The Bossier Banner
Benton, La
Jan. 2, 1919
Speaks of Homer
Dalrymple
(portion of a letter written by Cpl. James T. Keith, childhood friend of Homer Dalrymple)
Now that the censorship of letters is somewhat relaxed, will try to tell you something about Homer Dalrymple. It was late one afternoon, about the 8th of July. I had been relieved in the town, or village, of Beurches, which is near Chateau Thiery, where I and six other men held one wing of the town, and the Dutch held the depot.
We all met and billeted ten kilometers behind the lines for rest. It was dark when I was marching through a small village, when a sentry of H Company of the Ninth Infantry halted me. "Who goes there?" "Friend," I answered, giving the countersign. Then I questioned him of Homer's where abouts. Some one appeared at a window and said: "Sorry, Buddy, but he is dead. Killed when starting over the top several evenings ago.: He was killed about a mile east of Bonicheu. I heard the barrage fire and was cautioned to have the men in readiness in case the Bouches counter-attacked.
With heavy heart I bid the sentry good luck and turned for my camp, a Kilometer away. And there, in the lonesome, darkened road, I looked up at the stars--I had felt the first cruel, stabbing pain of the war--and my heart went out to the mother in America. It didn't seem fair that her son should be taken in the very beginning--making the supreme sacrifice, giving his noble young life for the cause he knew to be right--giving his all that the nation might live, its honor unsoiled, and that the people of all nations might live to enjoy the freedoms, the right for which he fought and gave his life. His parents have all the sympathy of a soldier--and let it be said that he has not died in vain.
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The Bossier Banner
Benton, La
Feb. 6, 1919
How a Soldier Died
The following letter has been sent to the Banner for publication by an old Shreveport friend and reader.
Germany, 12 December, 1918.
Mr. G.W. Dalrymple, Shreveport, La.
Dear Sir: I regret to inform you, in response to your inquiry of October 12th, that Henry H. Dalrymple was killed in action. He was always one of the best soldiers I had in the platoon, and was an acting sergeant when the accident occurred. He was killed by a direct hit with a high explosive, and his badly mutilated body was buried about a half kilometer from a village named Vaux, near Chateau Thiery. The date of the incident was July 1, 1918. Please accept my most sincere sympathy.
Yours,
H. BROCKMAN
Captain Infantry, U.S.A.
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The tragic death of Homer Dalrymple, so well known to those readers of the Banner residing in the Midway and Linton communities, has before been mentioned in these columns, However, as the above brief letter makes such commendable note of the young man's conduct under fire, we are pleased to give it in print, and trust all of his relatives and old friends will see it.
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(Articles provided by Yon Hafer)
Note: Private U.S. Army
9th Infantry Regiment
2nd Division
Benton, La
Jan. 2, 1919
Speaks of Homer
Dalrymple
(portion of a letter written by Cpl. James T. Keith, childhood friend of Homer Dalrymple)
Now that the censorship of letters is somewhat relaxed, will try to tell you something about Homer Dalrymple. It was late one afternoon, about the 8th of July. I had been relieved in the town, or village, of Beurches, which is near Chateau Thiery, where I and six other men held one wing of the town, and the Dutch held the depot.
We all met and billeted ten kilometers behind the lines for rest. It was dark when I was marching through a small village, when a sentry of H Company of the Ninth Infantry halted me. "Who goes there?" "Friend," I answered, giving the countersign. Then I questioned him of Homer's where abouts. Some one appeared at a window and said: "Sorry, Buddy, but he is dead. Killed when starting over the top several evenings ago.: He was killed about a mile east of Bonicheu. I heard the barrage fire and was cautioned to have the men in readiness in case the Bouches counter-attacked.
With heavy heart I bid the sentry good luck and turned for my camp, a Kilometer away. And there, in the lonesome, darkened road, I looked up at the stars--I had felt the first cruel, stabbing pain of the war--and my heart went out to the mother in America. It didn't seem fair that her son should be taken in the very beginning--making the supreme sacrifice, giving his noble young life for the cause he knew to be right--giving his all that the nation might live, its honor unsoiled, and that the people of all nations might live to enjoy the freedoms, the right for which he fought and gave his life. His parents have all the sympathy of a soldier--and let it be said that he has not died in vain.
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The Bossier Banner
Benton, La
Feb. 6, 1919
How a Soldier Died
The following letter has been sent to the Banner for publication by an old Shreveport friend and reader.
Germany, 12 December, 1918.
Mr. G.W. Dalrymple, Shreveport, La.
Dear Sir: I regret to inform you, in response to your inquiry of October 12th, that Henry H. Dalrymple was killed in action. He was always one of the best soldiers I had in the platoon, and was an acting sergeant when the accident occurred. He was killed by a direct hit with a high explosive, and his badly mutilated body was buried about a half kilometer from a village named Vaux, near Chateau Thiery. The date of the incident was July 1, 1918. Please accept my most sincere sympathy.
Yours,
H. BROCKMAN
Captain Infantry, U.S.A.
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The tragic death of Homer Dalrymple, so well known to those readers of the Banner residing in the Midway and Linton communities, has before been mentioned in these columns, However, as the above brief letter makes such commendable note of the young man's conduct under fire, we are pleased to give it in print, and trust all of his relatives and old friends will see it.
