Show YANK JAW JAN SHUT SHOT OfF TO EAT STEAK AGAIN I I CINCINNATI Oct ct A 9 A new face tace Isa isa Is la laa a constant reminder that Sergeant Russell S. S Rankin Cincinnati's first hero of ot the recent world war experienced the horrors of the terrible conflict It was while fighting near Soissons in inthe inthe the great Marne AIsne-Marne uve that a stream of or German machine gun bullets tore a hole in Rankins Rankin's right shoulder nearly tearing the arm off Some of or the enemy's bullets cut his neck narrowly missing the Jugular vein ripped out seventeen teeth and cut off his lower Jaw and half halt of oC his tongue Another stream o of bullets went through his left hand He received first aid only after r walkIng walking walk walk- I ing back three and a half halt miles Nearly lying dying from thirst and loss of or blood Rankin Ran Ran- I kin could not swallow food nor drink for tor five days After being fed red fluids through hi his nose he miraculously recovered The remains of or his Jaw were sewed back In place pieces o of bone were removed remo from his leg and transplanted in his Jaw strips of oC skin and flesh were cut off ott his chest turned up and without being completely severed nis chest were grown rown onto the lower part of ot his face forming a new jaw hankins hankin's new face tace has been more than a year ear In the making Dr William T. T Coughlin St St. St Johns John's s hospital St. St I Louis did the work Spending over two years In hospitals in France Krance New York and St St. Louis Rankin t underwent two twenty Important operations opera opera- In addition to mUCh dental work Dr Coughlin is yet to perform three major major ma ma- jor operations on Rankin who expects to return to St. St Louis after aCter visiting his mother at Cynthia KyI Ky I 1 have not chewed a bite of or food tood for more than two years years living living on fluids fluids- but Dr Coughlin is going to Implant more bone In my Jaw adjust a set of or false teeth and then I will be able to bite Into a beefsteak once more said I I Rankin That will be grand grand' |