Show r t tY J 7 la f c r The I 1 Ile Story tul 11 of r Wood y and Chateau j 1 l r rt Thierry l to as told 7 by aJl r r ll cUI l at Con l. l M a l U Utah Joy boy 0 1 who yon won ell fame C when the tilt Yanks stopped 1 I p the JIll Hun lIISI 1 p on Par ParI art IS i e I I f y I 1 I Declares German Soldier 0 Ier Is s Able e And n Resourceful Fighter o of Unshaken Morale B By Frank C. C Greene RINGING tG with him that indefinable atmosphere of quiet effectiveness B BRINGING that only actual service ser caw can impart and with that indefinable II something something some something some some- thing about him which emanates from those who have Ju walked with death and yet have hL lived li a n. Utah boy has hns come back from from over o cr there lie Ho is a veteran Behind that clear blue eyo lio ho mind pictures of the most decisive o battles in the conflict that has rent the world The boy is Ted Conroy U. U S. S M M. C. C son of Dr E. E K M. f. f Conroy Conroy Con Con- roy Foy of aP Ogden president of tho the Weber teber count county council of defense For beat the bocho boche at his own ho there thero helping helpin to more than a year was as o over oer er game mo 1 With ti but a n flesh sh wound he emerged after Chateau Thierry y And nd Belleau ellean Wood rood though him men dropped like tenpins in those murderous mur roUT derous storms of German German steel On his breast is a n simple cross of bronze the thc the coveted co Croix do Guerro of pinned France France pinned there by a grizzled gray-grizzled leader of of tho the in recognition recognition of the tho Y Yankees Yankee's gallantry gallantly Nor will his service sen-ico go unappreciated by the tho flag for which he fought Already ho bo has been mentioned in in dispatches dispatches dis dis- dis- dis I patches and understood his leis American war cross is soon to come To appreciate fully tho fife story of Lieutenant Conro Conroy y tho mind mustI must first revert rc to the dark days s 's of spring when tho the gray hordes bordes Paris threatened and when the tho Hun in in his Lis I pre pressing sin southward when was arrogance saw tho the world almost within his grasp Th- Th Thc Thep i cots cOls the mental picture of or lau Chateau au Thierry where tho Yanks Tanks I closed th the the- gap ap and turned tho gray rl tide back toward the Rhine Rhino The marines marines ma ma- 1 rines were ware there and with Uh them I a was Lieutenant Conr Conroy I DEVILS DEVIL'S OW OWN HELL 1 With that th picture IB le one ono o of Belleau Wood whore I the came weary heroes fought their way through tho the devils devil's own hell holl of ot machine suns guns and barbed wire Ire until tho they held the wood and had convinced tho the Hun that he could not win Lieutenant Conroy was there too Simply and mo modestly estl he tolls tells b before ore A barrage o of questions Incidents In his hlo experience which woven oen together form one of the most moat gripping stories of ot the war ar yet et told In Utah Lieutenant Conroy was a student ent at Cornell university when the United States declared war on In InMa Ma May 1917 he ho left lert his hie peace studies to enter the tho officers officers' training camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison Ind For three months he was wan in training there Then Thon he ho was sent to Franco as 09 a 0 second second second sec sec- ond lieu lieutenant ten n t. t I Of Ot tho Intensive preparation given Ien 1 j I the Americans Americana In tn an Infantry officers officers' I school behind tho the lines his brief brier comment comI comment com com- ment was wae Id a n lot rather rattler be In tho the thoI I I front line trenches Soven Boven weeks of ot that training ho underwent be before Core b belag beIns be- be Ins lag assigned to the Fifth regiment o of marines marin os and sent cent Into a n. back area orthe of or the battle zone That was In iq Starch March and the Americans Americans Ameri Amert- cans were wore brigaded with the tho French at Verdun In what was WUI supposed to be b. bea b ba a quiet sector Hardly had they thoy arrived ar- ar I rived when the O Germans started their push on the Somme Manpower of ot the I allies were was not as as' as plentiful then as ns It ItIs itle Is le now and nd tho the German advance necessitated necessitated withdrawing the French to meet moet the tho emergency and leaving the Americans new new to the tho game holding t e sector lector alone GOES I INTO TO ACTION I Then It was that Lieutenant Conroy began to get ot action With their well well- I ore intelligence