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Deeds of Heroism and Bravery

by Elwyn Barron

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  1. 1Introduction
  2. 2The Soldier
  3. 3“And a Few Marines”
  4. 4In the American Way
  5. 5Facing the Mystery
  6. 6A Bullet Through the Lung
  7. 7As Sibley’s Men Advanced
  8. 8The Right Qualities There
  9. 9In the Belleau Wood
  10. 10The Taking of Bouresches
  11. 11German Treachery
  12. 12“Forward, Lancers!”
  13. 13Grenfell Rescues the Guns
  14. 14An Unparalleled Hero
  15. 15Early Into Action
  16. 16“All the Time I Was A-Using My Rifle”
  17. 17“I Whipped Out My Automatic”
  18. 18Promoted and Decorated
  19. 19“I Feel a Heap Stronger Spiritually”
  20. 20The Nemesis of Flame — A Vision of Inferno From Which Even a Dante…
  21. 21He Jests at Scars
  22. 22Living Nine Pins
  23. 23“Paid His Way in Huns”
  24. 24A Go With a Tank
  25. 25Something of a Myth
  26. 26Epic of the Foreign Legion
  27. 27Just Before Going Into Action
  28. 28Over the Top at Double-Quick
  29. 29Steadily on Across a Wall of Fire
  30. 30Dare-Devil Fighters From the Paris Slums
  31. 31“Doc of the Fifth”
  32. 32So They Made Him a Marine
  33. 33In the Thick of It at Belleau Wood
  34. 34Couldn’t Stop Them
  35. 35The Great Adventure Begins
  36. 36Caught in Barbed-Wire Nets
  37. 37Got There Any Old Way
  38. 38Some Wouldn’t “Dig in”
  39. 39The Kind of Men They Were
  40. 40Unorthodox but Stanch
  41. 41One of Our Boys
  42. 42Warm Hearted and Fearless
  43. 43Guthrie of the “Kilties”
  44. 44He Raises a Company
  45. 45Takes a Mud Bath
  46. 46Not So Unspeakable — A Turk Whose Sense of Humor Made the Tommies H…
  47. 47The Medical Corps — Though the Reports Are All Too Few Every Doctor…
  48. 48Some Red Cross Weaklings
  49. 49“The Jolly Old Red Cross”
  50. 50Knew How to Get ’Em
  51. 51Pretty Good Men Too
  52. 52Rescues a Village
  53. 53“Eh! Mon, ’Twas Grand!”
  54. 54One Survived — An Episode of the Gallipoli Campaign Typical of the…
  55. 55Tank-Man Talks
  56. 56Grenades Just Eggs
  57. 57Too Much Ingenuity
  58. 58Sniffs at Hun Tanks
  59. 59The Garibaldi Code “To Be Ready Ever to Fight for the Cause They Th…
  60. 60The Bald Facts
  61. 61Agonies of Body and Mind
  62. 62Blown From the Trench
  63. 63Felt Safest When on Guard
  64. 64Not Safe to Help the Hun
  65. 65No Words to Describe It
  66. 66O’Leary Stepped in
  67. 67Charge of the “Mad Irishman”
  68. 68When the “Yanks” Went in
  69. 69In Every After Battle
  70. 70Winning More French Praise
  71. 71The Last Shot
  72. 72Humor and Heroism
  73. 73Micky Free Revived
  74. 74Glad to Meet Haig
  75. 75They Are Not Talkers
  76. 76Not the Hun Type
  77. 77Did Not Merit Mercy
  78. 78Speaking to God
  79. 79Runners and M.p.’s
  80. 80England’s Indian Warriors
  81. 81The Brown Men
  82. 82Winners of V. C.’s
  83. 83The Jemadar
  84. 84Stood the Brunt
  85. 85A Lively Introduction
  86. 86Witnesses an Air Duel
  87. 87“A Valiant Gentleman”
  88. 88A Mother’s Gift to the Cause
  89. 89From Dartmouth to France
  90. 90The Traveled Road
  91. 91The Living Dead
  92. 92Where Denominations End
  93. 93His Leathernecks
  94. 94A Bit of a Mistake
  95. 95“Buckeyes” or “Spearheads”
  96. 96At the Zero Hour
  97. 97Now the Final Episodes
  98. 98Their Last Over
  99. 99Corporal Holmes’s Way
  100. 100Takes Up His Friend
  101. 101Not Dead but Fighting
  102. 102That Little Fellow Roach
  103. 103The Major Said It
  104. 104When the Light Failed
  105. 105A Dash Straight Ahead
  106. 106The “Cloud of Blacks” — Terrible Effect of a Charge of Senegals Upo…
  107. 107Hubbell Bagged ’Em
  108. 108Other Doughty Chaps
  109. 109Was He a Coward?
