The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . ST. MI HI EL i95 go. He had on his Boche shirt which extended nearly to his ankles. He puton his helmet, picked up his gas mask, collected his souvenirs, and withoutany great haste started for the cave, cussing the Boche at every step. Whenhe was about fifty feet from the cave a Boche plane passed over. It hidden machine gun crew nested a few feet from the spot Dinny was began to fire at the plane, which returned the compliment. Both were usingtracer bullets and firing at about 200 to the minute.
The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . ST. MI HI EL i95 go. He had on his Boche shirt which extended nearly to his ankles. He puton his helmet, picked up his gas mask, collected his souvenirs, and withoutany great haste started for the cave, cussing the Boche at every step. Whenhe was about fifty feet from the cave a Boche plane passed over. It hidden machine gun crew nested a few feet from the spot Dinny was began to fire at the plane, which returned the compliment. Both were usingtracer bullets and firing at about 200 to the minute. Dinny looked up at the. The Town of Montsec as Viewed from Montsec Heights first shot, discarded his souvenirs at the second, his helmet and mask at thethird, pulled up the long shirt at the fourth, and was twenty feet inside thecave at the fifth. Whats your hurry, Dinny? asked Banholzer. Well Ill tell you, Kid. I had a notion to stay out there and watch thefire works. Then I had another that beat the other all to the devil. As longas I had my running clothes on, I decided to run in here. The tent camp in the meadow at Liverdun was exposed to air observa-tion and, besides, the nights were becoming extremely cold. So, on the fifthof September, the Battalion moved into a series of stable and hay loftbillets within the town. The positions throughout this sector had been almost stationary for fouryears and were well organized. There were signal lines in all Saizerais the French had two switchboards to which the First Division 196 THE FIRST BATTALION Signal men had added an American board. The conce
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