South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-17
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PARIS. sept. rs lBy mau)-The
voice Of every corner OF America
tells This story. This is simple
transcription OF the words of yam
kee lighting boys on the cots OF ar
American hospital near Paris. It's
their story They speak for the
An erIcau contingent which made
part 81 the marvellous army OF Gen.
Naugin. stuck IT'S vicious fangs into
the German crown princes right
flank above SCISSORS. and hung on
and shook and shook and hung on
and snapped from one fierce grip 20
auother-until the crown princes
main forces came tumhlng back in
pain OFF the Nesle. across the Alsne.
and beyond. There, an Juvlgny and
beyond. the brotherhood OF arms be-
tween the Americans and the French
was sealed as never before.
IL is the voice Of that army that
speaks with one accord. though the
aCcent Doe that of New Hampshire or
New Orleans Listen 20 Sergt. Nor
man Clark. OF 80 First ST.. Edger-
ton. He speaks the way they all do.
lie says:
Vow get this right Don't let any
one think we Americans are asking
too much credit. or course, no Amer
lean unit has fallen down on the job.
Give 'em an objective-and they get
H.
And I'll tell the world fair that
this fighting for Gen Mangin is all
the same as lighting for an Ameri-
can general. lie hops into battle
20 go through And he goes through
No. sir. ne doesn't waste any men
but he gets what he sets out TO get
THE bit ne asst gned us 70 get"
and here a grin spread over the ser
@eant's lean jaws. the bit he as
signed us was Juvigny.'
And the grin broadened as he
pointed 20 the American line at Laf-
faux. q good five miles beyond Jul
vigny. as it showed on the map or
the hospital wall.
Wed been on the Vesle," he went
on reminiscently land we'd had
some hard fighting We lost a lot OF
cd men But Juvigny was our
toughest nut. so far. I guess maybe
Berlin will be harder Machine guns
was what made il tough They had
EN- everywhere. And We had 10 &C
through 'em before we could really
begin TO night.
But say. when we hit the streets
OF that town we did fight. They had
machine guns in every attick and
every cellar. I've read it when you
newspap ers guys talk about a rain OF
lead I saw il that day at Juvigny
say. the air was foggy with machine
gun bullets.
But the boys went through il. II
was a quick duck around a corner
into "A doorway upstairs or down
and goodbye 10 a machine gun
Crew-with the bayonet 1t was too
close for grenades. And these Ger
mans were game They took the
cold steel before they quit"
Jaw. git out" came a grunt OF
protest from the next cot. When
YOU get home. Sarge. you'll outlie
the G.. A. r."
This from one Pvt. Fermin Goertl
OF Butter Ranch. n. NJ. He was no
in the platoon with sergt Clark. He
had different times with his Ger
mans.
This open warfare is the dope
he declared with conviction. I'VE al
get tired OF trenches. So when thel
gave us the word TO up and at 'em
YOU can bet our crowd shook a leg
Sure. II was tough going to get into
and through that town, and TO pu'
all the ferries to sleep there. Blu
we did IL and went on beyond. Oh
course, they finally slipped me a pill
a machine gun bullet in the les
here. but believe me. they paid fol
il in advance I handed severa
Germans more than pill in the les
with that old Rosalie bayonet o.
mine. But / had to stop when they
hit me in the leg. Cause why? Gauss
YOU gotta keep on running TO figh
these Germans You gotta ruT
through their machine gun fire. anC
then when YOU get TO the machin,
guns the ferries quit and start run
ming for themselves-unti we ketcl
up with 'em.
They don't like the American
RPR ~ AMNFM