| Show SOLD IEH KILLED IN ACTION ON OCTOBER 2 if leo jensen one of the firm of jensen bros clothiers Clo thiers killed on nj front ont held by americans MEMBER HEMBER OF MACHINE NE GUN BATTALION went from camp lewis leivis to prance france in july and was killed in ill great battle in which yanks were E engaged the most grief stricken home in richfield today is that of mrs annie I 1 C jensen who received notice on thursday afternoon from the adjutant generals office at washington that her son leo had been killed in action in france on october 2 no particulars were given but it is not hard to write the story of the death of leo jensen in action on october 2 he was attached to a machine gun battalion of the division and since the armistice has been declared the story of the division has been given to the world the division made up chiefly of western troops was in the big drive northwest of verdun when yanks were engaged and which ended with the taking of sedan the drive began on september 26 and for 46 days and up until 11 01 clock of the day the american forces conducted a battle which will go into history as one of the greatest of the entire war jt A was over historic ground where roman legions had fought where napoleon had balled babied for world supremacy where french and prussians had fought in the closing days of the century where in 1870 von moltke had beaten france to her knees ending with the taking of alsace and lorraine and now made historic by a yankee victory which ended the great world struggle of lol 1914 t ls tile alie germans were in retreat but vere V fighting rearguard rear guard actions as vicious and destructive as machine guns and artillery could make them on october 2 the yanks were experiencing perien cing the greatest difficulty and stiffest opposition of the entire battle then it was that leo jensen fell in battle then lid did ho he make the iho supreme tater ilice and give his life alfo I 1 |