  110. 110He Goes to the Front
  111. 111The Boy Regarded Him as a Hero
  112. 112He Is Promoted
  113. 113Two Heroes of Hill 60
  114. 114From Curate to Soldier
  115. 115A Determined Bomber
  116. 116Too Much Fuss for Him
  117. 117Colonel Freyberg, V.C. — A New Zealand Soldier With the Qualities o…
  118. 118One of the D. S. C. Men
  119. 119The Martyr Hero
  120. 120Colored Troops Reach the Rhine
  121. 121Gave Them Bolos
  122. 122Good Old Potts
  123. 123A Shovel to the Rescue
  124. 124It Was Up to Bill
  125. 125On the Way to France
  126. 126Bill Accepted for Service
  127. 127The Rendezvous
  128. 128A Marching Ordeal
  129. 129When the Hour Came
  130. 130Staying to the End — How a Handful of Russian “Madmen” Held the For…
  131. 131Without the Glamour
  132. 132A Dangerous Reconnaissance
  133. 133A Charge by the Irish
  134. 134The Mental Side of Fighting
  135. 135Only Two Officers Left
  136. 136Scenes Among Prisoners
  137. 137Forgetting Enmity
  138. 138Big Adam’s Hare Soup — How the Scotch Snipers Fortified Themselves…
  139. 139A “Blue Grass” Canadian
  140. 140A Comforting Staff Officer
  141. 141The Agony of Waiting
  142. 142Almost Calm
  143. 143Fire Curtains
  144. 144The Same to You
  145. 145Knickerbocker Waiter
  146. 146Mistress “Razzle Dazzle”
  147. 147She Goes Into Action
  148. 148She Defies Control
  149. 149The Painter Soldier
  150. 150Would Not Remain Behind
  151. 151An Officer’s Obligation
  152. 152Why the Night So Long
  153. 153For the Last Look
  154. 154Edith Cavell — Martyr-Heroine
  155. 155Her Duty to Her Country
  156. 156Miss Cavell a Prisoner
  157. 157The German Way
  158. 158Sentenced to Death
  159. 159Whitlock Attempts to Save Her
  160. 160The Last Plea Fails
  161. 161Edith Cavell’s Last Hours
  162. 162Von Bissing’s Defense
  163. 163A Picardy Heroine
  164. 164Twice Saved From the Germans
  165. 165Girls of the “Battalion”
  166. 166Married an Unknown
  167. 167Raises Her Battalion
  168. 168Their First Engagement
  169. 169Her Ambulance Unit
  170. 170An Implacable Breed
  171. 171Too Busy to Refuse Her
  172. 172A True Heroine
  173. 173Sword in Hand, She Led the Attack
  174. 174A Heroine of Humanity — This Young Englishwoman Risked Death in a H…
  175. 175One of the Great “Aces”
  176. 176The Price of a Job
  177. 177Joins the Foreign Legion
  178. 178Attacks a Master of His Art
  179. 179The Last Flight
  180. 180The Lafayette Escadrille
  181. 181How Chapman Fought
  182. 182The First of Them to Die
  183. 183Jim’s Turn Came
  184. 184A “Legendary Hero”
  185. 185A Small Beginning
  186. 186Miraculous Escapes
  187. 187Won Without Arms
  188. 188The Flight Into the Unknown
