Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-01

WIN Two service stripes lndlcatlnB
a years service, of which he Is justly
proud, with n story which would ex-
cite the most vivid of imaginations,
one of=Perth Amboy's own heroes and
a survivor of the famous second or
lost battalion" 30Sth Infantry, nth
division, Sergeant Joseph G.. Kennedy
of IS Lewis street, Unexpectedly ap-
peared in this city yesterday morning
following his arrival at Hoboken Mon
day on the large transport, America.
Sergeant Kennedy, who in his year
of service overseas has gone through
some of the most exciting and at the
same time gruesome experiences that
1T has been the fortune of any dough-
boy in h A. T.. F. to experience, said
concerning the terrible four and a
quarter years carnage. II would not go
through that again for millions of
dollars, although l was more than glad
TO go over and did my bit of fighting
while there"
Sergeant Kennedy, the first drafted
man of the nth Division was induct-
ed into the service and donned khaki
on September z, 1917, and was sta
toned at Camp Upton. He made the
overseas trip in April of last year on
the British steamer Cretic, landing at
Liverpool. The division was first en-
camped at Dover and was then con-
< GU otlOSo III GildilhGl ellh 0loCAA-
barked at Calais. They were sent to
a small village in northern France
on the Arras front where they SER
we'd as reserves for the British await
ing for a long expected attack by the
boche which never came.
Then the division was dispatched to
the Lorraine sector to relieve the 42nd
division and ii vas there that the big
sergeant had his first crack al the
hnnhn H. UnC pnrn a nv Gnfnnr hpinr
the crack shot among his mates and
his trusty rifle accounted for many a
dead German. 81 do not know for a
fact" said Kennedy, land 1 would not
say for sure whether I ported any
poche at all, but l think l got quite a
few"
The division then moved up to the
Vesle front and on the way We're
"straffed" by an intense German bar
rage of high explosive shells which
accounted for many a good dough-
boy. I'VE went over the top there"
remarked the sergeant, "wading
through a river waist deep n we
cleaned them up, advancing several
kilometers. We-held the lines a few
days and then were relieved by the
Italians, going up to the Argonne
terrain"
I'VE started on September &c and
jumped off nearly every day, licking
Jerry every time.@We got caught in
the trap then for six days and ! did
not have anything to eat during that
time. 1t was terribly cold and we had
no ~overcoats or slickers to keep us
warm or dry. We were surrounded
on all sides and tried to cut our way
through, sending patrols out every
day. Jerry attacked us with al emf
lading fire and sent over some troops,
but we drove him off every time.
Then came the 307th division, who
broke through the Germans and re-
lieved us. We went back, got fed up
and cleaned up and on the following
day started on a hike of about ten kill
ometers." 1t vas here that Kennedy
was promoted to the ~sergeancy for his
efficient work as a sniper.
They then went up to Grand Pre- for
a much needed rest and their ranks,
which had been badly depleted from
filled up again with new arrivals. Co
ing to a small town, Oches, the divi-
sion again wen over the top and
smashed through the lines to Stonne,
six miles beyond. we then kept 60
ing on toward Sedan" related Ser
| geant Kennedy, land we licked the
stufing out of Jerry. We had them on
the run and they had to CO."
The nth were nearly in Sedan
when the armistice came and they
were sent to the Mouse on guard duty
for several days. Orders came to
move along and the division hiked
to Chaumont, the headquarters of
General Pershing, where they rested
for a month. Moving on to Cham
paign, they remained there till they