Show at M k r RICA W ii ps MIR 0 n VL ME I 1 ln U SS nf U n feets QUALIFIES AS AN K V atlanta man fought with dublin Fusi leers until injured later he was made a flight commander in the british air service and was going big until he was 1 captured by the huns I 1 with american army in ili fiance 10 loss s 1 0 of fone one foot and part of tile the oil other lid did not end tile the ligh lighting tinz caider of ocia cobb hodai in of atlanta ga A man inan with willi feet Is ih unlit for infantry duty 0 o owen ans lionor ably discharged 11 charged florn that brinoli brin cli ol of the set sei N ice bellig a soldier of clan refused to be thill dumped aped on tile at aminy my acial heap 1 as I lie e expressed it rn ili spite of liis ills physical handicap lie 1 01 aled nice liis ills way into tile lie all se be beivide I 1 vice ivice won a pilots license ing a 1 ape I 1 pc of plane that lid did not re quai qubie e foot manipulation became a lieutenant tel lalit capt captain aill ind and flight commander climb for a fellow with wooden feet but not if you knew hollaran Holl cran ill ire ile had till all oits of thrills and nil and then one day hilt but I 1 am 1111 getting gettell ahead of my illy story atory better let capt E H G korv tell it n as 0 lie ile told it to me ile on 01 a bainy night AN ancille lille I 1 was with the british aimy ile he was attached to the amerlean american ican embassy in ili london before entering ill tile united states army it was while at tilt london callba embassy y that he ehst A 11 bad 1 tile the case of owen cobb hollit leran in called to liis his attention captain biome ionic also is in ili atlanta stranger than fiction thele is Illa material matei ial for i hook book in experience said lall captain lo 10 lory rv stranger than fiction in ili spots riots ills his capels came callic to me at tile en embassy ibay and lie he lilt lias kept up lip a correspondence spon dence alicie is a 1 lot in ill tile hie 1 I ap 11 liv ile is as clex cleer er and in ili liao a 0 as they makis make thorn ile HP was employed a as n ill it tile onica of tile southern nell bell teil clione Colli company Pany in ili atlanta like many other young anici leans lit he wanted to bee the great war it got into his I lood blood long before our country ma was in 1915 lie started out bioni atlanta gitil a filene named oray cray they had just between thein hem for the big adonnino they went ent to new boik and tried to enlist in ili the army but the consul said lie enroll amei leans fiola a crossing police policeman they that a cattle boat was to salt next th day ay they decided to their passage they applied an and I 1 got the job london they wele accepted at it a reci recruiting S station catl 0 n in S scot of land yard tile the sergeant wanted to know bian bianchi c ii of flit alie mice they preferred erred hollegan Hol leian lo 10 pile no choice just as ab 0 oon all set ve in ili one branch as tile 0 other t I 1 le r sly my only i quest is 13 that you send us to a warm arin climate I 1 came from the south and I 1 like it 1 ri ii it yon ran get it hot lot enough ellough at tiny any inart or of the fiant 1 tilt P r geant gant 1 I cc your point iid and well nell see cc clial lint can call be done dolle with a nime name like yours your I 1 think an all irish out ft Is 11 tile place for you colhran Dol hran alevas was assigned 1 I ud to tile lie dublin Fusil FuI leers cers his friand gray wont to to tile the I 1 same reg mcgl 1 l went in III a few feu months Holl holleran arans s I 1 lent was iaz brnt to gallipoli lie he I 1 ard through that campaign and ai saw w 11 annd lWi fighting 9 ting the regiment lit wont wint I 1 ith units to egypt to tic be re fitted after the gallipoli scrap sacral I 1 feet badly afroz frozen en ne net t hollerin Holl trin wont A fill file dulin dolln lito serbia w with ith tile nit med expedition in tile many of tilt vold ler ei ond floru f fi ozen I 1 loot cc t at aal hands is holleran hollerand Holl erans I 1 r fret vet were babiy fro froan oll and lie told n with a 91 that lit lie help seeing tile hnnry r side of it after li lisov vent asbeil to be to a liot hot place rate fate began to extend a land to Holl hollarn