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War—(Continue*! From . . . — Peg* 1)in.the front., She'' areas;';.. E v Oiry movfe-i wVmMe during the'. i months ot: -June,;'JjHy: and August brought .us closer-;fo' our, major-operations, the - St. Mihial' and Meusfe-AxgonneV We- 'entered - the :. St-. iviihiel' salient in. the. latter part of SepteMbsr-; between the- towns \ -:cf; Poii;iSii|2'SdS aMTirmy. Aftera- week or - so/'-we wept back for ;,. short restf-A r/{ ■ '■ .\TheP -ion ftp;.the Meuse-ArgoiiPP - frobt. Bodjdm trucks with; Qiinese .. drivers f op-a/few days, tihen hik-•; ed/the rest;of The wayl..:'■ - We ' ' relieved;;:.tbe • ■ 28th:r-' Division ; .-'abput Phe ' -MiddiP ipf : pcthber, /gpci • : on/'this last'-'dayv o|: Oe'bper were:; relievedwpre;Ttapj^ptPPs Ithdrp' .wpreP!:p.|;inapy 1 hf/'Tis; Ifeft .(OEe/'officer:PPd;.2i :menSut of our-.cop3pa%- of.^20Q;'men); *• We . hM: quite ..'a .iew'sMSed' but.-'.quite':.'few. more;WiipidOd ahd. sick.':,;/// p/Tv I ' ■ -V?e? PtaptedKoP//Pup; .why. pat* - to. ;v ;mferpeap/T^Pptilteiy/ gunspni^aifeg.vpfeparatiop for a. barrage . m ,Support: - of-/pur.: boys/getting • rePdy-for their drive on Sedan, a i bjg rgiiroad csatfer ; and: fenemy stroPghpld- /P/Pi; :.y./?••..: . ; APother'.,--v buddy ;''.and- 'myself// wefen’t abfe fq -ipep up;with the rest .iof- our i/buneii,, so Pvere-^lpst-' •from ^-tpein.temporafiiy.' 'Efepy were' sepying - fiapjapkp pt thisarffilePy . Htchen and: w?e: akkfedrif we cpidd. have poxne^tpie 'meSs sergeant told ■us; as soon1 as ie ' got' -his / men: fed. We tooka7 few .bites and.-that was It. We iwere ;too sick to eat. .;- ;iBy: mid-fprpnopn, -we'Contacted' 'the remainder .of our .onett, weiit .to- a :~firkt; ;pid: station and were examiped -by the doctor; there. He told; me I should have been in a hospital;,-a lppg time ago.: He put: a tag on:my :blouse marked “Base' Hospital;5_ I'''';/. ■:/. -.' .Vrfeo /we / started out ’bn foot- for ^ the hospital- We didn’t have much Trick ^etiihg'h^de ;hs- tri|-1 fic/was going up-to .the;front. ■ -1.,: '•' Flag' Down .Truck. iPiiially, after -a-couple of hours,. we. flagged down a ■ big truck going, 'our./.way ; He gave Pus. a ride to . the . 77-th.Field Hospital that-;hadn’t, been there very long; We •wehp taken, to an evacuation hos-pitalPlt. .was/now after midnight and ,Nov.2'On jNov.:4th,. we.rea.ch~ gd Base TJpspital' No.', 68 at -Mars ■' :$ur Aliivb, where I -was'hospitaliz- ■ ed. until -the/first part of February1 . A- couple of: days after -I entered this hospital,;.a Germ-an hospital unit- came' fb .the hospital with
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Reporter Democrat

Emmetsburg, Iowa, US

Tue, Dec 31, 1968

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