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Show He Cussed King Albert and Got Medal for It Henry Himpe's comrades In the American Legion at Omaha, Neb., refer re-fer to him as "the only man who cussed a king and got a medal for it" During the fighting in the trenches in the early days of the war, some one tugged at Himpe's shoulder. Not knowing who his mud-bespattered companion was, HImpe peremptorily told him to "get the h 1 out of here or I'll shoot you." It was King Albert of Belgium. A few days later Himpe was called to headquarters and reprimanded for not being more polite to his comrades. com-rades. That was the first he knew that the man he threatened to shoot was his own king. King AI later came to look on the incident as a joke and after the war introduced Himpe to the court as "the man who threatened to kill me." Himpe recently received notice that he was awarded the Belgian war cross with one palm. He la a chauffeur at Omaha. |