The Little River news., 1919-04-26
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Citations of Soldiers an Incentive to Civilians to go the Limit and
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Picture this scene for yourself: the hot day in July, the heat waves daIc ing over the wheat fields, where the delayed harvest had turned the stand ing wheat dry, brown and dead:
 After his platoon had gained it's objective along railroad embank- ment, Private Dilboy, accompanying his platoon leader to reconnoitter the ground beyond, was suddenly fired upon by an enemy machine gun from one hundred yards. From a standing position on the railroad. track fully exposed to view, he opened fire at once, but failing to silence the gun, rushed forward with his bayonet fixed, through a wheat field to the gun en- placement, falling within 25 yards of the gun with his right leg nearly severed above the knee, and with sev- eral bullets in his body, with undaunt- ed courage, he continued to fire into the emplacement from prone posi- tion, killing two or the enemy and dis persing the rest of the crew"
 So reads the brief citation of an American private, who died in the wheat field to the east of Belleau Wood, July IS, 1918.
 For conspicuous gallantry and in- trepidtiy above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy runs the citation.
 Above and beyond the call of duty" How many times that sentence has ap- peared in the records of the American fighting man in France.
 Private Dilboy charged through a slashing fire of machine gun bullets. ripped and torn. with steel slugs, bay onet fixed. He was shot well nigh to bits when he stopped, but he still had it in him to kill two Germans. And he fell face to the Hun machine gun Something Above and beyond the call of duty" carried that American pri- vate soldier straight to death.
 ' His Life For. Friends.
 Here is another brief citation of a Californian who died as a man and American should:
 Above and beyond the call of duty" and there were scores of them, like Corporal Roberts drowned in the shell hole of Montrebeau Woods, October 4, 1918. Willie Sandlin of Hayden, Ky.,s won his citation on Sept. 26, in Bois de Forges. Says the report:
 Sergeant Sandlin showed conspicu- ous gallantry in action at Bois de Forges by advancing alone directly | on machine gun nest which was hold ing up the line with it's fire. He killed 1 the crow with a grenade and enabled i the line to advance. Later in the day 1 Sergeant Sandlin attacked alone and put out of action two other machine I gun nests. setting splendid example l of bravery and coolness to his men,"
 Above and beyond the call of duty" That was the manner in which Ameri | cans fought and died over in France i What have you done?
 Men From Mid-West.
 There was first lieutenant from the little city of Salina. Kan. Lieut. George Robb was in action near Sechanlt, France, September 29-30, last year. He was severely wounded | Oy AAeA~AAAC 6uA A1C, OuC AdA CO OC OA dered back from his platoon to the | dressing station before he. would go He was back within 45 minutes, on | duty. all might, establishing outpcsts | inspecting his lines. At daybreak he was again wounded. Later in the day | a bursting shell added two more wounds to those he had suffered This shell killed his commanding officer and the other two lieutenants of his | company, so Lieut.. Robb stayed on the l job. He was the sort of an American who felt something Above and be- yond the call of duty"
 Many of them died as Capt. Alex ander R. Skinker of St. Louis died, on September 26, 1918 He fell at the lit l tie hamlet of Cheppy, France, place that will be remembered so long as memory lasts by the men of Missouri and Kansas who fought with the 35th division. Says the report:
 ! Unwilling to sacrifice his men when his company was held up by terrific machine gun fire from iron pill boxes in the Hindenburg line, Capt. Skinker personally led an automatic rifleman and carrier in an attack on the ma chine guns. The carrier was killed Instantly. but Capt. Skinker seized the ammunition and continued through an opening in the barbed wire, feeding the gun till he was killed too.'
 s So run the terse, short, plain tales of the men of America who have been cited for tho sort of heroism that is deathless. Above and beyond the call of duty" They were not content to be just soldiers. They had in them something more than doing their duty It was to be Above and beyond the call of duty" and every man of them was given that glorious citation which included "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity." Will you do your share in the Victory Loan?