Cleveland County herald., 1919-05-08
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 GO THE LIMIT. WHAT BOYS SACRIFICED Read These Records Of Heroes and Then Consider the Little You
 Have Done.
BOYS SACRIFICED

Have Done.
 Picture this scene for yourself: the bot day in July, the heat waves danc, ing over the wheat fields, where the delayed harvest had turned the stand. ing wheat dry, brown and dead:
 After his platoon had gained it's objective along a railroad embank' ment, Private Dilboy, accompanying his platoon leader to reconnoitter the ground beyond, was suddenly fired upon by an enemy machine gun from one hundred yards. From standing position on the railroad track fully exposed to view, he opened fire at once, but failing to silence the gun, rushed forward with his bayonet fixed, through a wheat field to the gun em' placement, falling within 25 yards of the gun with his right leg nearly severed above the knee. and with sev' eral bullets in his body, with undaunt. ed courage, he continued to fire into the emplacement from prone posi- tion, killing two or the enemy and dis. pcrsing the rest of the crew"
 So reads the brief citation of all American private, who died in the wheat field to the east of Belleau Wood, July IS, 1918.
 For conspicuous gallantry and In, trepidtiy above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy" luns the citation.
 Above and beyond the cali of duty" How many times that sentence has ap- peared in the records of the American fighting man in France.
 Private Dilboy charged through a slashing fire Of machine gun bullets, ripped and torn with steel slugs, bay onet fixed. He was shot well nigh to bits when he stopped, but he still had it in him to kill two Germans. And he fell face to the Hun machine gun. Something Above and beyond the call Of duty" carried that American pri. yate soldier straight to death.
 His Life For a Friends.
 Here is another brief citation Of a Californian who died as man and American should:
 Above and beyond the call of duty" and there were scores of them, like Corporal Roberts drowned in the shell hole of Montrebeau Woods, October 4, 1918. Willie Sandlin of Hayden, Ky, won his citation on Sept 26, in Bols de Forges. Says the report:
 Sergeant Sandlin showed conspicu- ous gallantry in action at Bois de Forges by advancing alone directly on 6 machine gun nest which was hold ing up the line with it's fire. He killed the crew with grenade and enabled the line to advance. Later in the day Sergeant Sandlin attacked alone and put out of action two other machine guo nests, setting a splendid example of AraveTy and coolness to his men"
 Above and beyond the call of duty.' That was the manner in which Ameri- What have you done?
 Men From Mid-West.
 There was first lieutenant from the little city of Salina, Kan. Lieut.. George Robb was in action near Sechault, France, September 29-30, last year He was severely wounded by machine gun fire, but had to be or dc~ed back from his platoon to the dressing station before he would go. He was back within 45 minutes, on duty all night, establishing outposts, his lines. At daybreak he was again wounded. Later in the day 8 bursting shell added two more wounds tn those he had suffered This shell killed his commanding officer and the other two lieuteEants of his 80 Lieut.. Robb stayed on the job. He Was tic sort of an American who felt something Above and be- yond the call of duty"
 Many of them died as Capt. Alex. snder R. Skinker of St. Louis died, on 26, 1918. He fell at the lit tie hamlet of Cheppy, Fracce, a place that will be remembered so long as memory lasts by the men of Missouri and Kansas who fought with the 35th division. Says the report:
 Unwilling to sacrifice his men when his company was held up by terrific macAiy.e gun fire from iron pill boxes in the Hinderburg line, Capt. Sfinker leG an automatic riiieman snd q carrier in an attack on the ma chire guns. The carrier was killed instantly, but Capt. Skinker seized the and continued through an opening in tne barbed wire, feeding the gun till ie was killed too"
 Sc rln the terse. short. plain tales of tn, men of America who have been cite;s 1or tho sort of heroisin that is deatG,ess. Above and beyond the call or duty" They were not content to k,- ..ust soldiers. They had in them som U ing mere than doing their duty It s to be Above and boyond the j--., l >,P