On September 26,1918, Charles MacDermut and his regiment jumped off (set off) from Le Mort Homme to try to capture Malancourt in eastern France. On November 8, 1918 they received orders to advance but only got 1/2 mile. On November 9, 1918 they were able to advance almost 3 miles to the east of Meury. The next day, November 10, 1918, at about 8:30AM, something gave him a wallop in the slats (his ribs) and because of the heavy enemy fire he had to lay there all day until 4:30PM when he could be rescued. He did not understand why the Germans did not kill his whole battilion, as they could have, but later he realized that they had begun to withdraw their guns prior to a retreat. He was taken to a shock ward of a field hospital. In the second letter, dated January 29, 1919, he describes what it was like to recover from his wounds amid a ward of fellow soldiers who were for the most part in worse shape than he was. He did eventually recover, marry and have two children (including my mother) but always had problems related to his wound. He also served in France during World War II. He died in 1954 while undergoing surgery related to his wounded lung. || - 2nd and 3rd pages of a letter (1st page is missing) written from a hospital by Charles MacDermut to his family describing how he was hurt near Malancourt, France on November 10, 1918. - Photo of Charles MacDermut (1917 or 1918) - First page of a letter (last page missing) written by Charles MacDermut to his family, describing what it was like to recover from his wounds in a military hospital on January 29. 1919 - Photo of Paul Azan (1874-1951), En Souvenir de l'Iron Battalion 1917. He was Chief of the Information Mission to the USA

Copy of the first page of a letter (rest of letter missing) dated January 29, 1919, in which my grandfather talks about his experience recovering from his wounds in a hospital in France.

Correspondence sent to Jack Appleby from his immediate family.