Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-15 | Page 21 | Joe Fehr is near Death by Hun Grenade

JOE FEHR IS NEAR DEATH L BY HUN GRENADE Eleven Ien Men Wounded b by r His Side When Then Bomb Explodes I JOG Joe Fohr Fehr one ono of ot the tho Salt Lake Lako 1 boys s wIth tho the Dr Sprague medical unit now I with tho One Hundred and Thirtieth Infantry American expeditionary force In France writes home homo to his parents Mr Ir and Mrs John Fehr of ot HS ne n- n I do avenue tI this city telling of or his baptism bap hap of oC blood Mr 11 for tor a tinsel was connected with The Herald and Is well wen In local newspaper circles Ho tells of ot his experience In his letter I as follows his hla letter being dated August Au Au- gust 15 15 In tho the Line I Last night I 1 had m my first baptism of or blood when a n German grenade ronado OCI exploded ex ox- plo ed an and woun wounded cd cloven men two men two I of ot them mortal mortally I My Iy calling as ns a man made me mo a busy man Ono One of or the medical men mn wa Wax himself wound wounded cd so it was up to the thc stretcher bearers and myself to dress the wounds and have the patients patients patients pa pa- I evacuated from tho the field 1 shall nevor forgot forget the nl ht Tho The crescent moon and the tho stars were out In n their brightest ana array I was lying I on my back t thinking of homo home and nod nod- din cling an occasional assent to the remarks re remarks remarks re- re marks of or the men near enc me Two of lIf tho those so men art aro now In tho the hospital and I didn't get et a n scratch I am nm de tie- determined e- e to play play- tho the game Jomo fairly fi and Ill squarely As AH I look lock back upon last nights night's work worl I 1 feel el proud of ot tho the part W we ye medical men were were privileged to take In It In another letter home he lie told of ot the I jO joy felt fell at receiving letters from homo I and tells his mother I I Your letter and Johnnys Johnny's came diy day i before yesterday ay while I was walS still sun inthe In Inthe the trench listening to the tho Dinging Clinging of ot I shells over O our OUt hea heads s and hearing thuds and explosions of or round lound roundabout roundabout about us Seeing France on foot would woul I be behove believe be be- hove lieve be bo n a mighty Interesting matter under ordinary conditions but when one has to carr carry hl Isis his house hO on his back theres there's no 1 Interest In 11 anything Tho The I pram pain In the back and shoulders caused h by u a pound sack is greater than i the tho pleasure of ot scenery and pretty pretty prett flowers flowers' und undo hence the misery r counteracts coun COUII- the JO joy Me itc reports that he Is 18 enjoying excellent excellent excel excel- lent health toad and Is enjo enjoying the service cr tremendously tremendously-