The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11

service medal. l0OSe VINO Tedu Ju
Eats!" in these columns a few wee.
ago, will enjoy these letters, for tn,
were written by the same kidd.
Dearest Mother:
Headquarters, Second Div
vision:
"Oficers and men of the
second division:
at is beyond the power Of
expression to describe fully
my admiration for your hero
ism. You took Mont Ridge,
the key stone to the arch on
tanning the enemy's main for
tiications, you advanced be-
yond the ridge breaking the
enemy's line, and you held
the ground gained with a ten
acity which is unsurpassed in
the annals of war. AS a di-
rect result of your victory the
enemy was defeated east and
west of Rhimes and in full
retreat, and by drawing on
yourself several German div
isions from other parts of the
front, you greatly assisted the
glorious advance of the Allied
armies between Cambria and
st. Quentin. Your heroism
and the heroism of your COM
RAIDS who died on the front
will live in history forever,
and will be emulated by the
young men of our country
for centuries to come.
ITO be able to say when
this war is inished-I be-
longed to the second division,
l fought with it at the cap
ture of Blanc Mont Ridge
will be the highest honor that
can come to any man.
(Signed) John A. LeJune,
Maj-Gen., U. S. M. c.,
Commanding"
Which is an awful line of bull al
= is seemingly an essential requir
ment in the abilities of a general
throw such stuff. But we were Wi
TO it and weren't surprised when v
showed off for the front three da.
later. o, we were wise to them bal
in the days of the war, which seen
80 have blown over somehow al
left the Germans with a lot mo
whole skin than they rate getting /
with.
A week later. Quite a little int
val in time, and also in kilometer
Who would have thought that tn
thing would end for us in what "
might call pedestrian trips throug
central Europe, or "hobnail hike
through Hunland". We have ha
completed Il trip to that beautif,
river, where eventually We'll kee
Die Wacht am Rhrein in its mo
strictly modern sense. Gee, l shou'
say.
Ever since Dad told me what
nice river it is l have had an ambitio
to see it. l have always had a hume
we'd get there but hardly eXpecte
that | would have nothing to do bl
enjoy the scenery on the way.
The trip has been one to
forgotten, especially those three da!
we were marching through Belgium
l wish you could have seen the trea
ment we received. I wish you cou'
have seen the villages decorated wit
the Allied flags, so many of the.
from stripes of colore
cloth. If you could have seen tho'
streets dressed for the great day vii
evergreen bows and tinsel, besplanG
ed spruces, the pennants readir
"Honheur aux liberateurs" ITO Il
sons of true freedom, etc. If "
could have seen the dancing, heal
the laughing and the shouting al
eel the joy in the faces of tho
people, then perhaps you could ha'
understood the gladness of the
hearts.
"Vive la Amerique" was the sho
we received at every turn. And viii
every man stood, head barred and u
covered as our colors passed, WON,
leaned far out of the windows al
with faces beaming, arms outstretc
ed and fists clinched, shouted in
manner that was almost frantic "Vi'
la Amerique! Vive la Amerique".
And so we passed through Belgium
A trip that will never, never be Il
gotten. Twenty-four hours behil
the Huns, marching through BELGIUM
A country that we all admired al
pitied, but one that we now love. T.
things that we saw and the stories
the villagers are things that set y,
thinking. And now into Luxembul