Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-23
TAX LIST
BLIND ExEM pr,
EDDIE WEISGRABER
 PLAYS HERO PART
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 Continued from Page Five) that hole an,1 the little water we had m our canteens was soon exhausted Neither of us was able 10 get to our lines without assistance and hell let loose all around us. We ieorned aft CT being rescued that my pal had pleaded in vain to attempt our rescue after he learned of our whore abouts but after several men lad tried to reach different pals to aid them in several cases failing anu paying tha last great price for thei- efforts, my pal, so I was told, put ifs plea to our o. c. AnC was given the chance to try to affect our rescue as we were the fartlaat o--t ~--7 may De sure his efforts were watched by every man that could see without exposing h1msef to the enemy md a cheer went up when we were hack in our own lines on the way to the hospi- tai that has never had an equal. One ot my mates peeped over our crater and saw my pal coming cur way. lie called my attention to what was go- ing on in that direction and what I saw then will forever be a picture in my mind. There was my old pal nak- ing his way towards us. crawling wriggling, stumbling over hodies antI through mud or wreckag9 with the smile on his determined face that we all knew means business dc or die trying and water that we so badly needed. l know that my tongue anr throat were literally on fire from lacl; of water an1 had he failed to retStl us I'm sure l for one should never i,c writing this letter now. hut he die succeed and after what seemed an age to us he dove into the hole wit} our salvation for the present, al leasf Fritz sure put some iron around tha@ hole for a few minutes I can assure you. but no one came from his line 70 finish all of US thanks to Inc tune of our bullets singing over our heads as we croucned in that muddy hole. I can't say how long we waited before t became dark enough 10 attempt the trlr to our own friendly lines. but we started soon as we thought we had 9 half chance to malia IT, I went first Private Weisgrabe" carrying me across his big. powerful shoulders and body in the way we are taught and thank Cod we mado the trip: how We ever did I can never tell. Then with another man he started over again and succeeded in bringing the other two 'ads in safety. For that 't-NF' '', VIII tti hN c<N UC q liCTO )n l1e ctas of every Canadian for that decd spread like wild fire His reward was , fourteen days le2En and rom what hear he sure found good time in Paris r [ fail to meet him in !rance again, I surely will meet him when iin boys iand in raaa.ia and his ?e"ari from III" and ul% reople will he great. Surely tho lads parents ar@ proud Of such g son ard no doubt Norwich win respect tho hero who Of fe!od his life that pals ,,iay live. Thank God his life has thus far been spared, surely for q bigger and better rDZnose than to stop 3 H<'s bullet
 This affair has happened some time @Go and we had had some hot work nrevious to that affair, but never had aTe~ given LID hopes of living as I Tad then. 4 short whin before that was fortunate in having Privat. Waisgraber in my platoon when we i'aided and captured two machine gun hosts at the commencement of our hig offensive. and no man showed more daring or skill with 6 bayonet and. rife than he did at that time. remember a rather amusing incident on one afTair when one of the prison CTS we had, made 9 swing at my pal with his fist Instead Of putting his EaVonet through him. Private Weis- graher dropped his rife aud proceeded to do the big Bavarfan up in true American style. Wherever he learned t0 handle him fists I could never find "::t. but I'll swear at any time that his ability in the art Of self defence is Q, K. Quick as a cat ard a punch like pile driver. Mir. Ravarian was 2. we'll suhdued customer in a few minutes and walked quietly hack with us to the cage.
 ! was also on that cscarade ir mich we were ourselves taken pris- oner by the Germans I was the most surprised man in the world, when my pal started to speak vel fluent German to our captors when we reached the r'rison camp at Munster Shortly after we had made plans for and carried out our escape. Thanks fn our hero and his ability to handle that difficult language we succeeded after rather a hard five weeks of Sleeping by day and travelling by night and sealing our food on the way in reaching friendly soil again. It was no fun l can assure you in the cold rain falling most every day and nc covering of any sort in tie way of heavy coats.
 My comrade had evidently roughed t before, for he always took things so easily ana made the best of every opportunity. have made various enquiries since being in England and have learned that since the fall of 1916. Private Weisgraber has been on missions for our allies to Italy. Malta, Egypt. Lemnos, Gallipof, Bel gtum. 10 say nothing of various trips in 1918 to parts of Germany proper in the guise of a German corporal. What information has come to our hands through his work for us has been of a very valuable nature and it is with pride that he boasts Amer tca as his country. although of Ger man parentage. Private Weisgraber has proved a hundred times over just where his heart is and from what I can see lip 10 date all true Amer!- cans are Of the same stamp. That's the country that1l put the punch in this world war that will finish it with vicory to our arms. w. ai.e indeed fortunate in having such IF ally with US and we are prouder than speech can tell the world to lave men iron: Gods country as they all call it, right in our own army. They are ever