cmyr
01-22-2008, 02:31 PM
REPORT PUBLISHED MAY 14, 1918
Other Chicagoans named in the casualty list yesterday as wounded in action were ... and Privates ....Arnold Roman Wilmanns, 2506 Orchard street; all members of the United States Marine Corps.
Wilmanns, 23 year old son of Augustus C. Wilmanns, enlisted last June. He is a graduate of Lane Technical High school.
In a letter dated March, 31, he wrote: Writes of the Trenches. "I have just returned from the front line trenches. Our company was the first of the Marines to take over a sector in France. It is impossible to do much writing in the trenches. From 4 o'clock until dawn every one stands by on the firing step. Here is where we see the sun rise and the dawn of a new day, to the accompaniment of machine gun fire, which is the good morning of the trenches. When we get the word from our officers we beat it back to the dugout and hit our bunks for some sleep. It's good to get THE TRIBUNE over here -- makes it seem more like home. When you come right down to it, it's a great little world. One of these fine days things will take a turn for the better, and we will all set helm for home once more."
Other Chicagoans named in the casualty list yesterday as wounded in action were ... and Privates ....Arnold Roman Wilmanns, 2506 Orchard street; all members of the United States Marine Corps.
Wilmanns, 23 year old son of Augustus C. Wilmanns, enlisted last June. He is a graduate of Lane Technical High school.
In a letter dated March, 31, he wrote: Writes of the Trenches. "I have just returned from the front line trenches. Our company was the first of the Marines to take over a sector in France. It is impossible to do much writing in the trenches. From 4 o'clock until dawn every one stands by on the firing step. Here is where we see the sun rise and the dawn of a new day, to the accompaniment of machine gun fire, which is the good morning of the trenches. When we get the word from our officers we beat it back to the dugout and hit our bunks for some sleep. It's good to get THE TRIBUNE over here -- makes it seem more like home. When you come right down to it, it's a great little world. One of these fine days things will take a turn for the better, and we will all set helm for home once more."