The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-01-12

the time of his last enlistment was 10 years, 4
months and Fl days. This with his double time"
makes him eligible for retirement $50 years serv-
ice) at 40 per cent pay. 1 "~e&
The citation describing WoodflIs exploit in
killing 19 Germans In two hours Is rather sketchy.
Here's Woodflls own account of the performance
at least the high points of IL:
W were partly screened by a low fog, but the
moment We appeared on. the crest the Germans
began to pour in shells and machine gun bullets.
The enemy was entrenched, and also hidden by
heavy green woods, and was hard to locate.
"Quick action was needed. I signaled several
men near me to get forward, and / rushed ahead
and worked my way across an opening Of about
$50 yards by crawling from she'll hole to shell
hole. Then / reached a small knoll, detoured to
the left, and worked my way until I got to- an
= unimproved road, from which I could crawl up a
muddy ditch about ten yards long. When I did
this I could see the gun position. f#
w. II didn't lose any time. I slid my rife for
ward and placed the butt against my shoulder
without exposing any part Of my body, then
raised on my elbows enough to- see the gun and
killed five gunners in the pit. One enemy gun
ner attempted to retreat, but 1 killed him with my
pistol. / then feared to remain In my position
longer, so j, dashed to cover Of the brush and ran
on to an officer, who sprang up to disarm me. !
killed him with my automatic. / had only gone
a short distance when l located another machine
gun. I crawled to q f1anking position close up
~ gun III SA1lGu v VI 1S SiSW IN enc
the gun. #& &~%
/ located q third machine gun position, and, using
the same method of approach as previously ap-
piled, i worked my way to q flank position and
then killed five of the gunners. There was heavy
firing coming from the right front which caused
me to take refuge In the enemy's entrenchment,
and as Il dashed into II ! nearly Jumped on two.
Germans who were erouching there. One OF them
started to level q Luger on me fired first. The
German doubled up and dropped his weapon. The
other one reached for his rife. / squeezed the
trigger ON him, but my gun falledS9t fire. i
dropped 1T and grabbed q pickaxe and hit the man
q crushing blow on the head. As i turned + saw
the other German had regained his pistol. so Il let
him have 1t with the pickaxe. too
Sergeant Woodfli's wife was Miss .Lorena b.
Wiltshire, born IN Covington. Ky, and d direct de
scendant of Daniel Boone. He had known Miss
Wiltshire FOR four years before he went overseas,
but they had postponed their marriage fin order
to accunaulate enough money to make the first
payment on a little home Of their own. The we'd
dfng took place December % 1877. she adds 4
anal decoratlon-that OF ''iodel Husband.
Noodnll III thlrfy-eight years Old. He stands
ave feet, eleven inches, weighs $50 pounds and
has u 42-inch chest. sSs4
Woodfll was made much OF BY Official Washing
ton. il was Il severe ordeal for him, but, BE-
ing under orders, shes bore his honars with soldierly
fortitude. II the. funeral Of the sUnkn0wn Sol.
der NJ WINS perhaps the Conserved sof nm lob
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