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Show Whaf Many Americans Got Out of the Last War "l- v":'- ' -7 C. 'S ? V--, ;-;-t ' I I 5, 's ' , ' r v -V; 1 i ,t ," ' ' - ' " t ' v J r v"., , - 1 - - , ' - v I f - ' , ' ' ' " -TV . - 3 b f f ' ' ' i - 4. . - ; - - - , f - 1 ? ; ' ' . t ? ; : '"-v - . ?, I5Y JACK IIKISK An American Wire l eature There isn't any need for a story to go with this picture just the names of the boys in it and their record. It stands as a living example of why the United States should keep out of the present war. The photo was taken some years ago. Photographed with the war veterans are P. D. Chamberlain of Seattle, who, with Judge Abbot, grand ex-ruler ex-ruler of the Elks' lodge, was helping to rehabilitate the soldiers. sol-diers. From left to right, they are: J. Schiefer, lost both feet in the Argonne. Sergt. Harold Mimck, lost one leg and one arm while commanding command-ing a machine gun detachment in the Argonne. Emil Sumbrunn, lost one leg while advancing against a machine ma-chine gun nest at Soissons. Otto W. Beier lost both feet at the Argonne. Beier and Schie fer were in the same shell hole and the same shell took the four feet of these boys. They never lost consciousness and applied their own first aid. Manuel Tobash lost both feet and seven fingers. The man who was carrying him back was killed by a shell. Tobash lay in a shell hole and froze. It saved his life as the freezing stopped him from bleeding to death. James Hart lost both feet with the forces in Siberia. He fell into a crevasse and froze them. Sam Bachelder lost one foot, part of the other foot, one eve and received several other injuries injur-ies while driving an ambulance in the Argonne. Morgan Walker lost both feet in the spruce division in Washington Wash-ington while in service when a train crashed. Many did not return from the last war . . . and these are some of the boys who did. What would we get back from the present war? |