The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-07-10

turned from overseas Friday July
5. He was born in Bon Homme
county Feb. 4, 1896, and after
completing his common school
education, completed a business
course in business college in O.
maha. When war was declared
against Germany by the u. S., he
and his elder brother, August, en-
listed in the U. S. Marine Corps,
July 18th 1917, and then spent
four months at Mare Island, Calf
in training. From there they
went to Quantico, Va, and after
two months, on February 6, 1918,
sailed from New York, overseas
and landed in Brest. Shortly af-
ter, August was assigned to Pay
Detachment, U. S. Marines in a
clerical position and has been in
Paris to The present time. Syl-
vester, however, went to Chatillon
and after two more months OF
training, was appointed instructor
for new troops and a month later
went over the top at Belleau
Woods, immortalIzed in prose and
poem. He was one Of the 5000.
U. S. Marines who stopped the flu
rious onslaught of 10000 picked
Prussian guards at Chateau-Thier-
ry June 1st and remained on that
front until July 10Th. From Cha
teau Thierry marched to the Sois-
son front and reaching that sector
on July 10th, went thru the ter
refc fighting there and was one of
the twenty-one of our men that
was left of 220 from his Company
after three hours Of battle with
no artillery support, and distin-
guished himself by capturing
eight Huns single handed. He
then participated in the great
drive at St. Mihiel on Sept. 11th,
but after five days was taken
down with the Flu" and laid up
for three weeks. Regaining his
health he went back to the firing
liue and foughtin one of the great
est battles at Mont Blanc which
lasted continuously for ten days.
On November 1st, he marched to
the Argonne Forrest with his
Company where the last big Of
fensive took place where a ma
chine gun bullet struck him in
the left side of the neck and gra-
zing the spinal column, severed
one of his ribs at the junction and
lodged in his right shoulder close
the surface. He lay unconscious
on the battlefield for about half
hour and was given up for dead,
but regained his sensibility and an
hour later was taken to field hos.
pital for first aid. This incapaci-
tated him for two months and
half; when his wound healed he
was sent for duty with the army
of occupation at Leutesdorf, Ger
many, on the Rhine, where he re-
NAMED until April 13 and then
placed in "a hospital at Nantes,
France for treatment as his wound
began to cause him trouble, where
he remained until May 18th and
then sailed for the U. S. landing
in Brooklyn May "a, from which
place he was sent to Quantico, Va
where he received his honorable
discharge June 25th. On his way
home he made a stop at Omaha
for a short visit with relatives and
autoed home with John Kressl
and his family from Omaha. He
was member of S4th Company, 6
Regiment, q. S. Marine Corps.
In mentioning his experiences
there he stated that one thing
struck him very odd at Coblenz,
namely, that the men, if they can
be thus called, seem to have no re
gard for their wives and the wo-
men in genral. On tramway or
street car big fat Hun puffed his
way into car with his wife and
Immediately one of our boys offer
ed his seat to the woman, where
upOn the bio sion her husband