Williston graphic., 1919-02-27
DR.. Sk0vholt Back
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18th the Americans starte,! their ad-
vance. AS you will remember the
American OF Allied Armies were in
a Triangular sector at the tim" and
Chateau Thierry was at the extreme
point.
The division with which the Doc
tor was connected started 'hoir adj
vance to the right with the hopes of
Shortly after their advance and on
the oath Of July Doctor Skovho't w,.s
wounded by a fragment Of shell
in the left shoulder. At tn" time he
was wounded he was on front line
duty and was in the thict; of the
heavy shell fire. He stated that he
estimated that at least one third of
! his associates were either Killed or
wounded.
At this time his division had pass
ed through Chateau Thierry and was
on the other side Of small town call
ed Mont St. Perc. The doctor was
quartered in a dug out under a con
crete culvert. When he came out tc
make his way back to the hospital
after receiving his wound he saw
the First Lieutenant who had
been killed outright by shell fire and
his first aid man who was helping
him at the time had his hip bone
broken by shell fire. Men were ly-
ing all around wounded and killed.
Seven Weeks In Hospital
After spending seven weeks in the
first base hospital at Chaumont
which was at that time General
Pershing's headquarters he was trans
ferred and assigned to duty at Camp
Hospital 262 near Meyers, France.
This work was comparatively easy
, compared with the work at the front
and Dr.. Skovholt learned many
things that will be Of great value to
his future medical practice. Before
his departure from France he re-
ceived q Division Citation from Major
General j. \. Nickman for tho work
he had done under shell fire at the
front. Six officers ana 20 men out
of the 4th infantry Of the 3rd Divi-
sion received Citations.
Sees WillistOn Boys
In December Dr.. Skovhot had (,
, chance to see and visit with Second
Lieutenant Jeffrey, Sgts, Christian
| son, Hogan and Charmholm, all vii
| liston boys who left here with Co. E
| lie met them at St. Afghan, France
and had quite visit with them. None
Of these boys had been to the front
but had been training men behind
the lines.
In commenting on the work done
by the various organizations ovel
there, Dr.. Skovholt stated that the
rumors in regard to the poor work
done by the Y. NJ. c. A. were untrue
and that wherever he went he saw
them at work and it was a wonder
full work they were doing. He stated
that the Y. NJ. G. A. man that was
stationed with his company was al
the front with the boys most of the
time and that on several occasions ht
would walk six or seven miles to the
rear to get tobacco for the boys
He said that the boys never kicked
because they had to pay for the to
bacco and the price was no more thar
they paid in this country. They were
glad to get it as it was almost i'm
possible to buy tobacco from tn
French and when they could it wa:
at very high price.
Glad TO Get Home
1t. SkovhoIt stated that he wa
mighty glad to get back to Willis
ton. He said "you know it is d for
eign country over there and every
thing is foreign and | would no
like to live there. A person get
mighty homesick in a place Of tina
kind and the weather was might!