The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-11-15

full ~ hfae1 ana hsNtAA Tea wSce
CRAZY VITA tssr and hesrar and r~&Ase
aasss ths u4rs unsii cans< 10 -
ss0e had ta&s tsrusd 6ewa tAS iAae
wAea spznetAinx lnslGs os nss sessns4
10 ssy. -L<ek arv~nA@ / I'D 90 tsk
l~s caasAs ms On ~ Inn sASssdes, u
dsa rot Asrs nncA. l~st fsit ~ n sssns'
sa~ had raacA%d me n she kaek. ase
tAsm ny len ssde wens asrah ~ as1
wss daAssins nks . rss, ! fsii fsr1are
10 stttiag posafien. nss aa ~ fsas
had le&y unr aad I was cc@snms1 Win
rage and cursed tia 0ss~sa srsssasA
with my right AAnss fsas u ~ tmnss
For ny 0rxt~aia a. shell ASssH6nS, -
FEELING ever my tanic msy kasd cAass
m censxrt VITA enc Ut ths ks~uhs sAssA
I carried, ursppins II. t~aasd ~ PIN
out With my tessh Ard hitn1ay thsSw u
towards the German trvacA Mame
have been aus Of my head heeaSss !
wxs chly ten fe@s tnsm the srvneA asA
took Z eaancs Of being msMxsed n
the hensh had fxli~d 10 ~ tnas the
tr~neA l would have heea hss~a -
bits BY the exylesaaa 4 my swA b~shA
Ky tho Fare AT The @xriasson ~ 40
boah. which tueksiy landed u tAetr
tr~neh. | raw one btx Recae thsvs -
his arms aud fail hacAwsrta, xhgl~ ~
ride ne~ inta the cir. An1tAse 80
wfi.sd and fell forward serees -
1s~maa~gss~tA AiAekness. ...... ,.......,
Realis.as what fnolhardy and rsay
thing I had Aea~, was assin ssts<A
with horrible ts&f. I di~sxed iaysef
to my fest and ran nA1sy dssn ~
lane Through the harAs6 wisM ssuxn.
hing over cst wireA tearing ny ~
Form, aud lscerstang ny hands -
legs Just u ! wam about 10 vaeA
No Mans Land again. that name vsles
seemed 10 say, s-ruru areunA" I ~
sa when. 'scrs>A." another buiieA
casxh, me. this tine ID the lett sh1sk
der ahou, onehAif inch away srcm u
ether wcand, TAea n was taps for m
The itxhts west cut.
when ] came - I was ercucAing n
Z hois In No Mas Land. iris pA&a
hole was about thsee fest dssp, - thai
II brought ny head rev tnehss h<sev
the level n th* srvund How ! rsarhsA
this AelS I WIN never know. uermaa
"typ~wTttesr- wsse trsverxlng kAsa
and festh In No Msn's Land. ths kul
lets biting tho *dss u my shslI hcss
End throwing dirt al cveF mes
Overhead ahrapass vAs hsrstias.
could hear the fSasmsnss slap the
ground Then I went eat oucs marM
When esms to everything wss saie~es
and darkness In No Man'a Land. !
was soaked with blood and hiS 6spI
FROM the wound In my chess w~s hAne
Ing arsr M aaesSA, Ths htpsd, I'm. y
Ming frcsn Dis Zap chotsd me. Out q
The eos~sr At NJ ssash I wsuld ~
ard blow II kack. but II wswi1 ~
move. rsscASd tn NJ shelf dse~sae
and tried, with eas hAaA. 10 haAAaes
ny fscs IN pssveat ~ Gov. Aae
IN awful horror u hissdins - AsatA
and wSs gsesias vsvy faiat Yss vssa1
have laughed v ~ had ssse ~
lSdierUua attempts Of AasdagiAg Win
ooe hand The paiaa ID ny wcsaAe4
shoulder wsrs awfui and I WAS sstS1ao
SICK II The stomach. gave W IL
bsndssing stunt ~ BAD jsh. ard tAaA
faihted.
When came to. hell was n, ieosA
An intense bsu,ksrdmaat vas on ~
on In. whole my position WIS d~csdeA
~ anp,eassrt Thea. suddenly. 80
tarrsGe cea.SA The stisncs ainea
burt, tat not fer long b~csuss rrtA
turned loose with shrapnsl. sackiss
Tuns, and nae nrs. Then an sios9 %
line rnrns Z cheer and aGr boys cara
over the top 10 . charge The frM
~sse was cosnre.~d Of "Jecks" Ths3
we're q magnificent dEAt. kii,a. aaprsao
ia the wtsd. bars knres showing. A.
'hsir bayoasts gssss~sing la IN 6s1
ware ,ha, passed my she'll bols. css =
the "Jeckx," sn immense fellow, Ab~sl
STA feet two inches In height jnneeA
stret over n~, On this right So I'M
~ me srverst soldiers 10 enlss~d kt31es
were hadAl~d On me grsund tASS ~
cane Tire se~ona wave. slso ~1e<kAs
One younx Acottts, when - eame
shreas, of NJ sAeil bale. issss1 ~
the air. bis riAs sAoctiss es< - ~
hands isnAiag sbsaf six fe~t il fsMm
Of him. hsysnes ers1 and stssx h ~
lk.aaA, thu hsts tr~mhiiAs Thfn -
pres~es me greatly.