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Show HSE TELLS OF WARhWS DEATH Touching Description of Last Moments of Salt Laker Received. A touching letter of unusual interest fiom the nurse who attended her dying son, Grant H. Lyman, in France, was received re-ceived yesterday by Mrs. Susan D. Lyman, Ly-man, of 430 G street, in reply to one she wrote asking for information as to his wounds and his last rums. The reply was from Delia A. McNamara. United States army nurse corps, attached to a base .hospital. "I received your letter of August 12, yesterday," writes the nurse, "and wish to say that your son's death was due to being gassed. He was also wounded above the right knee and below the left knee, but neither of these wounds was serious. Your information that his legs h.d to be amputated is Incorrect. His sihef complaint was that he was suffer-ing suffer-ing from gas, which so affects the membranes mem-branes of the lungs and air passages that It often results fatally. "When I asked him, as T do all my patients, pa-tients, if there was anything iie desired me to do for him, and if he wished to see a chaplain, lie said: 'Please write a letter to my mother and tell her she is all the world to me.' He gave me your address. When I had written the letter, he had me read it to him several times and finally nodded his head, meaning that it was ail right. "When I saw lie was gradually sinking, I hastened to the chaplain, who oame immediately. After he had spoken about five words to the chaplain, he lapsed into a state of coma, and remained thus ' for an hour, when the end came. I was standing at his side and gave him a spoonful of water five minutes before he died. He did not realize anything during the last hour, but previous to that lie was perfectly conscious, as his letter to you Indicates.. "About his grave: He is buried in a beautiful French cemetery in that section sec-tion upon a hill which is kept for the Americans. The view from this hill commands com-mands a beautiful valley. It is only about sixteen squares or blocks from the river Mame. "Your son is buried with many of his comrades. On the wooden cross which marks his grave is a plate with his full name, his company, regiment and the date clearly marked. The tag he wore on his neck is also nailed to this cross. On his and on all the other American graves is an American flag. "The nurses of this unit plant flowers on the graves of our soldiers during their spare time. "The chaplain, with a procession of the boys who could be spared from duty, accompanied ac-companied tho body to the grave, where the funeral services were held and taps played. "Whenever they can do so, the nurses attend these services, but I was so busy I could not attend the exercises held for your son. ''The French people are unusually kind and thoughtful.' On many occasions I have seen them plant flowers on and about the graves of our boys as they do their own." Young Lyman, who is a half-brother of Apostle Richard R. Lyman, enlisted in t.uo marine corps May G, 1917, and was fho second Utah man to meet death on V the western front. He died June 17 of this year, after having participated in several drives, in the last of which he was gassed the day before his death. His brother, Waldo W. Lyman, is also a l member of the marine corps. |