Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-29
LIEUT.. I. D. AM0Ry
AN AMERICAN HERO
Determined Soldier Who Fell
While Leading a Charge at
the Head Of His Men.

On, ~ tho hravc-t 81 the heroes
whose memory Dclawarcans viii cs-
p,eialy honor tomorrow IL the late
Second Lieutenant Thomas II. Amory.
son ~ E. T. Amory % laos West
Thirteenth street. who was killed In
action near Ncrdun, France, cn
October 9, 1918. This heroic young
puldicr was one ~ a group of 100 men
out ~ 5000 600 to be- awarded Dis-
iinKulshod service Crosses Tor bravery
and the citation he received az that
TIM. was f,ting testimonial 20 his
courage and endurance. u read ns
follows;
second l.ieutcnan, Thomas II.
Amory. deceased, Twenty sixth ln>
tantry, For extraordinary hcroism In
action. near Ncrdun, France. October
!? 1918 Lieutenant Amory took out
n patrol of - men. penetrating the
enemy lines Tor the purpose q re-
runnuitcifnr terrain. over which an ad-
vance was to hc made on the follow
ins murninE. when his patrol was
flrcd on hy machine guns from all
slj,s. this officer led three of his
uh'h iNfNhn W tl'Ai ln' llh'nlhe
sun meets. placing the rcst Of his
men under cover. lie succeeded In
overcoming one ot thce nests and
Milling the crew, but a- he was ad-
vanvlnr on another gun. located in
n house about 10 yards away. IAcuten-
sn, Amory was Killed 10y machine
SUN bullet. his last words being 1--WE
Viii take that nest or die trying
Tho citation was issued by tho War
Department and signed by tho COM
mendcr. IN chief. rcrhaps the most
outstanding phrase of tho citation.
Rnd one most typical OF Lieutenant
Amory was "thla officer led three of
his men forward a. clear the machine
Sun nests. placing tho rest of his
men under cover" u was Just that
SELF acrincinE characteristic. and his
anxiety for tho welfare ot those in
hts charge that cost him his life,
hut wun for him the undying graft
tude Of His country
Ito had been Choacn to load the
patrol by hts major. who. perhaps.
read IN the cycs uf the young VIII
minstun officer the courage and will
power that he possessed. end knew
him Co have the ideal, that are in
hcrcrt IN q good soldier Lieutenant
Amory was pleased hov-like, over his
iuh and hcsan ~ with tho earnest
hess tha, was characteristic Of all
bis actions
ied the Way Through Fire.
A, he wns going IN tho face ~ tho
machine run hre no made his mon
sand heck--hc wanted To- save them
ns much as posslhle. lie placed his
sergeant. "iamborn" Marlborough
three wards further ahead. aud then
went ~ three yards to take FIRST
position himself Ito led his men FOR
ward with laush. remarking gaily
g. a companion that I'VE will have
twin beds together at Ncuilly No. Il"
pu' on low mound he charged, head
hHh. smilc ON his lirs. exposed ic
Tho enemies. with his mon stationed
e0ely tehind I'm n hole, a machine
sun bullet from tho enemy line.
struck him NJ he stood thorc. and he
dropped dead. having heon killed. IN
stsntlN Hts sergeant tried 20 hrinr
tho body hack, hue he had limp arm
irniling from his shoulder and he
could Mt manage q
Where the Young lieutenant had
fallen the fichtinp w. intense. SO
hard that tho entire force had TO fight
DAY 90 set out "a far rs he had
Nentur~d. His squad Of men guarded
tho body emid the FIRE and when ths
American forces were in control a,
that ground u was buried. right vher,
- had fallen. A simple slab. of IN,
Kind that was IN general use during
the war was placed over the grave
Loved by His Men.
a clc-e friend and COMPANION a
Lieutenant Amory. Lieutenant Charlie.
kids.ly, I'm writing 60 the dead sol
dicr's father, y. J Amory. said: wv,
lived together and worked together
came 60 love him as my own brother
never saw "A man who was so cheer
ful under tho hardest kind of circum
stances ~ he wac. Nothing got hi
nerNc--his smile and laugh sus
couldn't DO got And for that his mer
worshinped him"
Later Lieutenant Eidg,ly told q
another little incident that testife,
Co tho regard IN which IAeutanan
Amory was held. IL occurred ius
sftrr tho lieutenant had been killed