF the Germ ms. | could almos
talk TO 1t and make It DO anything .
wished. lockeyed Tor position ant
sent two Germans crashing downward
he others gave battle, but more eau.
tiously, and within i've minutes then
fire was cutting my plane 10 pieces
Finally one OF the machine gun bullets
hit me in the neck and suddenly be.
came numb. Gradually the sense o,
feeling returned and | headed Tor our
lines.
with the return of sensation II ny
hands and legs ] soon realized that
was dropping and had little or no cor
troll over my plane. can't tell lus
how | got down | Topped and TWISTED
through the air for about three miles
and struck in Allied territory. Sont
Of our boys found PIE, pulled me out o.
the WrecAage, and ! spent two months
IN the hospital"
Whlie IN the hospitai Aieu'e1 n;a
$3.50 u waS !eUoinIi' e AOi '''
I'm 3 ~ '''e'' ''0i ' i0e u 0Ss'
67 Veterans Brought Home
Tho Sivoo1a b,onob+ over fftv-ons
of;co,.a ,,;,0o ,,,a,, and eoven nays
H;nrs . r,', +bo'r, ,,.ore rsntsir
Tban,a- Nv tv.t.o, oe rord an lac
Who v.ae "a r.onnd ; bv - r,scb;ns CUT
b,,1Io+ =, A,I9,'-et ,-.,,ia fsbt;ne g..
Fir FIN. u.;4;, +be a. ios,b Infan7rv: Lieu
ta .o.,,S H.su-ood HolJon ~ New Re
cbeIio T'bo 49, es,-,-ed 80, 10 Americs-
49, so,,ad~co ~, - % front iof
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pon ~ - nspo'C Na!DasV, 49, srriyst
ii'oIueauN WIN 'ns Sl@Aota Atlo a, s;.ts,
neio solne zen hours a-lS' n.t r.' IN
snip mace port cropped s'e r;S ii.
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