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Show A Hero Every Day. For hours Corporal Frank A. Vial, of the United States marines, had run from position to position in Belleau wood, car-i-ytng messages from battalion to regimental regi-mental commanders messages that meant life or death, victory or defeat. Then the greatest test arrived a call for a volunteer to face almost certain death, that a detachment which had been left to hold a position while other companies com-panies were reorganized, be brought forward. for-ward. Dog tired, grim, but determined, Corporal Vial stepped forward, volunteered, volun-teered, received his message; then sped away on his mission, through a machine gun barrage that drove through the wood like sleet before a winter wind. And he won! The detachment was brought forward, for-ward, and Corporal Vial, as a result, has received the Distinguished Service cross. He is a snrt of Mrs. Elizabeth Vial of Hanover, Va. Clyde A. Kindle, hospital apprentice, first class. United States navy, was conspicuous con-spicuous for incessant devotion to duty until he fainted from exhaustion at the end of a ten hours' detail to duty. This work was carried on in the open field under heavy fire. His mother, Mrs. Jessie Jes-sie U. Kindle, lives at 615 Fifth street, Santa Rosa, Cat. He lias been commended commend-ed by the secretary of the navy for devotion devo-tion to duty and self-sacrificing heroism. |