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Show WAS BORN UNDER LUCKY STAR Indianapolis Legion Man Sustained Twenty-Six Wounds During ii8 Service in War. Wounded 20 times and glad It wasn't 27, William N. Ernris, Tndian- npolls, Ind., still believes he was born under a lucky star. He walked Into national head-quarters head-quarters of the American Legion the other day seeking "Just any kind of work that will keep my mind occupied." H e said he was an overseas veteran. A "I'm still a bit weak," ue expnuueu. "I was wounded." - When pressed for details he owned up to 20 wounds in four major offensives. of-fensives. A job was made for him, clerical work that would "keep his mind occupied" but which would be consistent with 20 wounds. Evans was a private in the Twenty-eighth Twenty-eighth Infantry, First division, A machine ma-chine gun got him at Cantlgny, a bayonet came next at Solssons; he j ' was struck by shrapnel In the St. Mlhlel push and In the Argonne a I one-pounder shell lilt him a glancing I . blow on the chin before it exploded. When It went off almost under him , .. 22 pieces of shrapnel peppered his body. He remained on the bnttlefteld 30 hours before he was picked up. "But I'm happy just the same," Evans says. "This Job keeps me from being a loafer and pays Just enough !" with my government compensation for me to get married. I guess I was born lucky." |