Identifier: 01120440R.nlm.nih.gov
Title: At the front in a flivver
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Stevenson, William Yorke, 1878- author
Subjects: Stevenson, William Yorke, 1878- Voluntary Workers Ambulances World War I
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a man to accompanyus at intervals as we entered new sections.The men seemed comfortable enough, ex-cepting that they never see anything butthe sky, as the top of the trench is a coupleof feet above their heads. At intervals wepassed graves of those killed at times ofgreat activity and who had simply beenthrust into the sides and pegged therewith basket-work. Rather unpleasanton wet days I should think. Also at timesthe trenches pass through graveyards, andhere again coffin-heads and bones occa-sionally stick out of the sides. May 10. Victor White is cited by theorder of the Division for coolness, effi-ciency, and bravery under fire. He willget the Croix and everybody is delighted.He was loading two wounded men atCappy when the Germans turned loosetheir shells and all the men who were help-ing beat it for the cellar. Vic finished thejob by himself, started his car, and drovethe men down out of shell-fire to Cerisy. A funny thing happened to Lathrop.The Boston papers came out with long
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VICTOR WHITE ON LES AURA 71 notices of his death under fire. His familynearly went crazy until the Paris Ambu-lance wired them that nothing had hap-pened; but since then they have beenreceiving letters of condolence. No explan-ation of how the thing started has beengiven, as no one has even been hurt here,and only one man has been killed in thewhole Ambulance so far (Hall). We heardlater that one man had died of spinal men-ingitis in another Section, and it was hisdeath that caused the mix-up. May 12. We had received word that wewere to be inspected yesterday and thatWhite and Campbell would be officiallyawarded the Croix de Guerre. Everybodyslicked up, shaved, and cleaned rooms,yards, and cars, but nothing happened— the General sending word he would notbe able to come. White and Campbell were awarded thecrosses because they were the oldest andmost efficient men in the Section, theThird Division General having allottedtwo crosses to our Section. This seemedto be the fairest way to d

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