The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-11-14
DIED A HERO's DEATH.
Lieutenant Wright Dixon Gives Ac-
count CT Captain Dixon's Death end
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Lieutenant Wright Dixon Gives Hc-
count CT Captain Dixon's DEATH END
Burial.
The following account of the kill
ing in action of Capt. B. +. DIXON
Go. K, taken from letter OF Lieut..
Wright T. Dixon. machine gun COM
pany, 120th Inft Goth division, twin
brother of Captain Dixon, to MS
brother, S: J. Durham, of Gastonla:
Il give you the version OF one OF
his sergeants: We were out on the
tape at a. m. Captain was the cool
est man I have ever seen. He was
walking around in front Of the COM
pany, getting every man In his place.
and seeing that each had his proper
eouipment. He was smoking his pipe.
He had all the men to lie down on
the tape. After the barrage came he
ordered the men forward to follow
him. He had gone about three hun
dred yards when he was shot through
the right leg just below the knee by
a machine gun bullet. This did not
break his leg, but only went through
the feshy part of his leg He coolly
unwrapped his leggin far enough down
for me to wrap a piece OF bandage
around it and bind it up. AS the bar
rage was advancing only one hundred
yards in four minutes we did not get
much behind. l asked the Captain to
let me take him back but he refused
and we caught up with the first line
again, and Captain hmping along.
When he had gone about eight hun
dred yards, the Captain was again
wOunded-this time it knocked him
down falling on his face. He got on
his feet and l examined him while
leaning up against me. This time he
! was shot through his left upper arm,
the bullet going through his arm and
the muscles of his back. This time l
tried my best to persuade him to go
back. He shook his head and told
me, my men are going too fast
| they are going to get under that bar
rage unless l am there to stop them.
I am going on
! "'He started off on half trOt hold
j ing his hand over his arm. At this
time the smoke barrage was put on
and you could not see two feet in
front of you. I kept UP with the
Captain until lost him but l heard
| him say, Slower, men, you are get
ting under the barrage.' He stopped
: long enough to light his pipe, and ]
| saw him again. He was in front of
! the company, and although he was
Emping, he was going ahead. Ihe
shells were bursting about our heads.
and we slowed up. When we slowed
up, heard Captain say, Remember,
keep your heads, and reach your OBJ
! jectives." That is the last command he
gave and the last time I saw him be-
cause l tripped up about that time
and fell into a shell hole. He was
killed about twenty-five yards in front
of this place. That is where he was
| found
ct can add nothing to this-a
simple description of soldiers
DEATH This was about a. m. Sun
day, September 10Th. 1 did not know
that he was hurt until Monday morn
| ing when 1 learned that he was killed.
1 went out and found him, with head
to the enemy, lying on his face, A
piece of shrapnel had struck his side,
penetrating his kidneys. We buried
him there on the heights that lead
down to the Hindenburg line where
he can always watch the line he did
so much to take. For we took the
Hind line at it's strongest point,
and pushed out and beyond it, and
| pitched our quarters in this much
| talked of stronghold.
Ben had been named to be a ma
| jor, l am informed. 1t makes his sac
rifice all the greater that he knew he