The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-02-11

| soeneo' Iooked 10 the left t0Wart
Servings and the battle for Sering
was In full sway. Wave after wav,
OF olive drab clad figures were ad
vancing on the town. Machine gun,
and the artillery barrage were play
ing havoc among their ranks bu
nevertheless they went ahead.
looked to the right and the same
thing was taking place for the Dos
session OF Sergy. 1t was the mos
beautiful sight / have ever seen
Those olive drab lines advancing in
perfect formation. We were victori
Gus there, but it cost many, many
brave lads. The two yells on hill
2l2 were: Give 'em hell or heaven
and Hell or Hoboken by Christ.
mas" Our machine guns attacked
with the Infantry. Sometimes in the
first wave and sometimes in the
second wave. was gunner in that
little old fighting and we sure treated
old Fritz rough. The Boche were
not so damned easy with us either.
It was a very common sight to see
arms, legs and other parts of bodies
lying around up there. 1 have seen
shells make direct hits on a man and
when the smoke cleared away you
could not see any sign of a man;
blown into ten thousand tiny bits.
About the saddest thing I have
seen guess, was a pair of lepgs w.
Ing out on the battle field. They
were blown off the body at the hips
and there was no body to go with
them. l also saw the body of one
Lieutenant lying on the battle field
without q head. A shell had hit him
on the chin and took his head off.
| got my right leg bruised and
mashed up bit on hill 212 the last
day OF our fighting there and had to
go to the hospital France got a
little piece Of pigiron in his side
there and we went together, l spent
about month and half in the hos
pltal and rejoined my company while
they were lin" on the st. Miehl push.
got there just as the show was
coming to close. We spent three
or four days more on that front and
then had a nice little truck ride to
the Verdun front, where we were
until the fighting ceased.
We went into the Argonne forest
and laid support for few days.
We went thru Mont Faucan and were
in the thick of the fighting once more
IN the worst sector on the entire
western front. That was the Ar
sonne sector. We did the Job I'D in
irst class manner and it was there
hat the Saith brigade (167th, and
[6Sth infantry, 151st M. g. did
something that was declared impos-
'ible by army experts. We busted
hru the Kriemhilde line, the Boches
asst system of defense and captured
I'LL 2SS. 1t was pretty easy pickings |
tut nevertheless it cost like hell to |
10 1t. Finally one morning the
americans decided to break thru and
rive some more, SO thru we went
md drove old Fritz clear into and
'assed Sedan. We were relieved lust
outside Sedan and started back to the
ear for little rest, never dream
ng that the next day at II o'clock
ne great war would end.
Anyway we got the order next day
nat the armistice was "on." It did
lot sound reasonable to us, but we
lad to believe it for it came in the
orm OF an order.
Then the old Rainbow was put in
he army of occupation and then be-
an our hike to the Rhine river. We
1arched for seventeen days not
ounting the days we rested and fin
lily got here. We came thru Bel
1um and Luzemzurg and thru part
I Germany before we reached our
estimation. The river Is about twice
8 wide as the Snake, but not half
o beautiful.
Well, have liked and fought all
YER France, marched thru Belgium
nd Luxembourg and up to the Rhine
lver / used to be full Of 1lght. but
ow ! am the most peaceful boy in the
'orld.
don't know how long we will be
n duty as occupation troops. hope
OF long for am getting rather anxi-
us to get back to old Sans country .
nee more. All we do over here now !
drill and guard duty. Pretty soft, ,
d! It is compared with lodging ,
lg1ron and bullets and sleeping in
ct fox holes with a wet blanket
lrown over you and going without !
leals from one to- four days at q
reich. IL
It's too bad about the foot ball 1
Am. Wish you could have had
ne, for IL you are in love with tho
anne like myself nothing Is better. G
Our company had two barrels of t
ser for Christmas and OF course q
me Of the boys got several bottles Q
r Christmas cheer. I am not q r
man myself tho(??). '
Well, Club. give all the old timers t
y best regards and tell them / will
} back to old Blackfoot before long. 8
elder sends his best regards to all Q
you. Write often for letters from G
~ Of the old gang are always ap- Z
eciated. t
Your old side kick, IL
CORP. FLOYD KING, =
}. A. ISL M. G. Bn. saith Brigade, ,
AZ (Rainbow) Division, A. q. F. =
STAKE MEETING ~
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