errin i aw awny RY out cut there attached to the british field llo in S bibla wo to Aniell call surgeons one from froin georgia C and tile other oilier from south Caroll carolina nu Let timing that I 1 iol feinn iLi iiii balled from atlanta Ati alita they took special interest in him they did everything possible to save ills feet but liter to evoid more complications III rind possibly death they amputated part of 0 mell omell o foot I 1 le turned to england blighty 11 he e w was 1 13 at a t cliv C an ho hos pit 1 maintained by mrs astor ile he was fitted out olit with artificial foot feet there when it came time to think IIII about sending holleran Dol leran back to the states tile case was referred to me but owen oveil cobb holler ali lid did not intend to go ile he said anybody who thought ills his lighting fighting days wore were over just because lie had bild g game jim I 1 c f feet cc t had another guels lie ile said lie he had lead about a new ope of airplane while nt at hie 1111 hospital hoshie it was entirely by hand leeis which fact gave an lie said lit lie had ghan anen r thc jhc matter illich thought on ins ills cot and while sunning himself in hi a wheel chair lie ile had finally resolved resolve d to become an av aviator lator an and I 1 lie felt confident lie could make good the neat nc t thin tiling I 1 heard beard about holleran lie was a full hedged fledged flyer in tile british air force ile he ninde made g good 0 0 d from the start one day a very large and offie official ali al I looking ook 1 ng envelope canic came to me it contained the honorable liono rable dis als chaice of owen cobb holleran from froin tile dublin I 1 it hall been sent by th alie e colonel of the regiment who algote very about flit lie wung noung american I 1 seen or OF heard bear from holleran for months I 1 I 1 finally leniner the location of ills quasion qu adion and forwarded tile aimy cei tc physical defect barred him A few das later I 1 received a letter thanking me and inviting tile me to line dine with cihil at my earliest convenience at the quasion squad qu adion ion mess mebs you could hae banc knocked me over with inith a feather when at the end of the letter I 1 read that owen cobb holleran was now a captain and night flight com manti ni ander or ile iio mentioned more flan once olice that lie regretted hig hi Ina billt to in o oc eie c chiq own country when we entered I 1 the war hilt but liis his physical defect hu ti red him ali and lie wanted to 1 right on fl holn the lio boche zo so lie re rc in the lie british ser bernice Nice 1 I na nery mry eager to bee him ano and to to congratulate allm on ills bucce success 9 lint blit had to defer tile the visit owing ming to tin activities of tile the baltish aminy it so happened that I 1 s clec ted tile day follow in 1 tile most draina dri matic tic day in career hut but I 1 nas as too life late Motoi inK 11 to the squadron I 1 found en english il ii and canadian and III american aviators avia avIn tois in ill it a spirited game of baseball I 1 asked rot for captain holleran A follow fellow to a 10 aho lo 11 as 11 pla 1311 icing g second base the lieu ilen tIl tenant lt callie caino up paiit panting ing lie said captain boller ili is gone one gonet gone I 1 reiterated what do aou ou mem he lead dead lq 1 lie he no T taken aken pr prisoner ioner by the boche 3 ehtel 1113 I 1 io loomed oniel and chu chummed mined etli fifth gang miss him terribly like C till tills q W we C w went e lit on a daylight boni bombing bing raid led til alie e lit before vc inc stained lie re rc nil lIked that lie h lid hd d a 1 I ort tort t of presentiment was a goinz goin to happell to him our honi hing trip wa was a success we had orders to fly low on oil the return and machine gun gull celt certain aill positions ran into heavy enemy ire IIo llorans machine nia was hit lie il went ent down own inside tile the enemy lines we could see jim him waving to us its then we sin mi round liim with leveled guns and saw holl arms go up carl can you heat beat it for a melodramatic 1 list last scene asked captain lowry 11 colleran was nas captured capture on oil sunday september 10 15 A game kid hid pity they got ot him hill |