The American Legion Weekly [Volume 1, No 8 (August 22, 1919)] . Official Publication ofThe American Legion Weekly COPYRICHT, 1919,BY THE Legion PublishingCorporation Volume 1 NEW YORK, AUGUST 22, 1919 Number 8 Captured by Jerry. The Tommies werecheerjul prisoners ©Press III. WE had Jerry hopping it thatmorning in the early fall of1918. He was driven from hisfront line near Busigny by our creep-ing barrage and we followed throughas it lifted and pushed him across theLa Salle river and up its steep the heights beyond it was like aWestern rabbit drive. Enemy snipersand machine gunners ju
The American Legion Weekly [Volume 1, No 8 (August 22, 1919)] . Official Publication ofThe American Legion Weekly COPYRICHT, 1919,BY THE Legion PublishingCorporation Volume 1 NEW YORK, AUGUST 22, 1919 Number 8 Captured by Jerry. The Tommies werecheerjul prisoners ©Press III. WE had Jerry hopping it thatmorning in the early fall of1918. He was driven from hisfront line near Busigny by our creep-ing barrage and we followed throughas it lifted and pushed him across theLa Salle river and up its steep the heights beyond it was like aWestern rabbit drive. Enemy snipersand machine gunners jumped up fromnumerous places of concealment andbeat it tout de suite. I got one, that bird is done,wing em, kid, did you see thatHeinie hit the dirt? were common re-marks as the resistance broke and thechase grew warm. A mile from the kick-off a thin lineof Germans, the approximate strengthof our own company, came runningthrough the fog, evidently reinforce-ments to halt the drive. They did notsee us until we opened fire. Stunnedby the sudden crack of rifles theygoose-stepped to a halt. The big loosehelmets seemed to toss for a second like By JOHN A. LEVEL Beginning the Adventures ojan American Prisoner oj War buoys on tamericanlegionwe18amer
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