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Show Boy of 18 Is War Hero Two Citations for Bravery War Cross Sent Mother LE ROY AND WALTER MUIR, sons of Mrs. Frank Kennedy , of Salt Lake. Neither has reached his twentieth year; both i arr nvrr there villi Pmhiitg. 1 1 i! " ;! 1 - : v c) .:: ! Yankee Accomplishments Are Marvel of Europe, Spldier Says, but Does Not Tell of Own Brave Act. DECORATED twice with the Croix de Guerre for bravery In action with the American expeditionary ex-peditionary forces, LeRoy Mulr, II year old, son of Mrs. Frank Kennedy Ken-nedy of the ghelton hotel, Bait take, Is perhaps the youngest soldier to vain the distinguished service Insignia. Jhs CTaix de luerre, beatlns; the star for double decoration, has been sent the mother. The spirit of the American soldier Is shown In a letter which accompanied the medal, WITH SUPPLY TRAIN. No mention was made as to how the croas waa. won. At present the youth la with a supply train "Homewhere, Jjj Prance. He left with his detachment from Ohio a year ago. A brother, Walter Mulr, 19 years old, la also In France with a radio de. tachment. The letter, which accompanied accom-panied the medal. Is as follows: "I am well and feeling fine. Hare just moved, this time to a place where there Is real action. I never heard such a rumble and noise In all my life aa last night. All night shells were bussing over our heads and the big guns rosrtng. The boys are sure giv- Ing Jt to Frltg and I hope by the time this reaches you we are In Oermany. TALK OF EUROPE. "We are working hard. Everyone Is surprised to see how well the Yankee Yan-kee boys are doing. They ara the talk of all Kurope now and I think Oermany Oer-many knows that we are here, for ws do not think It will last much longer. "I am .sending you Krench war cross known as the Croix de Guerre, given to soldiers for bravery. The stars mean twice decorated." BROTHER ALSO WRITES. Walter Mulr In a letter to his mother tells how the American soldiers are t res ted In France. II says: "Have just come back from a few dy' eave which I spent In Bran-gerey. Bran-gerey. I had quite a good time and was the guest of a very nice French girl or Paris. Ws had a nice party, with lota of wine, mualc and dancing. "I am getting to be a regular Frenchman now. t'an speak enough French to take me all over the country. coun-try. They, think very much of the Americana hers and give us lots of good -times." Both youths were at the Pnl varsity of Ohio training camp before leaving for FYs nee. |