"Jim took the machine gun and crawled forward to a good position and set up the gun and began firing. he was in a spot and was doing plenty of good, so the (Germans) started concentrating all their efforts on him....
"His platoon leader saw they were getting close and yelled to Jim that he'd better get out of there. The boys in the platoon said it was possible Jim didn't hear as they had never known him to disobey an order but his friends seem to think that he was just mad and was doing so much good at the time he didn't want to move.
"So he stayed right there and fired until his gun was red hot. Then they got zeroed in on him and landed a mortar shell right on top of him. He died instantly but his hand was still clutching the trigger. As a result of his continued fire, the platoon was able to advance to their objective....
"With all my love, Charles"
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