Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-01-10
$4,000 Policy Taken Out By
Corporal Ratley, of Sumter, For
Red Cross Before Shell Hit Him

sitiOnS and captured the first row OF
machine guns for several hundred
yards, forcing US to retire Bernard
told us he was going to recapture his
gun if he died in the effort, so he stole
away without permission and surpris-
ed the four German gunners, who were
manipulating the gun, shot two OF
them down and when the third tried
to escape by runnig he Outran him
and whipped his pistol from his
pocket, and blew his brains out. The
fourth German was captured by Gus
Williamson, of Macon, who followed
Green.
Green left us at Newport, as we
were going over, and went back tc
Macon and married Macon girl. He
came back to us huppy as kid, but
we couldn't smile with him for we
knew that a telegram was waiting in
the Office, telling him that his bride
had died since he left her in Macon
After he read the message he never
valued his life one moment, and told
us as we were crossing over that he
was going to stop the first German
bullet which was aimed at a Georgia
man. He fought with reckless cour-
age and placed himself in the most
dangerous places, and and shrapnel
got him at last, but not before he had
received a D. M. C. for the recapture
of his gun.
I'VE were in the front line at St. Mi
hiel and it was here that we lost our
lieutenant, who was Robert Lore, of
Macon. We had stopped and he was
standing in front of our company
and he had just given the order dig
in when bomb got him. We carried
out his order, but we felt just like fell
lows who are digging graves for their
best friend, for Lore was loved by us
ALL
In the ST Mihiel drive our division
captured a German university, which
was full of students of art still at
work showing how completely we sur
prised them.
Captain Peacock, of Macon. had
charge of our company and he receiv-
ed his promotion to major while we
were on the St Miheil front. He cried
like child when left us and / think
most of us cried, too, for. he is great
fellow and were sorry to part with
him.
Il was gassed at St Mihiel and they
sent me to the hospital and would not
let me go back to the front until one
day a lieutenant from Atlanta came
into the ward and I made an appeal to
him and through him got permission
to Join my company in time to get into
the Argonne fight.
"a funny thing happened while we
were on the Alsace front Harry
Tucker, of Macon, always had said
that German bullet would never
make him duck He said he was go
ing to stand straight like a soldier
till they struck him to the ground,
Well, one day while we were crossing
a field on the Alsace front German
bullet pierced the shirt of the unbend-
ing Harry and tore the back part of it
off him. From that day Harry was
willing to duck when he heard the IA
nliliar z-zziz of German bullet.
Private Otis knight. another Ma
con boy, who was a member of my
company, was killed at Chateau
Thierry. He was advancing with a
machine gun on his shoulder when a
shrapnel exploded and got him. 1t
was the same shell that got Sergeant
Green.
Jake Hollis, of Forsyth, got his
ear blown off at Chateau Thierry, and
we told him to leave the gun and
crawl into hole that was near by. He
refused to do it, and because he was
so bloody we went to him, pulled his
hands from the gun. and forced him to
get into the shell hole. His head kept
bleeding so profusely that we begged
him to go back to the rear and have it
treated. After awhile he consented,
but he had gone but few steps when