"Komerad! I've Wife and Children," Yells Hun. "It's Widow and Orphans Now," Quoth Marine As He Tilts Bayonet and Spears Enemy
Sergeant Richard Eisenhart's letter to his mother (reprinted in a newspaper) in which he tells the story of a Marine's confrontation with a German soldier, begging for his life, in a shell hole in No-Man's Land.
Identifier
NYSA_A0412-78_B04_F17_Hun
NYSA_A0412-78_B04_F17_Hun
Date Original
July 1918
July 1918
Language
English
English
Source
New York State Archives. New York (State). Education Dept. Division of Archives and History. World War I veterans' service data and photographs, 1917-1938. Series A0412-78, Box 4, Folder 17.
New York State Archives. New York (State). Education Dept. Division of Archives and History. World War I veterans' service data and photographs, 1917-1938. Series A0412-78, Box 4, Folder 17.
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