smeltzer

Updated: May 10, 2025

Another officer of the Buff's by name Smeltzer withdrew his platoon under heavy fire, and, although he was wounded, fought his way back slowly to prevent the enemy from following up. The men were proud of his gallantry, but when he was asked what he had done he could think of nothing except that "when the Boches began shelling I got into a dugout, and when they stopped I came out again."

Philip Gibbs - Now It Can Be Told