Milford chronicle., 1943-04-09
LIEUTENANT MIRACULOUSLY
ESCAPES DEATH-SAVED
ONLY BY HOLY BIBLE

Note-Herewith is presented a
I letter from a lieutenant in the
U. S. Army in some far-off battle
front to his sister in Pennsylvania,
The original is in the possession OF
Rev. Ray B. White of Zareahathl
N. J.
The Wilds on Nowhere. The
Land of Death and Destruc-
tion.
Dear Sis:
In writing this letter to you,
don't know where to start first. So
many things have happened since l
last wrote. Well, to begin with, l
have escaped death at the hand Of
the enemy in way so amazing 1
am still in a daze. You remember
told you when l knew l was going
over, was going over armed with
the Bible? That Bible is the rea-
son am still here and able to write
this letter to all America.
Here is the story: My buddy and
were sent out on duty with our
equipment in the work told you
before was our job. We had, just
received information-the most inn
portant in weeks. When we were
discovered by the enemy. ! gave
by buddy the information we had
collected, told him to beat it with
it and prepared myself to face
them. It was the first time I'd been
faced with the necessity of pointing
my gun at a man and blasting the
life from his body. l thought fast;
then l said, Lord, it's your respon-
sibility now" My buddy had not
obeyed my order. He had no such
scruples. AS reached for my car
bine, shot from one of them
struck me in the breast and blasted
me down. Thinking was dead, my
pal jumped for me, grabbed my car
bine as well as his own, stood
astride my body, blasting away
with both guns. He was blasted
tOo-his knees with three bullet
wounds, but when he finished, there
was not one of them left. He was
amazed when l rolled over and
tried to get up. The force of the
bullet had stunned me. Dazedly, l
wondered why I pulled that little
Bible out of my pocket, and in utter
muteness looked at the ugly hole
in the cover. II had ripped through
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Num-
bers. on through the Pentateuch.
on through the other books, SAM
al K;nCc Cbroo;oloc aud kanf
going. In the middle of Psalm 81,
pointing like a finger at these
verses, "A thousand shall fall at thy
side. and ten thousand at thy right
hand; but it shall not come nigh
thee. Only with thine eyes shalt
thou behold and see the reward of
the wicked"
sis. when l read that verse it
raised me three feet off the ground.
/ did not know there was such a
verse in the Bible. Id been reading
mostly in the New Testament. /
read the rest of that chapter-the
first part that ripped apart. In
utter humility l said, Thank you,
precious God and felt like little
boy that had escaped the mouth OF
an enemy of prey.
When l got my buddy back to |
the post. he said, Lute-(he calls |
me Lute), I've had enough. This !
convinces me. Come OIL want to I
get right with God starting right /
now' He wouldn't let them tend |
his wounds. He said, Nothing /
matters now but this" He stayed
IN his knees sixteen hours with
.hree wounds. His body became
numb. he couldn't move it. But he
wouldn't give up. When the Lord
inally came in he moved. That .
soldier went crazy for God. He
Jumped over chairs Il mean box
es). He jumped over hunks. He
even ran outside and shouted to
he whole camp.
"Since I've given my heart to
God. and talked with the boys,
meetings and prayed with
hem, God has given me twenty