Show L FIGHTER FIGHTER AT 14 AMELE 1 MELD AMELE ARNOUT sergeant c iu ill the Sixth Field artillery French orphan who was ns wounded wound wound- ed cd twice fighting with tho the American n forces 1 I c 1 pt LF I i SF C N Meets Ol Only Y Uncle While Battling H Hun n Troops at Soissons nilE were one of ot the thc the hap hap hap- 1 X families In In France when in August 1914 tho the cr cry to arms tore August Arnout from his family with I hundreds of thousands of or other French fathers He lie left leil his 10 year old old ear son Amele with v.-ith his wife I Several months later a curt official I telegram notified Madame Arnout Arnoul that her husband had Wad been felled by a aGerman aGerman aGerman German bullet She grieved for Cor a n. few months and finally died heart found himself an orphan whose only relative an uncle was somewhere somewhere somewhere some where In America Amele lived in Paris as best he ho could being cared for an and fed b by charity charlt organizations of America that Were dj ing such things for tOr French rench orphans Finally Paris was roused to great jubilation po Orphan Les Americans Les Americans Americans' was the tho cry r ry Amele was then 1 13 li years ears old He rushed forth to greet tho the olive olivo drab warriors from the land where his uncle Nick r-lck lived lI and It was not long IonS until lit he- found himself In the first division and the mascot for tho the Sixth field artillery He lie was a husky young French lad and his lila American friends had little trouble in getting him duly uh enlisted and dressed In the official garb barb of oC the Yankee oversea versea soldier i Yesterday at nt the ago of 1 11 1 Amele arrived in Salt Lake He lie had the ex experience ex- ex I of or going over the top three times for which ho wears two gold Sold stripes on his right arm He also allo has sergeant chevrons The lad vas ac accompanIed accompanied ac- ac companied by his American uncle Nick who Is taking him to his home in El EI Ely Ne Uncle anil Nephew Meet Strange things happen in wars While Amele was at Soissons with the Sixth field artillery he met his uncle who he thought was in strange and far away America Nick Vasiliou when America Joined the allies in April 1917 was one of tho the first to fly ly to the tho colors He lIe was transferred to France and finally after aCter being shifted from ono one organization tion to another mother was assigned to the organization in Iii which his orphan nephew was owns fighting As both spoke French it was not long IonS until tho the truth was vIas known Amele was shot through the leg leS' Just below the right knee and another bullet pierced his right wrist His uncle came came- out unscathed Together Torether they arc are returning to El Ely where says ays he Is going to grow up a true I and thorough American n. n |