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May 19, 1918
Laredo Weekly Times
Laredo, Webb County, Texas
What is this article about?
During WWI, American soldier Billy Jones is wounded in French trenches, rescued by a comrade, and transported to a base hospital where a Red Cross nurse aids his recovery, highlighting the need for support to save soldiers.
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Billy Jones
By WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
Billy Jones--maybe your son or the son of a neighbor--was in the front line trenches in France when the German bombing party was driven back. His enthusiasm to get the Boches carried him over the top of the trench, and at the edge of No Man's Land a Hun bullet got him.
A comrade--maybe your boy--crawled out into No Man's Land and brought Billy Jones back to the American trenches.
Other comrades carried him back through the maze of trenches to a dressing station, where his wound was cared for.
A medical department ambulance carried him on to the field hospital.
From there Billy Jones was taken to the base hospital, and there a Red Cross nurse--your Red Cross nurse--is tenderly, carefully, smilingly nursing him back to health again so that he may not have to pay the extreme sacrifice that we--that you and I and our neighbors--may enjoy the blessings of freedom.
There are half a million of these boys of ours in France, today and more going "over there" every week.
They are there to wage the supreme conflict of the world with the brutal forces of autocracy that democracy, our heritage, may not perish.
We want these boys of ours to come back to us, and it is the Red Cross men and women--our Red Cross men and women--who will bring thousands of them back who would not otherwise come if our dollars will but keep them there to minister to these boys of ours.
They are but doing for us what we cannot do for ourselves.
By WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
Billy Jones--maybe your son or the son of a neighbor--was in the front line trenches in France when the German bombing party was driven back. His enthusiasm to get the Boches carried him over the top of the trench, and at the edge of No Man's Land a Hun bullet got him.
A comrade--maybe your boy--crawled out into No Man's Land and brought Billy Jones back to the American trenches.
Other comrades carried him back through the maze of trenches to a dressing station, where his wound was cared for.
A medical department ambulance carried him on to the field hospital.
From there Billy Jones was taken to the base hospital, and there a Red Cross nurse--your Red Cross nurse--is tenderly, carefully, smilingly nursing him back to health again so that he may not have to pay the extreme sacrifice that we--that you and I and our neighbors--may enjoy the blessings of freedom.
There are half a million of these boys of ours in France, today and more going "over there" every week.
They are there to wage the supreme conflict of the world with the brutal forces of autocracy that democracy, our heritage, may not perish.
We want these boys of ours to come back to us, and it is the Red Cross men and women--our Red Cross men and women--who will bring thousands of them back who would not otherwise come if our dollars will but keep them there to minister to these boys of ours.
They are but doing for us what we cannot do for ourselves.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Heroic Act
Military Action
What themes does it cover?
Bravery Heroism
Survival
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Wwi Soldier
Trench Warfare
Wound Rescue
Red Cross Nursing
American Troops France
What entities or persons were involved?
Billy Jones
Red Cross Nurse
Where did it happen?
Front Line Trenches In France
Story Details
Key Persons
Billy Jones
Red Cross Nurse
Location
Front Line Trenches In France
Story Details
Billy Jones is wounded by a German bullet while pursuing the enemy over the trench top in No Man's Land; a comrade rescues him back to the American trenches, where he is transported through medical stations to a base hospital and nursed back to health by a Red Cross nurse.