Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-28
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Ons Of the French soldiers savs
rife to the American, another handed
him a gas mask. He was in q sort d.
e~cstatic daze. The artillery prepara-
ton wal on and the noise was q
racking. II ceased and the barrage cur
tain Of FIRE for the attack began, {
companied by the fretful ripple Of tho
machine guns. He felt like q man born
again. Only those who have been in
it know the thrills of q great attack
the nearest thing to Judgement DAY
speculation man has produced.
All that he had learned ut The
training camps instantly came back to
him. He was the herman that he
always wanted to be. Out surged the
first French wave yelling like demons.
with the lone American volunteer, erect
and heroic, on the extreme left OF the
line striding in their advance, a pace.
maker, and of all things he was sing
ing. Hail! Hail! the Gangs All
Hcrc!" at the. top of his lungs.
"He,d US up forty five minutes, you
say?" questioned the division COM
mander savagely. His new F. {. wss
in a railroad culvert under an q
meut and the cobwebs had got in his
gray eyebrows.
Eyes" replied his chief OF stan'
who had time to talk, as each OF tns
davis detectives had been won. The
+ro,ble was 1T the end Of the woods
on our extreme risht-cnemy had q
machine.gun nest in a natural crater
Of ro,.ks. We simply could not dis
lodge them
..Then We exposed the left hank o.
the French division::' said the Ameri.
can general r%egretfully.
mot for long" said the other.
.yvon,d have but for an American lad
with blue eyes aud wavy hair, who.
strangely enough, was toting along
with their first wavc. He saw our
FIX. and after the French had PASSED
MS hanged if be didn't cross over ard
double. back on the rear of the enemy
group that was blocking US. He picked
of the Germans one by one. lnen
our bows rushed the position. Their
rescuer was bumped off before they got
to him, shot through the forehead.
The usually p%hlcgmatic chief OF stan
ouaycred in his voice slightly as ne
added Here's all they found on him.
The general examined the photo.
cra,h Of a very pretty girl, upon the
back of which was written: .s
Bon chance! Mon brave Ameri-
caine."
WHO was he?" he asked.
Probably some A. w. o. L., who
lost his way into the fight, as he had no
Identification tag" said the chief of
staff. These runaways often throw
away their tags to prevent the NJ. T..
making a case against them it caught.
1 have asked brigade headquarters to
telephone the instant his body is idcn-
tilted. That is the brigade ringing
now "
Let me take the message said TIN
general. reaching for the transmitter,
continuing into the telephone: 1cS-
this is division headquarters. What
Say that name again. You are sure Of
it: Well. l am damned! Telephone
the name to the rear cchelon aud say
that there will be no necessity for. Z
court martial, also Tor the judge advo-
cate to get back the records from corp,
headquarters. and tear them up. Havs
the statistical bureau furnish me-yes,
it is the division commander speaking
with bis next of kin and address.
As the general went forward to *.
anime another chateau suggested fol
his next P. Q. he was heard to mutter;
And l thought him a cowsrd-yellon
to the core"