Vernal Express | 1942-06-04 | Page 8 | 24 Years Ago

I 24 Years Year Ago VERN Mt TELLS TELL HOW lIEV lIE EIE V WAS AS WOI VOl IN The following was as taken fr r mir nn m mIr it Ir files file of 1918 On active service with tI tl e f Am Aria rIt r rIt rt Forc Force J it u e c 9 It t in II nary 1918 M 0 O McCarrell Vernal Utah IA I ar l F FUher Just Juat a line so I I I I you will know how I am I g gi gl ess you have read In the papers that the marines marine have been In a scrap I was WI In It and I 1 elleve me mf It was WI some fight We went over the top at day light on the Ule morning of the fifth of June It was wa all open warfare and we went through wheat fields elds small patches of woods and we sure ure made the Frit ales g It was wu a great sight to see our boys go we were out outnumbered outnumbered numbered but they didn t stop usI usI us li I got gut even with a lot of them l I got shot three times but am get II g along quite well weB I was op opI oper crated ted on yesterday ye afternoon This morning I feel pretty good The worst wol woe nd I received was ugh my may knee knef and It pains me q nib nt badly b it I will be alright affright before 11 1 l n i K II They TIley are arf real good t I s I Tl Ti poor doctors an sn 1 I maims nurs nurses 1 es in ut v s k 1 I to death I dont don kl kI w a V wl al I tl II r Dal tal Witbeck was killed r t I I ha haven Kasen en t been able II I i fin t i it II s t I I will tell you youn n ore orf at al t t It when hen I feel eel like II I II K g N w 1 i n nt t worry 0 rry as r I will 1111 be bl t I A er em vOIr vo ir it son on V VII II M 1 C I it leu U b S Mat Mil Ma t I A F F I I I