Word: shell
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...immediately. At present the University boats are still divided into sets of two eights each as nearly equal in strength as possible. Under the system to be adopted after the recess it is planned by the rowing management to arrange at least two races for each class or club shell...
Lieutenant Charles F. Williams LL.B. '99 who served in the 9th Machine Gun Battalion was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for:--"Extraordinary heroism in action near Romagne, France, October 11, 1918. Although wounded by a high explosive shell, Lieutenant Williams refused to be evacuated, but continued leading his platoon in the attack and successfully defended his position from counterattack until completely exhausted...
Captain Wesselhoeft, in action near Verdun in November, 1918, went forward under heavy machine gun fire, to the aid of a wounded soldier. The fire was so heavy that the two were compelled to remain in the shell hole until nightfall, when the wounded man was carried back to safety...
...being placed in command of the 112th Regiment Infantry, 28th Division, led that regiment in the assault and capture of Chatel-Chehery on October 7. While organizing his command there for a further advance against the enemy, he was mortally wounded. About 7 A. M. a fragment of shell struck him in the neck, breaking a cervical vertebra. In the evening he called for a chaplain and asked him to read some verses from the Bible. When the chaplain had finished reading, he exclaimed, "That's great stuff, isn't it?" Shortly afterward, at 2 A. M., Colonel Shannon died...
...ordinary soldier (doughboy, as he is called) certainly has a hard life even if he escapes being wounded. He sometimes goes two or three days without food and is constantly exposed to the dampness and cold as to shell fragments and machine-gun bullets. They are the most uncomplaining lot, however, and are very happy to be back where they can get a chance to sleep on something...