  189. 189Worthy Citation
  190. 190The Unidentified
  191. 191A Last Autograph
  192. 192A Challenge Duel
  193. 193Cheers From Opposing Trenches
  194. 194A Wreath for His Victim
  195. 195An American Wonder
  196. 196His First Exploit
  197. 197Downed Three Balloons in One Day
  198. 198His End a Mystery
  199. 199One to Twenty-Two — The Formidable Odds Against Which a Young Engli…
  200. 200From Saddle to Cockpit
  201. 201Keeping Up With the Formation
  202. 202The German “Flying Pig”
  203. 203How He Won the Military Cross
  204. 204A Miraculous Recovery
  205. 205“Like Shooting Clay Pigeons”
  206. 206Dodging “Jack Death”
  207. 207Observing the Retreat of the British
  208. 208The “Conqueror” at Paris
  209. 209The Return From Paris
  210. 210Warneford’s Triumph — The Brilliant Exploit That Marked the First “…
  211. 211One Minute Plus
  212. 212Following the Chance
  213. 213“Dangerous If Not Desperate
  214. 214Clever Work
  215. 215Making a Clean Job
  216. 216“The Pictures Are Good”
  217. 217In Spite of Wounds
  218. 218Miller’s Rallying Feat
  219. 219Subduing the Turk
  220. 220In Jail at Nazareth
  221. 221A Stowaway on a “Hell Ship”
  222. 222A Daring Pursuit
  223. 223Brought Him Down
  224. 224The Roosevelt Boys
  225. 225Archie Goes to France
  226. 226Theodore, the Idol of His Men
  227. 227Kermit in Mesopotamia and France
  228. 228Quentin
  229. 229He Makes a Down
  230. 230Meeting the Enemy
  231. 231All but Quentin Returned
  232. 232Germans Report Death
  233. 233Just What He Wanted
  234. 234The Hun Spins Earthward
  235. 235Aviator Price Downs Three Planes
  236. 236“The Red Battle Flyer”
  237. 237His First Flight
  238. 238The Boelcke Circus
  239. 239His First Victims
  240. 240Boelcke’s Finish
  241. 241The World’s Greatest Launching
  242. 242Pat O’Brien Outwits the Hun
  243. 243As a Fighting Scout
  244. 244Captured by the Hun
  245. 245Making His Escape
  246. 246A Track and Trackless Winner
  247. 247Chagrin a Saving Grace
  248. 248Without a Return Shot
  249. 249Seven to Seven
  250. 250As Squadron Commander
  251. 251The Gunboat
  252. 252Captain Fryatt’s Murder
  253. 253German Exultation
  254. 254The First Officer’s Report
  255. 255Jules Verne Vindicated
  256. 256A Wash, a Feast and a Night’s Rest on the Ocean Bottom
  257. 257Rising to the Surface
  258. 258Out Into the Broad Atlantic
  259. 259A Dummy Smoke-Stack
  260. 260Weddigen’s Wonder Feat
  261. 261Eye-Witness Account by an Officer of the Cressy
  262. 262The Official Report
  263. 263Capt. Weddigen’s Own Story
  264. 264The Shot Went Straight and True
  265. 265The Cressy Turns Turtle
  266. 266Torpedoed!
