Arizona republican., 1920-07-04
[. N. !. TRUCKS HAD WONDERFUL RECORD
 WITH RAINBOW DIVISION IN FRANCE

Rhine. As companions in arms they were faithful hardworking and re- liable Never will I meet a GMC with out feeling that I have glimpsed a for mer comrade.
 And to tell just briefly what these GMC trucks did in France is to tell their value
 After our preliminary training in France we were transferred to the LuneviIle sector where we were bri- gaded with the fourth French army on a wide front During our stay m un1s vicinity we evacuated 500 casualties with the GMC's. As the cars were practically new, we had only minor troubles. From there we went into the Baccarratt sector. the first to be taken over entirely by American troops. Up to the time of our com ing this questionable line had been practically dominated by the Germans and their artillery was especially ac- tive and efficient. This made it necessary to evacuate all the wounded at night, and the inexperience of our drivers in handling cars over shell eDrn roads, without any lights, in creased the number of casualties among the trucks. In this sector we
 took back 1853 wounded.
 The division was then thrown on the
 Champagne front, and took part in the battle in that sector. It was here that the Huns were stopped at the beginning of the attack for the first time in the war. Our division was the only American outfit in this action.
 The majority of the casualties were from artillery fire. Due to the highly cultivated state of the ground in this portion of the line (the ground was rich in germs, making our wounded particularly susceptible to gangrene) immediate evacuation was necessary, as a few hours delay made a slight scratch fatal
 Constant German shellfire, with nightly bombing raids by the BoShe aviators, destroyed our advance hos pital, so that the wounded were sent back more than 50 kilometers. There were 1880 men carried out by our GMCs during this action, and part of the time the ambulances were under fire, as the German artillery shelled the roads almost continually As soon as the Hun advance had
 been stopped here the division was
 rushed to Chateau -Thierry by train to relieve the 26th Division and four French divisions. In this battle we evacuated not only men from our own division, but from the adjoining French and American forces, and the same | long distance had to be travelled as had | been in the Champagne defensive. | From the chart you will see how com paratively few repairs were necessary, l although we evacuated 1SO officers ana | 5,469 enlisted casualties.
 1 GMC trucks also took part in the l St Mihiel offensive under severe road ] conditions.
 l Because of the cold weather at the l time of the Argonne- Mouse offensive
 there was a large amount of sickness. ! dysentery and fever in addition to the l battle casualties. It was necessary to | evacuate the wounded 50 kilometers 10 l the rear over shel1-torn roads, already | congested with troops going to the front in the offensive. While our re- 1 cords show that the trucks only evacu ated 75 officers and 5000 enlisted men of our own division, they carried thou 1 sands of other sick and wounded sol | diers.
 After the signing of the armistice came the march through Belgium anc l Luxembourge to the Rhine. The GMC l trucks went into this hike without any ! overhauling following the last battle l service Some of them were badly | riddled with shrapnel and machine guT | bullets, one truck having S5 holes IT it's body. When we reached Germany and checked up our records we found