Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-22
AMERICANS
REMARKABLE
FOR NERVE
American Pep Has Given
Germans Greatest Sur
prise of the War.
(By E. II. Tostevtn.)

(By f. HI. Tostevfn.)
American Base Hospital No. 6,
France, June 18.-'Scout around and
see If you can find anyone from the
- company regiment, marines.
Ny brother is in it, and I'd kinda
Ike to know how he's making it,
asked a chap in the hospital this
morning.
Today two hospital trains came in
with some 500 United States soldiers
been making history at Chateau
Thierry and that sector.
AS a convalescent I vas able to play
sleuth on a search for news for this
twin.
Fact and everyday life over here
are not only stranger than fiction
mere fiction is hopelessly out Of the
running. For. by the time I had re-
turned a fellow out Of the brothers
company had been brought to the
ward and bunked beside the anxious
one: I came in to report, but saw
there was no need.
Propped up in bed. bandage around
his head, his eyes flashing with tx
element and pride. Roy Judd yelled
at me. "hey, I got the dope. Bill,
here is out of my brothers platoon.
Says that the last thing he saw of
Ralph, he was acting lieutenant, the
fellow alongside of him had been
wounded. another one was killed and
he was plugging a Heine who had just
shot an American. Seems hat all the
officers of the company were killed or
wounded and Ralph as senior non
commissioned officer was in COM
mand. They tell me that he had
blood all over his arm. but he was
standing up giving the Dutch hell"
No worrying about this brother. He
may have been wounded, perhaps
even but the boy in blighty isn't
worrying. He is rather seeing a pic
ture of his brother standing beside his
machine gun and with his automatic
revolver splitting American death at
the Heines.
This afternoon I have visited and
seen approximately 500 wounded
haps thirty wards and never heard a
groan.
Whats the use Of whining" said
one artillery man. He had a piece of
shrapnel through his left shoulder
and a machine gun bullet through his
jaw and skull back of the left ear.
Hurt like hell for a while, but /
haven't anything to groan over COM
pared to what I handed about a dozen
Boches before they got me-"
AS 1 have remarked before there is
only one word in the English Ian
guage that describes the Americans
seur stand aghast at the "guts" of the
Sammies.
Back from n wildly contested
point on the American lines stood
(maybe it's still there) a French
farmhouse. 1t and the stable in the
rear were constructed Of stone, and
were siezed by Red Cross and army
units for use as a first aid station.
Following their usual practice.
German gunners let drive at it with
their heavy artillery. One big shell
hit the roof of the house and sent a
shower OF rocks and roof tile and tim
bers into the room used as a dressing
station. Miraculously none were hurt
This originally was the dining room
OF the homie. Large and plentifully
lighted it was ideal for the use it was
put to. Men were rushed in here,
tourniquets and bandages applied on
the battlefield examined. replaced OF
changed n the men then taken to
the stable to wait for ambulances.
Shell after shell burst about the
MUSE dAo Iueu Hudily one MT the
roof.
Rush those ambulances," yelled a
doctor. Get out all the men who can
walk, We'll dress the rest up and have
them ready for you as fast as you can
move them"
Never a suggestion Of evacuatine
the place for q safer dressing station,
Stretcher to the right Of you, stretch
err to the left of you. wounded men in
all directions waiting attention.
In came another sergeant out Of the
til engineers.
Pretty crowded in here aren't you,
elbows. Guess I'll stand up and give
you more room," this engineer
sergeant remarked.
Ten minutes later it was his turn.
The doctor used as he was to the in.
desirable "guts'' with which the
American soldier stands his wounds
stopped a moment to take a closer
look at his patient A piece OF
razor edged high explosive had ripped
his left thigh from just above the
knees to the hip.
Got that fixed, Doc,' he asked.
Eyes. anything else"
Well, I've got a hole in my right
leg that feels as though it might be
pretty good sized"
The doctor found a big sized wound
In b. calf Of the leg.
Now, Doc, II you'll fix up this hole
In my arm. I'll be through" Their
and o till hen he added, have yor
a chair, guess I'd better sit dowr
while you e the arm, and say, car
l have a glass Of water"
Three Wounds finally dressed. thi,
American calmly got up, walked into
the yard and d%isdaining help used hi.
one good remaining member, his righl
arm and pulled himself into the am,
bulance. He is recovering now, nice.
~. OF course he is; nerve like tha1
cannot be overcome.
That is only ono striking example
On my rounds I had a chap yell a;
me: Aren't you ont. of the lslth. I
was II. c. Poor Of Dickinson. N. d,
What hit your" I asked ate,
greetings were over.
Got q hunk Of high explosives /,
the hip. Don't hurt much. But wha;
have you heard from home?s
I told i'm an the home news I knew
Of The chap in the bed next to hin
was taking It al in and finally dred
question Of his own.
I'm from CazDelton, Pete Dunno
|. enlisted last year when the war wa,
declared and was assigned to til
Both Of these boys arr doing nne.
iEar ? -.