  267. 267Deafened and Unable to Speak
  268. 268Into One Lifeboat
  269. 269Almost Swamped
  270. 270The Sussex Still Afloat
  271. 271Back to the Ship
  272. 272The Valleys of the Blue Shrouds
  273. 273Rizzo Sinks the Wien
  274. 274Dumbfounded Austrians
  275. 275Edith Cavell
  276. 276As of Old
  277. 277A Hand-to-Hand Fight on Deck
  278. 278Death in a Submarine — One of a Crew That Was Saved Tells of the Th…
  279. 279A Notable Exploit
  280. 280Paolucci Explores
  281. 281Avoids a Sentry Boat
  282. 282Nearing the Ship
  283. 283All Lighted Up
  284. 284Taken on Board
  285. 285Freed After the Armistice
  286. 286Rescue Extraordinary
  287. 287“One More Dive” — Then Sunk
  288. 288Hurrying to the Rescue
  289. 289Tubes for Air and Food
  290. 290A Job That Called for Finesse
  291. 291Inside the Sunken Ship
  292. 292Danger of Poisonous Gases
  293. 293Through the Conning-Tower Hatch — A Daring Idea
  294. 294Morse Code Conversations
  295. 295“The Limits of Human Endurance”
  296. 296Fresh Air at Last!
  297. 297Leaks in the Bulkhead
  298. 298Tilting Up the Bow
  299. 299Cutting a Hole in the Side
  300. 300Saved After 54½ Hours
  301. 301I Have a Rendezvous With Death
  302. 302Tricking the Turk
  303. 303A Compassless Return
  304. 304Canadians
  305. 305First of Its Kind
  306. 306A Disturbed Luncheon
  307. 307Vale, Cap Trafalgar!
  308. 308Not to Be Forgotten
  309. 309Turned to Mine-Sweeping
  310. 310Christmas in the Trenches
  311. 311Spying at Its Worst
  312. 312Its Diplomatic Aids
  313. 313Bait for Ingénues
  314. 314Corruption Fund of Millions
  315. 315Boy-Ed, a Turkish Half-Breed
  316. 316Germany’s Secret Army
  317. 317The Wireless Treacheries
  318. 318To Invade Canada
  319. 319Manufacturing Passports
  320. 320Nabbed at Sea
  321. 321A Sensational Capture
  322. 322More Bernstorff Craft
  323. 323Lansing’s Revelation
  324. 324The Bolo Pasha Folly
  325. 325Bernstorff the Master Mind
  326. 326A Continuing Evil
  327. 327Organized Propaganda
  328. 328Paul Koenig, the Atlas Line’s Man
  329. 329A Supersubtle Knave
  330. 330As to Spies in England
  331. 331Only a Dozen Shot
  332. 332America’s High-Class Spies
  333. 333Edith Cavell’s Betrayer — A Traitor of Belgium Posing as an Allied…
  334. 334Edith Cavell
  335. 335The Spy Mill — It Did Not Wait for Winds to Swing Its Arms for Germ…
  336. 336Alois the Silent
  337. 337Faced Death a Hero
  338. 338Eye of the Morning
  339. 339She Acquires a Dragon
  340. 340Again the Deputy
  341. 341Better Wrecker Than Spy
  342. 342Not a Nondescript
  343. 343Hobo to Millionaire
  344. 344Plays the Game Well
  345. 345Shy on Dividends
  346. 346The Wind-Up
  347. 347Delicate Scruples
  348. 348The Explosion
  349. 349Frustrated Diabolism
  350. 350A Plot Hatched in Germany
  351. 351A Sham Garage
  352. 352The Road to Betrayal
  353. 353Potash Too Weak
  354. 354Taken Into Custody
  355. 355Explained Too Much
  356. 356Perfected Devilry
  357. 357What Fay Pictured
  358. 358Here’s to Constable Ritchings
  359. 359His Home Honors
  360. 360What Gilles Brought in Driving His Automobile Over a Shell-Swept Ro…
  361. 361The Rock of the Marne
  362. 362America’s Highest War Honor
  363. 3631st Division
  364. 3642nd Division
  365. 3653rd Division
  366. 3665th Division
  367. 36726th Division
  368. 36827th Division
  369. 36928th Division
  370. 37029th Division
  371. 37130th Division
  372. 37231st Division
  373. 37333rd Division
  374. 37435th Division
  375. 37536th Division
  376. 37642nd Division
  377. 37777th Division
  378. 37878th Division
  379. 37982nd Division
  380. 38089th Division
  381. 38191st Division
  382. 38293rd Division
  383. 383Tank Corps

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