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And to those who worry that we've lost our way, well, I want you to listen to parts of a letter written by James Markwell, Pvt. 1st Class James Markwell, a 20-year-old Army medic to the First Battalion, 75th Rangers. It's dated Dec. 18, the day before our armed forces went into action in Panama. It's a letter servicemen write and hope will never, ever be sent.
A few nights before, one of the members of such a patrol had been shot down within a few feet of Pvt. George Moses, one of our sentinels, who, single handed, stood his post and held off the patrol until assistance arrived. We had orders to hold this front at all cost.
SGT. MATHEW G. GRAHEK, "M" Co., 339th Inf. SGT. F. W. WOLFE, "K" Co., 339th Inf. SGT. G. M. WALKER, "K" Co., 339th Inf. SGT. CHAS. J. HAYDEN, "I" Co., 339th Inf. CORP. J. C. DOWNS, "B" Co., 339th Inf. SGT. A. V. TIBBALS, "A" Co., 310th Engrs. CORP. GEORGE R. YOHE, Signal Platoon, "Hq." Co., 339th Inf. PVT. WALTER A. SPRINGSTEEN, Signal Platoon, "Hq." Co., 339th Inf.
SGT. E. P. TROMBLEY, "A" Co., 339th Inf. CORP. H. T. DANIELSON, "A" Co., 339th Inf. CORP. J. FRANCZAC, "A" Co., 339th Inf. BUGLER C. J. CAMPUS, "A" Co., 339th Inf. MECH. A. J. HORN, "A" Co., 339th Inf. SGT. J. A. NEES, "A" Co., 339th Inf. SGT. ARNOLD W. NOLF, "A" Co., 310th Engrs. SGT. H. H. HAMILTON, "A" Co., 310th Engrs. PVT. BERGER W. BERGSTROM, "A" Co., 310th Engrs.
Here let us insert the story of a two-man detachment of those redoubtable trench mortar men who rivaled their comrades' exploits with rifle and bayonet or machine gun. Corp. Andriks and Pvt. Forthe of "Hq" Company trench mortar platoon were loaned for a few days to the British officer at Shred Makrenga to instruct his Russian troops in the use of the Stokes mortars.
CORP. ROBERT M. PRATT, "M" Co., 339th Inf., for gallantry in action, October 17th, 1918, Verst 445, near Emtsa, Russia. PVT. VICTOR STIER, "A" Co., 339th Inf., for gallantry in action, January 19th, 1919, Ust Padenga, Russia. PVT. LAWRENCE B. KILROY, 337th Ambulance Company, for gallantry in action, Kodish, Russia.
PVT. CLARENCE A. MILLER, "M" Co., 339th Inf. Meritorious Service Medal All of "A" Company, 310th Engineers St. Vladimir with Swords and Ribbons REAR-ADMIRAL NEWTON A. McCULLY, Commanding U. S. Naval Forces. MAJOR MICHAEL J. DONOGHUE, 339th Inf. MAJOR J. BROOKS NICHOLS, 339th Inf. COL. JAMES A. RUGGLES, Chief of American Military Mission, Military Attache to Embassy in Russia. St. Anne With Swords
LIEUT. WESLEY K. WRIGHT, "M" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. GILBERT T. SHILLSON, "K" CO., 339th Inf. SGT. HARVEY B. PETERSON, "M" Co. PVT. HERMAN A. SODER, "I" Co. PVT. THOMAS McELROY, "M" Co. CORP. BENJAMIN JONDRO, "M" Co. PVT. TOBIAS LePLANT, "K" Co. PVT. FRANK RANK, "I" Co. SGT. CHARLES V. RIHA, "M" Co. LIEUT. ROBERT J. WIECZOREK, "M" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. WOODHULL SPITLER, "M.G." Co., 339th Inf.
SGT. FRANK GETZLOFF, "M" Co. CORP. C. A. GROBBELL, "I" Co. LIEUT. GEORGE W. STONER, "M" Co., 339th Inf. PVT. JOHN H. ROMPINEN, "M" Co. PVT. ALFRED FULLER, "K" Co. MAJOR MICHAEL J. DONOGHUE, 339th Inf. LIEUT. CLARENCE J. PRIMM, "M" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. DWIGHT FISTLER, "I" Co., 339th Inf. SGT. CHARLES HEBNER, "M" Co. PVT. OTTO GEORGIA, "K" Co. LIEUT. PERCIVAL L. SMITH, "Hq." Co., 339th Inf.
One American soldier, Pvt. Earl Fulcher, of "H" Company, and one French soldier were brought back and in exchange for them four former Bolshevik officers were given. Report was brought that other soldiers were being given their freedom by the Bolshevik government and were going out by way of Petrograd and Viborg, Finland.
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