Fighters young Americans want to know; heroes of our country's wars . e in the preparatory holds the Kansas State record in the polevault, in the state tennis-doubles was selected as one of the All-KansasBasketball Team for three years and one yearhe was selected for the second All-Kansas foot-ball team. In 1917 he won first place in theState Intercollegiate Oratorical contest and wasactive in various other ways. Altogether it isevident now why the dispatches from the front,making much of the bravery of the young lieu-tenant, and describing in some detail the actionwh
Fighters young Americans want to know; heroes of our country's wars . e in the preparatory holds the Kansas State record in the polevault, in the state tennis-doubles was selected as one of the All-KansasBasketball Team for three years and one yearhe was selected for the second All-Kansas foot-ball team. In 1917 he won first place in theState Intercollegiate Oratorical contest and wasactive in various other ways. Altogether it isevident now why the dispatches from the front,making much of the bravery of the young lieu-tenant, and describing in some detail the actionwhich brought him the Croix de Guerre, pro-vided no great surprise for those who hadknown him a long time. Soon after the first officers camp closed atFort Riley, Lieutenant Cassidy sailed forFrance. Arriving there safely he was first sentto a military school for two months and then wasassigned to the regiment with which he now isserving. Doubtless the reason for his being as-signed to this particular regiment is in partat least due to his name. Not the Henry nor 244. NERAL PERSHINj THE KANSAS CYCLONE the Kenneth, but the Cassidy, for many of theboys in the old Fighting Sixty-ninth are thosewho bear the names of Irish ancestors. The event occurred on the Lorraine sector ofthe battle front on the 5th of May. The actiontook place near the little hamlet of Anservillers. There was strong need of discovering whatthe Germans were doing in the long line oftrenches opposite those which were held by theAmericans. Artillery fire had been nearly con-stant but the commander was eager to discoverhow many or what Germans had been left tooppose them. Three patrols were sent out at three oclockin the morning of that day. There had not beenany special artillery preparations when thethree American patrols quietly left for Anser-villers, which village is well within the Alliedlines. Eight men under the command of LieutenantCassidy formed one of the three patrols. Ofthe other two, one had taken a po
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