19th. That his body would be interned abroad until the end of the war. The shock of this telegram to Glenn's parents was softened a great deal when they received a letter from him, dated August 28th, and they dared hope a mistake had been made. With much interest we read through many old newspapers clippings and telegrams, correcting GUARD AT UTAH CURPIE HEART ASF DEPOT WEARS It has happened before only on rare occasions, when one can pick up a pap= er and read one's own obituary. Yes such was the experience of Glenn Allen Perkins of Pocatello, Idaho. When as & private in the Marine Corps during World War No. 1, his demise was erron- ously this error, However, a telegram received by Mrs. Perkins, December 9, 1918, informing her that Glenn had been severely wounded in action November lst of that year, was authentic; and he spent the next four months ina French hospital recovering from three wounds received during the first phase of the battle of Meuse-Argonne. We found no mention of the exact date when Glenn was awarded the Purple Heart....but that seems of little concequence, accounts of six major battles was good enough for us. Tucked away between the yellowed pages we found a few lines written in long hand and unsigned. Lines that say many things. We cannot know, nor understand, the leading of Gods mighty hand, But we can trust that love devine, is sharing both your life and mine. And from this trust may spring anew, a courage that will see us through. reported. Mr. Perkins, nowa civilian guard at the Utah A.S.F. Depot, modestly handed us a scrap book from which to glean our information and like men of his experiences so often do, excused himself from any further interview. With the Purple Heart, the French Croix de Guerre and five citations awarded him "for extraordinary valor in action", we could not help but marvel at the modesty of this slight, mild mannered man who walked so often with death. It 1918, was on the l6th of September, that Mrs. Minnie Perkins, Moth- er of Glenn, received a telegram from the War Department saying that her son had been killed in action July Italian Prisoners of War harvesting year's crop of celery on prison farm. For details and story see page 18.