| Show 1918 He was in charge of the seventeen men called from Sanpete County until they arrived at Camp Lewis Washington He was also called to drill many of the recruits because of his previous training They crossed the country by train and the Atlantic Ocean on the British Warship Olympic They crossed the English Channel to France oncattle boat named Australand They arrived July 23 1918 From then on it was mostly drilling and hiking across France toward the front line the Meuse Argonne battle ground They were twenty miles of front line and his division was in the center of the line The bombardment was continuous It was almost impossible for the men to sleep All they could do was wait for the time to go over the top The whole sky was lit up from horizon to horizon The German shells fell among them woundingnumber of men The advance was slow and costly would like to quotefew lines from AlmaJournal Whenwas about half way to the woodscould hearshell coming my way fell flat on the ground The shell hit right behind me threw dirt on me buried itself under me but it did not explode thanked the Lord for preserving my life got up took two steps andcould hear another shell coming my way Againfell flat on the ground This shell struck close to my side threw dirt on me but did not explode never felt once thatwould be killed or wounded Butalways asked the Lord for help The dayfighting had netted us two miles but we paid the price for our gains The 28th of September will go down in the annals of the regiment 365th Infantry as being the hardest day of battle It was fight for every yard every minute neighbor and friend of mine was Stutznegger school pal of mine during this battle Clarence Tuttle This day Ardray Wintch wounded and Hyrum was killed and sometimepal of mine was gassed Alma fought in several battles but the Battle of Argonne was probably the longest and most important battle of the war He went over the top three times He arrived home April 23 1919 52 |
