Show r Thrilling rl In Account 0 of Grant Lyman's Lyman s 's Death ea r. r j E The Tho following letter was written by Waldo Valdo W. W Lyman brother brothel of ot Mrs C C. C R. R McBride de to his brother Richard s R. R I Lyman professor protessor of ot engineering in th the j of ot Utah Tin The letter r relates the circumstances of ot the death of Grant Lyman another brother broth broth- er er who was killed kilted In III action last June In France and home was hi In Fill- Fill more Quantico Va Jan 17 17 1019 1919 Richard R. R Lyman t Salt I Lake ake C City y Utah Dear Brother GOO COO Marines from rom the old and Regiments have Just returned from France France Grant you ou will remember belonged to the the Regiment are arc the men who were engaged In the hea heavy fight fight and the Bois Bols fog Ing at Thierry Chateau-Thierry Belleau during the month of ot June 19 I 18 Russell Hatton of ot Fillmore was the only one ne of ot the men I knew I 1 met a number of ot the men from Grants Grant's company compan The They V related many details concerning the last attack attack attack at at- tack In which he be was engaged They saw him after atter he was wounded and talked with him while he was resting in a shelter of brush and rocks waiting for tor the stretcher bearers bear- bear ers ers era Belleau Wood had been captured on J June ne after heavy hand to hand fighting with the Pruss Prussian Ian Guard The Marines continued fighting alone until the when relief came and the they were ordered to the rear for tor rest The They had been asleep but put one hour when they were ordered back to the front The Army was unable to hold the ground the Marines had gained The night of tho and the morning morning morning mor mor- ning of ot the of June word was passed that the and companies were to join a part of the regiment and go over the top at att t three ree thirty a a. a m. m They advanced and were passing through gh Belleau Woods when they were held up by a heavy barrage which later proved to tobe tobo bo ho a box barrage It was here that Grant gave his life He was hit by a alons le Hl Ions lons carried him quickly Into the of brush and rocks When a afew afew afew few moments later they had to move on he laughed and waved good-by good to them them saying I z um rm m done for but give them Hell He lie was game as asere were ere all the others They had whipped ed the best and strongest of ot the German German German Ger- Ger man shock troops and they had done this without support from the artillery artil arUl- lery or assistance from th the the air They were really fighting alone with compa comparatively comparatively com com- pa little food water or sleep The situation was made mado much more too by DY the presence of gas as aa you know a large largo percentage of these Marines was killed On the following morning following morning June there were left but 4 men from the company 6 men from the and 9 men from the to go over the top Originally each of ot these companies had a strength of men Young Joe Wilkes of ot Avenue Avenue Ave Ave- nue who was killed the same night was a runner His comrades tell me that he was shot through the nose but continued has work It was necessary to send a messenger through this bar- bar rae rage race There was hardly a chance in ina ina a IL million that the runner would get through with his life life Ufe Young Wilkes |