Evening star., 1927-09-26
ARMY DAREDEv|LS
! WILL Do "STUFF"
Tank Expert and Aerial Hero
Will Participate in Mill
tary Exposition.

Two of the Armys most famous
daredevils are here to play spectacu
lar parts in the sham battle, military
exposition and carnival at Washington
Barracks next Friday and Saturday.
Capt. Serene Brett. who Gen. Charles
p. Summerall, chief of staff says is
probably the toughest man in the
Army" arrived today to join Capt,
Frank o. y. Hunter. who is reputed
to be the Army's foremost stunt flyer.
Capt. Brett will drive his tank over
a INT contact bomb, which will blow
it several feet off the ground This is
his pet stunt Capt. Brett is also
known for his penchant for telling
huge trees by butting his tanks nose
against them and for driving tanks off
railroad fiat cars six feet above the
ground.
Decorated Five Times.
Capt Hunter viii be a leader in the
air sham battle that will be a feature
of the show. In addition he will put
on his list OF private stunts that earned
him his reputation.
As An A. +. +. ace he was decorated
hVe times for extraordinary heroism,
severely wounded i'm fight with two
German planes. hut managed to re.
turn his plane safely to its hangar.
once, with one other plane, he attack
ed Elk enemy planes, destroyed one of
them and forced the others back of
the enemy lines. Four days later, lead.
ing patrol of three planes, he at
tackled a formation of eight, brought
down four of them and forced the
rest to retreat. He accounted for two
of the casualties himself.
Separated from his patrol at Liny-
devant-Dun, he saw an allied squad
ron of seven hard pressed by a for
nation of 10. He attacked two planes
at once and destroyed one of them.
When five enevy planes bore down
on him he attacked and brought down
a second victim. AT Bantneville he at
tackled six planes. brought down one
and forced the rest to retire.
Parachutes Save Life.
Since the war he has had color
full career. Twice he has depended
upon parachutes to save his life, his
plane being wrecked in each instance.
His back was broken in an air acci-
dent and he had a remarkable recov-
cry to active duty condition.
Capt. Brett was met at Union Sta
ton this morning by a delegation
headed by Capt. Harry Hodges Semmes
of this city. Capt. Semmes himself
had a remarkable record, winning the
Distinguished Service Cross and Oak
Leaf Cluster.
During the operations along the
Rupt de Mad he escaped from his
tank, which was completely submerg-
ed in water, but finding that his
driver was still inside he went back
under machine gun fire and rescued
him. Near VauQuois he left his tank
under severe rifle fire and personally
reconnoitered a passage for it across
the German trenches. remaining on
foot until the last tank had passed.
He was severely wounded in this act.
Wartime Appearance.
Washington Barracks is taking on a
wartime appearance as preparations
Tor the show go on. The large tents
chat will house side shows and ex-
hibits have been erected along the
west margin of the parade field and
the east side has been cleared for the
sham battle in which the fight at
Madeline Farm will be re-enacted
with all arms participating.
Among the spectators will be rs
wounded veterans from Walter Reed
Hospital, some of whom were wound
ed in the fighting on the Argonne of
which Madeleine Farm was part.