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Show IT LAKE OFFICER TELLS OF ADVANCE Lieut. J. H. Mooney Describes De-scribes Receiving Wound in Argonne Fighting. Tolling how liP'JvaM ".vountled bv u. shtll whirl- kiHcd four oT Ins men. Tjicutenant J'-roi'ie It. iooii'.v ul Salt Lake, writes from l.ias hospual 7s o. -14. in i' ra i u-L-. vh is r'H'overinR. He nad In. fi) !4assod boloi-f. lull had recovered M'tit v 101 1 it.-d his rc-tjiincnt. HisS letter loli.'iw s: I c.pfct to loavo thft liospital nnv tiMic. Air. in '.xcclU'TiL health again and Hi.' ai;ips havi.- li.rn removed from mv h:n-k. WiW he or-d'-r.'d to Lir-rni-i uv. whens n iv rc-,Tiiii?nt is. ' u" d- ar oid an-K-V'hiini. This Jios-:nt:u. Jios-:nt:u. ri.rniiriv -:i :io-tt'l. :io-tt'l. w';is a lamoii.- SilllldllM- r.'sori. t va h'-ro w-ht-iv Kin-; Kinnnu.'l oi I'orliu'al s u r r n d c r v. d hif. ! lir'.MH'. i .v daiiie oi the l"wn is 1 'ouiiiics-! 'ouiiiics-! s-l',;m.. noird iiu Us aiii T'iil w;Ult. A in alluweil now tn wrilo :ibo;it m uoniKi. which T iv- i " Lieut. J. A. Mooney ! ivd NjivpiuImt .-5 in iiu- asf-Artronno battle. n?pi-n-i.-ni hai, lust inkea ih town of Hnxanev. 1 1 Is' xt 01 i'"'llVl' was a rmjro about one kd'niir't. r nonh. Mv batlraion was tne !vsum ii,;." i ;iti:i!:c!i ami mv company m th- v. i v front lin... r startf-d to advance, but were neld .li by ln:iv ni.o'hnu' tun lire arid at i.i.it uni''. i'tintr mdff hi-avv 'irtdlerv lire, tai. oi' i.M was uu'c-n m take covor. This v.-' did ,iiin v. ii.iL- tht-n.' tne major or-':d or-':d n:-' to ia. v.' mv platoon. llank the 1 1 .::rln . mm ni st ami 11 SUfCCi-'Sl ul to .-vim o;h'K worn so tne oaltaiion couia a(i'p,!N'i. I star'cd oi;t with my pkitoon and vi iooic t lie iwst of prims. "Tin a I lad my men ta.ke cover belli;;'! be-lli;;'! a ' ia 1 1 K of a road n ! his ridcre v.-lK'i-f tin re wir-' shell holes. Just as I was u.-um.-r down in my thell hole a .-dV'U siri.;,-k near n.e and I was hit in l!v t'odi bv ; piece of shrnpntd and at the sam. tin,.' a live which was hit by :!i:n a:;ssile f.-u ai-ross mv back and ! inn -d nie dov:i. This shell killed throe of my men on i..y U ft and one on my ru:hi a'ni v.-n-oab-d fie,.. "I k i ; -w whai had hapneiied so pave o:c-!-s ia- my m-'.t lo keep-down. Kvery-il.in,' Kvery-il.in,' v,.-Pt bl.irk ;tnd I reeovereci con-sei..i.:s':ess con-sei..i.:s':ess in ;i fi.-hl lressincr station." |