Doctor’s letter tells of battle for French town against Nazis

[Lothringer]

The first three pages of Howard Ingling’s letter about the battle for Dornot, France, are missing in action.
The effect is to eliminate any buildup to the battle and for readers to enter while the fight for the village beside the Moselle River is at full pitch.
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“It was said that Capt. Cole was leading his men when suddenly he was hit in the chest with German machine gun fire and he died immediately.”
That was not the only loss.
“Donnelly, our good (very good) aid man was caring for a wounded sergeant when the Germans demanded that he give up. He was seen to go over to the Germans unwounded and with his arms in the air and was all right. But this spring his grave was found near Capt. Cole’s there on the east bank of the Moselle south of Metz.”


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