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Wifred "Friday" Allen was awarded the Purple Heart for
wounds received in Batte.
The following is an excerpt from his diary.
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Excerpt from his Diary
August 24 - Up 2.00 A.M. Ate breakfast and got straw for
bed. Sergt's mess started today. Joe
Yund is cook and I help him. Better eats for me. Shaved in P.M. Helped prepare supper. Sat around until 10 P.M. waiting for rations and water. Aeroplane flew over about midnight and dropped 5 bombs. First bomb landed about 30 ft from me. Lad by name of Caruso was sitting side of me. He got hit in upper part of leg and he died on wat to hospital. Small piece hit me in left hand and another piece went through bible in my upper right had pocket. Another bomb went through roof of billet and killed Hoadley and wounded Sgt. Milliman, McDonald and Sutter, Corp Wagner, Priv Rathburn, Withead, Dodson, Evers, Predo, Costner. Sgt. McDonald was shell shocked. I went to hospital and got shot of anti-toxin in chest. Stayed all night in hospital. |
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