War's Confounding Journey of Captain Hocker in WWI Belgium
Berlin novelist Paul Oskar Hocker rises to captain in the German reserve, leads a company through Belgium and Lille, endures bombardment and trench hell, pens At the Head of My Company from the front, and returns with hair turned white from the stress of battle and the toll on his men and his world.
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Paris
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Oregon
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Soldier with 139 wounds breaks wartime record
Paris reports Rene Vidal of Rainey, a rageryist, who survived 139 separate wounds after a shell explosion raked his bed and limbs in the trenches. He endured hours of injury before aid arrived, losing substantial blood yet now moves on crutches.
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Rainey
Young gun pointer wins navy shot title aboard Georgia
J A Derowsky of the battleship Georgia captured the best shot in the navy title by hitting all three targets in one minute and forty six seconds at two thousand yards with the 12 inch gun. He is only eighteen years old.
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J. A. Derowsky
Georgia
Navy
Fought Wildcat with Fists and Club to Save Self
Prospector Whit ney Dodson of the Alamilie district in Cal fought a 40 pound wildcat at the Roy West mine. The animal attacked after Dodson tried to snap a photo, tearing into his thigh as they rolled down the mountain. Dodson finally throttled the beast, then crushed its head with a club to end the danger.
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Whitney Dodson
Alamilie
Cal
T Hing
Roy West
Dodson
Exit light joke sparks theater confusion
A man notices a red light in the theater and asks about a new exit. The manager looks for it, then reveals the light is not an exit indicator but a woman wearing a pilot wig seated nearby. The moment blends humor with misperception as audience members react.
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