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Prank H'orst on The 3torn Front Mario Morgan Whon tho Unitod Stutos ontorod the war in April 1917, Prank Hurst was a sonior at Dart;..ioutli. He enlisted whon tho .Pirst dr^.'-i't v;a-s issued, ^•'''^hon ho said 3ooo.by.j at tho station ''/lio:.^o tho troops woro to loavo for York, his mother and Holon Si.iith v/oro in tears. He lo..nod f.r out tlio train windoY; to so^ thorn for what might he tho last ti':>.;. At Now York ho boardod a svaall stoamor alon^ with two or throo hundred other non, Tho vo'/a;^o was no fun, tho quarters worj crowd ed, ho was suasick, and e^ror^rono was afraid of German suhiViariiiOs and torpedoes, i After what soouod an intorruin- j ah1e period of tino■tho ship dock-j ed at Liverpool,• Tho'/ T^/ore wol- : corned onthusiasticly and carried j by train to London, whore they | onbarkod for Le Havre. Tho trip | acroos the English channel was . I hazardous, but it took only two hours, Fron Havre his company narchod to Boleau \'''0 0ds wh..ro ho fought in a terrible battle, Tho men v;ero fighting hard but they woro I tired, Frank saw a Gorman machine ^ gunner and fired. Just as he firod | he felt a 3 ting in;; oonjation in ; his right arm, Hj looked down and n it v;as bleeding. Ho foiight on and i) on; all that night the bat ole || lasted. He kept on, tho-o;;:h ho could] hardly move orofoot ahead of tl;.o ;| other, imtil he finally foil jl from sheer exhaustion and loss of t blood, Ij ’IHaen he ren-ained conscioiisness, j he was lying in a bed. Other men j were lying in beds in long rovi's ■ on each side of the building. Women in white ■■"•ere moving here and there among the beds. He finally concluded that he was in a hospital, ■'^hen a nurse came by, he asked v/here he was and was in formed that he was in a Tied Cross Hospital in Paris, He lay there wondering whut happened to the rest of his troop, since no one could give him any information about them, H^ was in He was in the hospital until March 1913, ^"hien he left, he was ordered to Verdun, A drive v/as begun on Agrinne Pore-t in hope of cutrdng off the retreat from France, '^he troops foughit hard but it v^ras a region of deep forests, high hills, _:id marshy valleys, and progre3‘^ was slow. The first at tack W.3 n> t suo“‘esful. On Sept ember :j5 the men were excited, for ne".vs that another con centrated drive was to be start ed had sproa'.'’. along the lines. Many sai'". it woula be the deciding ■':attle of taie war. On the morn ing of Sei'-tomber 26 the v/ord was -riven to pu'Jh forward. For over a month they pushed slowly, but steadil;^ forward, fighting in mud and rai.:., It v/as beginning to get cool and Prank often longed for a warm coat. At last on November 1 the German defenses broke and the troop'i pushed forward. Prank was exhausted but triumphant. News was being p.'.ssed to the ..len that the German v/ere con ferring with the Allied leaders about ;eace terms. At eleven 0* clock, on Novem .er 11 tho booming of guns along tho lines ceased and instead the chec'ring of men was heard. Prank's first thought v'/at,' about home and Helen, On Novembor 15 his troop (not nearly as large as it was when it arrii'-ed i::i Prance) left Liverpool for New YO-i’k, o'/i ax'rival they vravo greeted by tumultous cheering. Helen .\nd his mother v/are there to greet him. VISIT STANDARD w tKc Ci4 YA te. • I DRUG STOKE ’i |P(c^oy||=+;Vf dni^cfulh Fllltl I g H/lL^OjV , A/. jl:
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