My fourteen months at the front; an American boy's baptism of fire . that is to say, I went intoaction with it once. Of course the gun was 23 MY FOURTEEN MONTHS AT THE FRONT worked by expert gunners and I was simplyacting as spare driver in case anything seri-ous happened. The body of the car is cov-ered with bullet-proof steel, and it is bullet-proof, too. We didnt get up as far as some of thecars had been, but we got quite far enoughto suit me. What with the racket our gunwas making and the noise of the bulletsbouncing off our armor-plate, it was noplace for a nervous man. The hard partfor m
My fourteen months at the front; an American boy's baptism of fire . that is to say, I went intoaction with it once. Of course the gun was 23 MY FOURTEEN MONTHS AT THE FRONT worked by expert gunners and I was simplyacting as spare driver in case anything seri-ous happened. The body of the car is cov-ered with bullet-proof steel, and it is bullet-proof, too. We didnt get up as far as some of thecars had been, but we got quite far enoughto suit me. What with the racket our gunwas making and the noise of the bulletsbouncing off our armor-plate, it was noplace for a nervous man. The hard partfor me was the inactivity, simply sittingthere and waiting in case I should be wanted. We didnt stay there so very long, andI was not sorry for it, either; for, whilethe bullets only made dents, if a shell hadhit us the whole bunch of us would have hadjobs pushing up daisies in short was my only trip in an armored car,and Im not particular about having anymore, thank you. I was advised that the only way I couldescape being sent back to England to finish 24. FIRST TIME UNDER FIRE my training was to be transferred to the ArmyService Corps. This corps, the Royal Engi-neers, and, the Royal Army Medical Corpsare the three largest corps in the BritishArmy. When you join the A. S. C. you arenever sure just what you will be let in for,because as a rule an A. S. C. man is eligiblefor general enlistment and that means thathe may be used for any branch of the servicewhen he is needed. My luck had held good so far, and I de-cided that I might as well push it a littlebit more, and so I got transferred. I foundthat I was to be attached to the staff of theFifth Army Corps, but, as that corps was notyet in the country, I was used for anythingthat turned up. It became known that I could ride amotorcycle, and so I was temporarily attachedas a spare rider to Motor Machine GunSection Number Three. These machines aresimply motorcycles with a side-car attached,but instead of a nice cushioned s
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