The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-17
WOUNDED AT cHATEAu-rHIERRY
Private Francis Larin Received 5rok
en- ccllarbone and Arm.

Private Francis Larin Received Brok-
en- collarbone and Arm.
Mrs. Margaret Larin or Park street
has received a letter from her son.
Francis A. Larin, now Of company c,
overseas conyalescent detachment az
Camp DIX, N. ]. The letter was writ
ten Deeea.oer :. and in it the writer
for the first time describes how ne
was wounded in the fighting in
France. He was recently trans. s~red
from the hospital to the convalescent
camp and likes the conditions much
better. AT the hospital he received
excellent care and attention but after
he began to improve he chafed under
the restrictions. AT the hospital, he
wrote, The boys are SICK until the doe
tors say they are well but he is of the
opinion that the physicians were glad
to get rid Of the conyalescents who
made things lively when they began
to get back their health.
Private LaTin writes that he is anx-
ious TO come home but does not think
it best to apply for a pass in view of
the fact that he IS likely to be dis
charged almost any day He is in
hopes that the discharge will come in
time for him to be at home on Christ
mas He is anxious to leave the serv-
ice as he had no desire to remain in it
after the war should come to close.
II suppose Private Larin writes,
you would Ike to know where was
wounded. II was on the Chateau
Thierry sector, about a mile from the
city. The French thought il wonder
ful. for il was the second battle of the
Marine Whatever it was we chased
those darn Dutchmen so fast they
didn't know what to do. The Ger
mans were in a wood and we crawled
across the open country on our sto-
machs The boys acted like Indians
They shouted and kept plugging al
every German in sight
Just as we reached the wood those
fool boches tried to -nish me. One
Of them threw something that landed
on my shoulder 1t didn't hurt much
at the time, just Ike a stiif punch. My
friend who stood next in line saw me
jolt backward and asked me where
got it, ! told him my collar bone was
busted and what was my surprise to
find that my arm. too. was in the
same fix. had him cut my pack off
and then I reported TO the lieutenant
He didn know was hit until after
told him. Then he wished me all
kinds Of luck getting back and the
rest OF them went on after the Ger
mans.
q had some distance to travel in the
open and the air seemed full OF
things that hummed like bees.
came through all right and made my
way to the dressing station. There
they fixed up my arm and shoulder
and sent me along to the hospital
The first night | was in the hospital
the German ayiators tried to blow it
up They didn't do much damage but
did Kill two people. They took me out
the next night and was under shell
fire on the road in one of the ambul-
ances. | was so mad / wanted TO get
out and scalp few of those boche
artillerymen, There we were in the
ambulances unable to raise our heads
and those miserable Germans were
trying to finish us
Well, mother, have done all that
hoped to do and | guess gave
Fritz more than he gave me, for I
took pains 20 shoot straight There
We're times when we made the boche
run like rabbits. ] am glad that it is
all over. have been in the hospital
and convalescent camp since July %
ana it seems almost two years.