The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-28
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Two Valiant Yanks Start
Out to Storm MontSeC
or Perish.
TWO unsung heroes 1ChO

compliShed By thousands Of
American troops proUide the
color for the first story told TO-
day IN The Times World War
Story contest. They didn't
capture MontSec, but they
Cere aCilling.
The Times is offering prize OF
$40 for the best story OF the World
var told during the week, with s.
or the second best.
BugIer Frank T. Anderson,
company B, First engineers,
First division, whose address
is r. r. 3, Boz go, Indiamapo-
lis, tells of this UdllGnt pair.
FTP in the old Toul sector. in Feb
~ ruary. 1918, B" Company was
living for a while at Boucq, far
enough behind the lines to make
those hardened warriors think they
we're serving a tour in the S. o. S.
Inactivity and lack Of fighting
palled on the heroic souls of Horse
shoe Flaherty and his buddy, Sho-
rak. Montsec doomed up before
them and dominated the entire
country around. 1t hurt the proud
spirits of these soldiers to have the
Boche hold the peak. Though the
French had triad vainly several
times to take the hill, it did not
daunt the two warriors who resolved
to take 1t in the name of the Great
Jehovah and the continental con-
gress.
Unknown to any one, they set
out armed with rifles and several
bottles of vim rouge, resolved to do
or die. After they had walked for
about eight hours and had gotten
lost, they were met by Lieutenant
Boas, who questioned them as to
their mission. Reluctantly they ex-
planned that they were going to
capture MontSec.
After considerable argument the
lieutenant was able to dissuade them
temporarily, and let it wait about
eight months longer, until General
Pershing brought up sixteen or
eighteen divisions to help them take
the offending hill.
Myrle WorthingtOn, 1873
West Morris street, VhO aCGS
q priUGte IN Battery F, One
hundred taCenty-fomth field
artillery, Thirty-third diUi-
sion, 10ho lost a leg IN action,
comes through a0ith an inter
eSting story of General Per-
shing::
A T ease, rest, smoke" Those
IA words sounded great to us all
after an hour or so OF drill, but the
time those words sounded the best
was when our well-beloved General
John PerShing spoke them.
It was back in December, 1873
the fighting was over. except that
some of we buddieS were fighting
for our health. At that time Cen
eral Pershing was on tour of in
Spection of various hospitals in
France, visiting the sick and the
wounded soldiers who fought in this
last war.
BY luck he visited our hospital at
st. Mazaire, and the boys were glad
to think that they had chance to
see him-and possibly to get to
shake hands with the man who led
them to victory.
General Pershing entered our
ward, the amputation ward. There
we're about seventy or Seventy-flve
boys, including myself, who had lost
a leg or an arm. Our medical off,
Ger called attention. The boys did
their best to stand, Keeling and
rocking. trying to brace themselves
against the beds. some standing on
one leg instead of two.
For the first five minutes the gen.
eral was talking to the medical Of
ficer. nurses and orderly. The boys
were very weak and were getting
tired. Then the general came
through the wards. visiting the bed
of each buddy. After stopping at
four or five beds. he asked the medi-
cal officer. How many Of this type
wounded have you in this ward?"
The captain replied. All OF them,
sir"
Then General PerShing addressed
the entire ward. AT ease, rest, sit
down and smoke" We were all
glad to do so. I was standing on
what was left of one leg. My right
leg was wounded badly. Today I
carry the scare. I suffered the loss
Of the left.
General PerShing finished his In
spection, shaking hands with us all.
As he was leaving a nurse came in.
One of the boys Sneezed and it
sounded just like ne said, Who is
hep" Another buddy said quickly,
How in h do We know?" Gen.
raj Pershing had a laugh with US
I'll. He left, wishing us fast re-
'overy and good health.