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(Articles provided by Yon Hafer)
Note: Private U.S. Army
9th Infantry Regiment
2nd Division
The Bossier Banner
Benton, La
Jan. 2, 1919
Speaks of Homer
Dalrymple
(portion of a letter written by Cpl. James T. Keith, childhood friend of Homer Dalrymple)
Now that the censorship of letters is somewhat relaxed, will try to tell you something about Homer Dalrymple. It was late one afternoon, about the 8th of July. I had been relieved in the town, or village, of Beurches, which is near Chateau Thiery, where I and six other men held one wing of the town, and the Dutch held the depot.
We all met and billeted ten kilometers behind the lines for rest. It was dark when I was marching through a small village, when a sentry of H Company of the Ninth Infantry halted me. "Who goes there?" "Friend," I answered, giving the countersign. Then I questioned him of Homer's where abouts. Some one appeared at a window and said: "Sorry, Buddy, but he is dead. Killed when starting over the top several evenings ago.: He was killed about a mile east of Bonicheu. I heard the barrage fire and was cautioned to have the men in readiness in case the Bouches counter-attacked.
With heavy heart I bid the sentry good luck and turned for my camp, a Kilometer away. And there, in the lonesome, darkened road, I looked up at the stars--I had felt the first cruel, stabbing pain of the war--and my heart went out to the mother in America. It didn't seem fair that her son should be taken in the very beginning--making the supreme sacrifice, giving his noble young life for the cause he knew to be right--giving his all that the nation might live, its honor unsoiled, and that the people of all nations might live to enjoy the freedoms, the right for which he fought and gave his life. His parents have all the sympathy of a soldier--and let it be said that he has not died in vain.
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The Bossier Banner
Benton, La
Feb. 6, 1919
How a Soldier Died
The following letter has been sent to the Banner for publication by an old Shreveport friend and reader.
Germany, 12 December, 1918.
Mr. G.W. Dalrymple, Shreveport, La.
Dear Sir: I regret to inform you, in response to your inquiry of October 12th, that Henry H. Dalrymple was killed in action. He was always one of the best soldiers I had in the platoon, and was an acting sergeant when the accident occurred. He was killed by a direct hit with a high explosive, and his badly mutilated body was buried about a half kilometer from a village named Vaux, near Chateau Thiery. The date of the incident was July 1, 1918. Please accept my most sincere sympathy.
Yours,
H. BROCKMAN
Captain Infantry, U.S.A.
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The tragic death of Homer Dalrymple, so well known to those readers of the Banner residing in the Midway and Linton communities, has before been mentioned in these columns, However, as the above brief letter makes such commendable note of the young man's conduct under fire, we are pleased to give it in print, and trust all of his relatives and old friends will see it.
----------------
(Articles provided by Yon Hafer)
Note: Private U.S. Army
9th Infantry Regiment
2nd Division
Benton, La
Jan. 2, 1919
Speaks of Homer
Dalrymple
(portion of a letter written by Cpl. James T. Keith, childhood friend of Homer Dalrymple)
Now that the censorship of letters is somewhat relaxed, will try to tell you something about Homer Dalrymple. It was late one afternoon, about the 8th of July. I had been relieved in the town, or village, of Beurches, which is near Chateau Thiery, where I and six other men held one wing of the town, and the Dutch held the depot.
We all met and billeted ten kilometers behind the lines for rest. It was dark when I was marching through a small village, when a sentry of H Company of the Ninth Infantry halted me. "Who goes there?" "Friend," I answered, giving the countersign. Then I questioned him of Homer's where abouts. Some one appeared at a window and said: "Sorry, Buddy, but he is dead. Killed when starting over the top several evenings ago.: He was killed about a mile east of Bonicheu. I heard the barrage fire and was cautioned to have the men in readiness in case the Bouches counter-attacked.
With heavy heart I bid the sentry good luck and turned for my camp, a Kilometer away. And there, in the lonesome, darkened road, I looked up at the stars--I had felt the first cruel, stabbing pain of the war--and my heart went out to the mother in America. It didn't seem fair that her son should be taken in the very beginning--making the supreme sacrifice, giving his noble young life for the cause he knew to be right--giving his all that the nation might live, its honor unsoiled, and that the people of all nations might live to enjoy the freedoms, the right for which he fought and gave his life. His parents have all the sympathy of a soldier--and let it be said that he has not died in vain.
----------------
The Bossier Banner
Benton, La
Feb. 6, 1919
How a Soldier Died
The following letter has been sent to the Banner for publication by an old Shreveport friend and reader.
Germany, 12 December, 1918.
Mr. G.W. Dalrymple, Shreveport, La.
Dear Sir: I regret to inform you, in response to your inquiry of October 12th, that Henry H. Dalrymple was killed in action. He was always one of the best soldiers I had in the platoon, and was an acting sergeant when the accident occurred. He was killed by a direct hit with a high explosive, and his badly mutilated body was buried about a half kilometer from a village named Vaux, near Chateau Thiery. The date of the incident was July 1, 1918. Please accept my most sincere sympathy.
Yours,
H. BROCKMAN
Captain Infantry, U.S.A.
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The tragic death of Homer Dalrymple, so well known to those readers of the Banner residing in the Midway and Linton communities, has before been mentioned in these columns, However, as the above brief letter makes such commendable note of the young man's conduct under fire, we are pleased to give it in print, and trust all of his relatives and old friends will see it.
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(Articles provided by Yon Hafer)
Note: Private U.S. Army
9th Infantry Regiment
2nd Division
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