Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-27

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| EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER rccountfng
| the heroic deeds Of Pennsylvania
! service men IN the great tcdr.1
( The little town of Charleroi. Pa. sent
a galaxy of star soldiers to France.
but in the proud war records of these
men there is none that shines more
brightly than that OF Smiling Jack"
Carroll
Jack went through three big drives
with the 11Oth Infantry of the Iron
Division and didn't get a scratch. Luck
soldier returned the favor by fighting
like sixty. but on August "a he was
taken out of the front lines and sent
back to a hospital His nerves were
shattered and he simply couldn't keep
up the pace.
Now he is at the Walter Reed Hospital
In Washington. taking things easy.
When he recovers from the severe strain
OF battle he will return to his home
town and participate in a celebration
that has been planned FOR the local
heroes
Despite the fact that he does not
sport a wound stripe on his right arm.
lie has a splendid record and one that
few men in the Iron Division or any
''0''
Viewed War Prom Front Seat"
When a reporter visited the Walter
Reed Hospital one Of the boys. who left
All arm on the Chateau-Thierry held
tcId him about Smiling Jack
Go down 70 the orthonadic 1,ara
said the soIdiey ",nd aslE onyhnd,, -,
there fer Jacl; Carroll He's a shnrt
aid ys,y stuhL,- rc,to,, but ,a,i ~,
dier Hia,s rc,ir,. ,ho h,St.,a,,,rn, so,-
in tbs bosnitaI .Id avor,hod'. li,,or ,e; guy
And toll. - r,o,,, ,a .it nm, nm
,,f.n,od ~ dr,,.'.in - t. eho"
a from, anot" ~" III ''1' 'pe from
In tha a,,,,,,.,.. ,, H..
soIdi.r VOC 49,, W. "%'U ny ,Ia' @ eroi
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aI,,,. '9 e' up " '"e
nus Vi MS "ou''u'u 'ofllrHoe'
was IN Company OF the 10TH"
said Carroll, 'Rnd saw little of the
back yard row. \ Company got into the
row shortly after landing in France and
our baptism was most unusual. We had
been brigaded with the French. and late
in June were making our way to the
front in the SoiSsons sector. Up TO that
time we had not been subjected to any
heavy Smelling, but We had reached
point where We no longer considered
immune
wv" u" ny NV" Nhriis
An hour later we struck road that
threaded It's way up hilly section and
oloole TWO siN-inch shells from boche (
guns tel mo our ranks We had our .
''rs' CASUALTIES ana When they were !
'nrched up we discovered that forty
" 'ght men mad been hit. Many of the
boys hao gone west and three in partic- (
"'at MeIe ue"l iF'ehus OF mime Ihey ,
80, 'c.nn poE i,pDef. Ne-ineoE ana
,,' ,.i,a1 ~ ~ .''o,o' ', S"!ie ID ne!
, oa,,',t nrrinE'r "'" '''" escaped
Connan,. want ,,,ro,,a,, s,,,,, ,.,,.,,
lighting in July ana CnrTnu v.ho,, a.
scrjhire If Maid irih,,I. IN ,ba ,.,,, =,
r and q comnanins
we ALWAYS kent alert for t,,. ,,,,-
nris4 aita,ks," he continued .I,nt ava.
r while the Dutchmen would mt If
over That happened on the Conde
Brirr Hill. r and G Companies were
',.,i ~ ,,.t. ttn Ca,n,ans 80 a.S"s larIN
II was 80 sncc.ysf,;I
that they soon had our brother con,n..
nies Virtually surrounded. II was fine
Ieht, and the Pennsylvanians held tIeir
own against terrible odds until the am
nunitiou supply became scantN. LieuA
enant james Gee. Of our company. had
,een I'D with p and c for the nurnose of
yetting line on the enemy and wss
aleht in the fight. Ammunition was
leeded. and Gee called for volunteers
. serve as runners. These men were
o make break Tor our lines and back
through WithTing nre With muni-
.ons.
several men volunteered. but Gee,
elieHing the job too hazardous. said lie
,ould go himself. He started out, but
shen half way over ran directly into
he arms of several Germans who had :
een waiting for just such a move. He ,,
vas taken prisoner. hut despite that was :