Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-18
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wife In tho world" he said he had
been located since the war at Fort
Thomas. Kentucky, adding: you see,
I wnnt to bc there as much as pos
sihle because my wife lives there"
Aft,r he had been induced. with
some difficulty. and by some coaxIng
from his wife. e. talk. he. proceeded
90 tell of his experiences In Franco.
TT was Just n little more than three
ycnrS ago that the event for which
wAs decorated occurred" said the
pcrxcant. "Ycs, I can remember II ALL
right" he continued. "and even now
sometimes have dreams about Il. II
happened this way:
AS nrst lieutenant I was sent to
the SiNtioth United States Infantry Of
the Firth Division late i'm 1917. My
regiment embarked at uoboken ana
sailed on the transport PHILADELPHIA
April iG, 1918. While in active train
Ing nt Hadolhnssc and IIadolhautc
during which we did patrolling princi-
rn'lN, I met with n severe accident
which scnt me Co tho hospital. Angus,
IT, laiS, the regiment was relieved I
Nlmco and started marching 10 the
~ Mihicl sector. our mission there
having been completed under Ma ior
Leo ~. Davis. we proceeded To Bier
court, In the Arronne. by truck. ar
irving there October 4. In the Ar.
ronno. while advancing. enemy ma
chino runnors and artillery concen.
fratod heavy IRE on us. Some drop.
ped into shcllholcs. was forced &c
take cover I'm a dummy trench. not
sleep enough 60 hide the back on my
hnck. They kept M the heavy fire
lnocking dirt and rocks over me and
punctuiing my raincoat Fritz hat
m, guessing. ! wrote n farewell not
ON tho back OF little photo of .
dear loved one, my wife. did mo-
npcct 90 survive. However. the enemy
tcinr pushed by Nank troops. suddenl,
ceased niing. That was while rcliev.
inr the 3ta,h Infantry. The relief W.,
completed.
HILLS Seven Germans.
AT daylight. October 10. we WEI,
ordered over the top for combat re
Nonnaissanco. \ terrific harrag,
forced us 20 dir IN Tor shelter. Th'
enemy was>hoavily intrcnchod au,
rhroudcd. saw the necessity TO
quick action and. signaling seveca
mon 60 follow me, crCpt by detour
ing on q sun position could see.
slid my rifle. raised on my elbows an,
killed five runncrs an the pit. ON
gunner attempted 90 retreat. l killo,
him with my pistol. I dashed int
cover of brush and ran into an of
flccr in hiding. lie attempted 90 dis
nrm me. ] killed him with my auto
matlc.
"rhcro was continuous firing by tina
time. Tho enemy had been slippin
through and was sweeping the wood
with IRE. Having lost control Of m
sompany IN the dense wilderness.
continued to advance by tskinr covei
\ located another machine gun afto
n short distance. Crawling into
flank position I sniped (killcd) five q
the crew ana silonced the gun. cror
sioscr TO IL and encountered three Gei
mans carrying ammunition 20 IN
Hun had Just silenccd. We sa'
each other at the same time. The
yelled kammcrad' and dropped the
equipment. ! captured them and ser
them to the rear.
Finds Third Nest
II advanced but "A short distan,
when | encountered n third machir
gun and. using the same methods
had before applied. ! worked my wa
a. n flank and killed five OF the gur
yers as they took their places at n
sun. The heavy overhead fire fore,
me 60 jump into an enemy trench +,
cover. "As | dashed into IL l near
jumped on two Germans crouchir
there. One of them reached for h
lupcr tpiston. but ] fired first. Il
doubled up. Tho second was reachir