From Poilu to Yank

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. To the inquisitive reporter of a Phila delphia evening paper, who interviewed him on his arrival, he obligingly told the story of each star, every one of which rep resented a citation for bravery. When he reached the fourth, he told the following story, which in its essential part was pub lished in the Evening Bulletin in its issue of November 10, 1917, where it was read by thousands of people on that evening.