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Show felVES LIFE SAVING OTHERS W. C. Gentry Escaped Injury in World War, Dies Rescuing Texas Flood Victims. After serving with the colors In the Infantry, field artillery, motor trans- -Wi V,, - port corps and the navy, W. a Gentry returned from the World war to ids home at Furt Worth, Tex., .without having been Injured. In-jured. During the Hood at Fort Worth In April, 11)22, the American Ameri-can Legion called upon Its members to do rescue work. Young Gentry was one of the first to present himself at the Legion office. During the first few hours he was In the flood district Gentry rescued six persons. While swimming toward the levee, after carrying a woman to safety, he became entangled' in a barbed-wire fence which had come to the surface of the water. He called to a companion for help, but the companion com-panion was too nearly exhausted to save him. The surging waters from which he had saved others soon engulfed en-gulfed him. Mayor E. R. Cockrell of Fort Worth urged his fellow citizens to erect a fitting memorial to the young mar who had unselfishly given his life for his fellow men. |