service th the opposing opposing opposing op- op posing Huns were quick to detect a ft aI I change chanSo across no mans man's land lana from them and they were not slow alow to test the metal of tho the new foe toe they faced On April 20 20 1917 they attempted a aI raid on the tho America bent benton I 1 on securing prisoners and Information Tho The area are they chose chos for the maneuver 1 chanced to be held by a a. platoon o of marines marines ma ma- rines under the command of Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieuten Lieuten- Lieutenant ant Conroy and It provided his hili first firstI I real taste bate of war Putting Putting- down a a. sprinkling barrage barrage bar bar- r. r rage e constituted the first step in the German plan It was as fired with a twofold twofold two two- fold told object object to to chase the defenders into their dugouts and t to detract at attention t at- from the tho explosion o of pipes of of Pt dynamite which had been planted during the tha nl night ht In the American wire entanglements Their detonation blew alloy alley through the wire to make past passages pas- pas t sages cages for tor tho the German Infantry j l It was Just Jut at the break of ot dawn that the sprinkling barrage o was started start stArt- ed Thou Though h confused for a a. moment the the Americans did not take to their dugouts due On the tho contrary Lieutenant Conroy ordered every dugout cleared The sprinkling barrage was 05 followed Immediately by a box barra barrage e. e which with With a iz wall of flying steel teel isolated the Yankee trench from communication j with adjacent positions I no ones ATTACK Then the German Infantry came cam ever evor The attackers belonged to what hat was known as as- traveling traveling travel travel- ing circus They were picked men menthe menthe mentho men men- the tho best shock troops in the German army First t one o of the tho men shouted that tho boches were coming said eald Lieutenant Lieuten Lieuten- ant Conroy In n telling of or the raid You hear that sort eort o of thing thin quite often otten and at lt first I ordered someone to tell that fellow tellow to keep quiet Then through tho the barrage I saw tho the attackers attack- attack ers era coming I didn't know at first Whether hether they Huns or r some Bome of I lour our own follows from rom another post post- position tion being driven back The first shells hells had blown my rocket rock rock- et rack to pieces and I could not call for help I let thorn thom como come on until they were about fifteen yards ards away be before Core I ordered the men to fire tire Then I realized what marksmanship means for our fire was as le murderous Some Som o of the attackers got sot into our trenches but tho the raid tailed failed They took no prisoners but left a I. couple of ot dead officers and some Rome men with us For some minutes afterward they were busy gathering up their own wounded and nd taking them back to their trenches Replying to a a. question ts s to how hi he i felt tali during the tho attack Lieutenant Conroy Conroy Contoy Con Con- roy toy said i Frightened 1 Maybe 7 Its Ils rather ther hard to explain how one feels For myself I shook like a n leaf lent when tho thing first started I remember remember re re- member distinctly that my right leg from Irom tho the knee down shook as 28 though I had the agu ague But that was on only I during tho the beginning of or tho the action As AsI I It developed the excitement o of It buoyed mo me up and like other men have havo told me rile they thoy do do I felt a thrill o of pleasure ln Int iti After It was over there came a n reaction and I trembled again as QS the tho I nervous tension was released Sinco I that first experience I have not noticed no- no cd so BO acuto acute a 0 sensation o of nervous nervous- j t I s. s 5 J But ut while the raid at Verdun was s a n. test teat t of tit t e battle battlo of ot Chateau i. i s- s n fc-n I u co I Government o oranee of France ranee Honors i Utah Uta a h Soldier FT HERE FRE is tho tribute paid an Ogden man Ted Conroy U. U S. S M. M C. C by the French government gO in awarding him tho the Croix de Guere couched in the terse military phraseology which gives but a a. hint Lint of the bravery covered by bythe bytho bytho tho the citation Led his unit with great courage coolness and leadership in a a. hand and combat with witha a 3 superior force farce of tho the enemy which was repulsed with high losses I Thierry was woe ono of the sort that tries mens men's souls Lieutenant nl Conroy was In tho thickest