Show i. i EDIT FRENCH MUD WITH PART L IN BIG VICTORY i I lined n ed Yank Uniforms at Chateau Thierry Looked Like Hun Gray o. o March 1 Which 29 won cn thettie tho the ittle Uli of ot Chateau Thierry the tho Am America Ameri rl- rl ca a grit In t the tho o craws of ot our marines oho ho French mud mu In their clothing s I tho the Chicago News I jt t was a a. of both In tho opinion Joseph C. C Lamb of ot Chicago JO JOIr Joe Joo Ir 1 s ho ought to to- know lenow something out ut ut K It t for tor It was tl thero cro ho the o boches for six da days s 's w hero became a prisoner where he ho hend and nd a escaped and where he won wone e star that adorns tho ribbon I his ails war cross fie We had Just camp camo up from Verdun explained we had been flowing J around in the mud until cur our lined uniforms looked almost exact exact- r the tho German field Era gray The boches boche jl expected to waltz right through through- t k t had with them than Vent t twenty civilians cl Soso OO suitcases had been boon labeled for tor forts P. P t s without knowing wo we were ero there thero f he e French were giving wa way i re I n for tor Hums Him i iTC We TC e have t alwa always s 's believed that when whon er 13 first saw w us they mistook us for German an detachment because of ot tho the color of or our uniforms If Ie so so Its it its as s san s an expensive o mistake We Yo went gilt bt to them although wo we had nothing I f rifles rUles and machine guns buns and thc they d everything everything cannon cannon machine gun gunis ls is and tho the pick of cf the Prussian Birds They stood up to tows Jus manfully It came to cold steel And then found out something about their rago tho they didn't know tho they lacked dimes Betimes our boys couldn't get Set action t enough with tho the bayonet but Subbed rifles and lot let om om havo o It with be butt It was there wo won t tho o name namo Devil evil Dogs though Although four bullets struck his pern pcr- pcr on n n In fighting none of them wounded nib amb Two Just passed through his allies One was stopped by a prayer f 1 ht b n and n OOK OK In his JUS 1118 r lib Ib g UI rc ai H p v nu ui ther then was turned aside b by a 1 metal penI penin pen- pen I In in tho the left pocket Joo Joe sa says s 's that the thc thet t page of ot the tho pra prayer er book bock touched ore re the words Ito IIo 11 shall live 11 another I y After Alter he had come unscathed out Fir oC f this terrific fighting Joe and five I lher marines were captured by a Ger- Ger HH iut patrol J j Treated Them jj r They her threw us into a ditch half halt full 0 W ter in the front lino fron t trenches tren he ho he the thc expecting anther an- an Kid Id do because they were ther attack an and hadn't time to send rosto j io to the tho rear They kept us there Without food fool and drink for six da days das s sometimes the they would look In upon us usand I sad and nd taunt us b by shouting Vasser R asser Vasser r Our band leggings became so In the water that our legs Welled swelled w so we could hard hardly stand When the chance chance for escape did como come nIT sly two of us us a chap named J J. J W. W V tarkey of or Louisville K ICy Ky and I were enough to malco maleo tho the attempt One i night we e were w re being guarded guard ell r three entries w who ho had placed guns suns end and grenades on the parapet Ita In li front of ot them thorn Wo We slipped sUpped up grabbed cribbed iT the tho guns and shot them As we aped pod d out I tossed one of the tho grenades ck ek It and It finished our little job with withe he e sentries 5 It was only 1800 yards to tor tour Jr ur r own lines but BO so weakened were wore r e that It took us two nights to make malee It it was nas for this affair that that Lamb got gott lit II t first citation He lie won the tho cross a tort hort time later at Ho lie was andling a machine gun and his pal tarke was helping helping- him when the they jot of t orders to fall taU back fell tell phot hot through the tho heart Joe Joo stumbled Bross roS the tho body and got his first whiff f f mustard n gas t f Many Kisses Unwelcome Putting on his hilt gas sas mask ho he picked up p Starkey's body and carried it back bacle backI I t to where two trees marked a spot he ht finis find again and was burying his when hen a machine bull bullet t camo came and toro tore off the oxygen canister f the hc j mask Ho Ito was rescued and later e c in a 3 hospital In recognition t f his gallant act net Gen Gm Lc Le Grand of or tho the each army pinned tho the croix do guerre i him and kissed him on both cheeks checks It lt It wasn't so 80 bad If It only the tho genral genal gen gen- ral al hart kissed me ho II said a 1 1 but bu t cry y French l walking patient In the tho pital had to como come around and do It po o or after Arter ter lying hins sightless and dumb for tor forral ral eral weeks ho he began to recover reco Now ow Is b home with his cress on nd Id two to wound woun stripes on his arm |