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Injured Soldier.
Charged on Gu1,
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his story until today. He admits that
he made a Small contribution" TO the
war and says he did nothing more than
any soldier would have done. But here
n his story told in the simple language
Of "doughboy."
'It was at noon on July 15." he began
..and our company had just started a
smashing drive against the Germans
For three days we had been tucked
away in the woods, and they had given
rood protection. But we We're now out
of the woods and every man was happy
AZ we advanced we were subjected to
q terrific machine-gun fire and ShellinR
but not a backward step was taken by
the Pennsylvanians We kept going
ahead, and when a man fell somebody
would assist him to the rear had
better qualify that and say that they
would assist him providing no German
bullets were IN the way.
a Daring Sergeant
"A half hour after we started for
ward Sergeant Harold Gould. Of Phila-
delphia. had forged way ahead OF the
boys and was doing wonderful work
with his rife Now that have had time
to reflect upon the fight think Gould s.
performance will go down in the COM
pany's records as the most daring in
its history. He kept crawling ahead
until he reached bunch of Germans
and, through his superb courage and
coolness, took them prisoner. As he
was disarming them a snper ended his
: life.
'As we crawled toward him we saw
him throw up, his hands and roll over
understand that the bullet went
through his head Whether that is true
J hut |. Ig
Gould. the bravest man in our con..
pany. was killed instantly.
''The Germans were operating bunch
of machine guns. and every time one
Of the peslty things sputtered one of our
boys would yell That yell meant that
another Pennsylvania had been hit.
was Included in that bunch. but, fortu.
nately, had spotted the gun that hIt
me. Dropping my gun. l crawled along
the ground and. thanks to shell holes
was able TO make a wide detour and
gain the rear OF the gun. Then I crept
cautiously up until within ten yards Of
! the Germans Three men were operating
Il and doing a fine job at K, too, II W,
merely consider the military point Of
view. / waited for my chance and
jumping to my feet. made for the trio.
'1n my left hand was my big revolve
and in my right hand I held a grenade
Y But ulun nave 10 use tTeln, Tor the,
quit A German doesn't like that close
up stun. or what the Britisher style
dirty work. Up went their hands and
like a well-trained chorus, they shouted
.Kamerad.'
Sent Them to Rear
1--WE wanted prisoners, SO I sent ther
10 the rear. My arm was giving m
considerable trouble, and when reache
a dressing station It had swollen to twic
.ts normal size. A few days later I
French communicative were brigadee
with the French-came along and pinne
this Croix de Guerre on my breast Tha
IL my personal memento of the nght
My company went in with more thal
200 and not more than forty escape
wounds"
There are several hundred soldiers a
Fort McHenry and a big majority ar
from overseas. They are recoverIn
3 from wounds. and for many that mean
hght that may last months and DOS
sibly yars. but despite their pain ther
Is not a Crouch at the hospital.
What is found at the base hospits
In Lakewood. n. j., is found at Fol
RfcHenry, namely. wonderful spir
and a spirit that means recovery for 8
per cent OF the men.
IN every ward of the institution III
Keystone State Isl represented. and. q
the nurses, say when you find Penn
eylyania you cau rest assured that !
saw oofne real sdrapping,
Herman Weiser, Of Pembroke, Is
member Of Ambulance Company No.
ard served as driver during the ear
DAYS OF the Chateau-Thierry hgh
while loading his ambulance at one
The dressing stations a boche shell
X and wounded several men. He su
(ained an ugly wound on his left arr
An hour later a secopd shell hit II
station and killed two soldiers. II
station was 200 yards In the rear
~ front line OF fighting doughboys an
ptbjseted 70 heavy are