thickest thick thick- est eat of ot It and for tor twenty eight days he had no opportunity to remove his clothing Sometimes he and his hie mon man were compelled to fight for days dars al almost al most entirely without food tood as the on- on enemy onI en on- I emy B ells were falling taIlIng so eo thickly bo- bo hind l them that supplies s could not be brought up Often Orten the tho he same saine condition Interfered similarity with tho the ammu ammu- ammunition ammunition trains Right into the teeth of or the German advance adv on Paris the tho Americana Americans threw themselves plugging a I gap which waa was threatening tho the allies with disaster Mooting Meeting the tho advance adv at nt Its apex was tho the Second division dl composed of ot doughboys marines and artillery That Th those men stopped the Huns la Is now history his his- tor tory Tho The French rench sa say eay they saved Paris The fighting was waa of ot a a. character such as 1 IB is known In this country as al Indian style said Lieutenant Conro Conroy except that there was ws none of ot the primitive equipment which Is generally associated with that sort of ot an en engage engage- age age- mente ment Advancing Under Fire Wo Wo were n advancing under artillery lr fire In a 1 rough heavily wooded country coun coun- try tn darting from tree to tree and shelter shelter shel- shel ter to shelter stalking the enemy n and In turn being stalked We waded and 8 swam am rivers fought and slept for tor days das In n slime limo and ooze Three times Lieutenant Conroy attacked attacked at at- tacked with his mon and In addition ho took part in the stopping of or numerous German lunges lung It was one continual round o of activity es especially during the latter portion of or It It was waa his comment I I believe bellove thero there were more moro Individual ual deeds of or heroism during this particular particular par par- period than a at t any other otheT time during the war added Lieutenant Conroy Conroy Con Con- roy You Tou hear o of men welkin walking through a a. barrage This was one continuous barrage On One s caulk not nf m i. i 11 eve without being raked by bO artillery faro and tho the machine guns were forever popping awa away spraying death on all sides Chateau Thierry Is regarded as na the turning point of or the tho war but but Lieutenant Lieuten Lieuten- ant Conroy regards the fight at Belleau Bel Bel- lolu leau wood as an even oven more sanguinary conflict Tho wood 1 had a peculiarly strategic importance said Lieutenant Conro Conroy and tho the Germans wore determined to hold It at nt nn any cost They grad l d provided pro pro- vided for tor Its defense everything e known knon fn tn the catalogue of ot modern war mate mate- rials It Is not a I. large largo wood but the tho timber Is unusually dense and the ground Is IB rough Every five yards across a corner o of tho the field t tho e had placed a machine machine ma- ma ma ma- chine gun kun pit Between the machine guns un were riflemen and grenade throwers throw throw- ers Deadly Deady Machine Fire The marines crawled toward the wood and were within a n few tew yards yard o of its It edge when hen tho the Germans opened up with machine guns dropping mon on all sides but tho the marines stuck through tho the hall of or lead Eventually E tho the American artillery smashed part of ot tho the defensive system cracked th the morale of ot llio to defenders and tho the marInes marines ma ma- rines finished tho the Job There wo we ll lay In a wheat field skid said Lieutenant Conroy To advance without with with- out causing movement In tho the wheat stalks was almost Impossible When the they did rustle rustic a hall o of machine gun faro was drawn which loft lort death In its ite wako Never ever have havo I seen Been greater courage than was exhibited b by those men who endured that fire tire went for or days clays without without with with- out food tood often oHen without water slept in the tho mud If It they slept at all all and hUn hung on until tho the last machine gun n st had ad been beon cleaned out and tho wood wo was ours ours oura Tho taking o of It r removed romo what had been a n. formidable obstacle In the way of or the tho Franco American counter- counter advance Frequently press reports tell of or the shattered German morale and o of the poor quality o of his hla troops but Lieutenant Lieu Lieu- tenant Conroy's experience has s been that no such description fits tho boche 11 I 41 1 or ji T AI I i r N NI 1 rr 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