Soldier returns to fight with US forces from Canada
Sergeant Alexander McClintock of Lexington, Kentucky, serving in the Canadian Army, recounts his gripping tale of valor and wounds. He was invalided home yet intends to go back to France to fight for Uncle Sam and the Allies, offering an inspiring personal narrative of trench life and morale.
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Alexander McClintock
Lexington
Uncle Sam
France
McClintock
Lecington
Uhta
Fritz
The Bomb Raid No 2 at Belgium Front Trench Attack
Sergeant McClintock recalls front line life in Belgium as Twenty-sixth Canadian battalion relieves British troops, holds trenches for 26 days, scouts report, gas scares, and preparation for a bombing raid to glean enemy positions. Sixty volunteers undertake the raid with heavy artillery support, secrecy, and nerve as the zero hour nears.
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Belgium
Dinkiebusch
Renningherst
Auy
Dinkiecbusch
Twenty-sixth Battalion
Fourteenth Platoon
Irenel
Hoe
No Man’s Land
Ina Trench
Dinklebusch
Dinnkiebusch
Macfarlane
Fritz
Prince of Wales
Filo
England
Jamaica
Subways Tickets Confusion Sparks Theatre Laughs
A brisk couple hurries to a Broadway theater door. The man hands tickets to a doorman and then realizes he has misplaced the seats, remarking that he put the seats in the subway. Annie and the tale end with a quiet quip about boneheads.
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Annie
New York
Pittsburg
Dispatch
Crawling Pilgrim Seeks Penitent Path to Lassa
An eight year Buddhist pilgrim from northeast of Peking aims for Lassa in eight years. He crawls on boards and kneepads, lying flat then prostrating to measure distance. He believes this penance will forgive sins and earn honors from Buddha.
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Lassa
Peking
Buddha
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