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Show X5fie ! AMERICAN (Copy Tor This Department Supplied by. lb American Lejrlon New Service.) GUIDES BIG HOSPITAL PLAN William Pierce, Minnesota Legion Commander, Keeps Vow Made While Caring for Wounded. A silent vow made four years ago by a soldier at a French debarkation point will soon De realized by the erection, at Rochester, Roch-ester, Minn., of a great memorial hospital. William J. Pierce, now commander com-mander of the American Legion in Minnesota's first district, did not have the opportunity op-portunity of risk-in risk-in hi WfCk In his country's defense. He was stationed t a French port, and it was his duty to meet and receive the Red Cross trains from the front, bearing the maimed bodies of American soldiers. The sufferings of those bleeding, crippled men left an indelible mark on his mind. He vowed that he would never forget them and that he would never cease to labor for their wel-. fare. An American Legion memorial hospital, hospi-tal, whose doors will be perpetually open to any ex-service man from any part of the nation, is now under way, with William J. Pierce guiding the project. The $500,000 needed to erect two 100-bed wards and to establish estab-lish a Mayo clinic will be raised largely large-ly by the showing of patriotic motion pictures throughout Mlnnestoa, under the auspices of Legion posts. |