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Page 13 text: “SERGEANT MAX F. LEHMAN, ' 07 . . . . a man of remarkable character and unsullied military record, and I shall think of him dying bravely as he bravely fought. ' ' ' ' ”
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Page 12 text: “y v IfrttG o tfje memory of Sergeant Jflax Jf . Hefjman, ' 07, autijor of our lma Jfflater anb fjero of tfje l orlb Wat, tfjtg 1930 ©mttapainlla ts; reber= entlj bebtcateb. Sergeant Lehman was the son of the late Dr. John Evans Lehman, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Astronomy, and Mrs. Rebecca Fisher Lehman. Being graduated from Lebanon Valley in the Class of 1907, Max taught in the Hershey High School, later becoming principal there. He continued his studies in the University of Pennsylvania for two years, taught mathematics at Lafayette College, and then for four years was a member of the faculty of the Polytechnic Institute of Baltimore. Sergeant Lehman, in his college days, was imbued with a modest but heartfelt enthusiasm for our campus life, and his spirit has left a memorial to us forever. Wherever he went he was respected and loved. In the whirlwind of a great international cataclysm, he sacrificed his life to an ideal, a decade ago, in the taking of Montfaucon, part of America ' s great Meuse-Argonne offensive. We take pleasure in quoting parts of two letters from men who fought by his side in the trenches of France : LETTER FROM LIEUT. JOS. M. COCHRAN COMPANY G, 313th INFANTRY Sergeant Lehman was wounded by a sniper ' ' s bullet, which struci him in the chin. The wound was received when he was bravely direct ' mg a fian attac by a section of his platoon, according to orders, against a machine-gun nest. This was during the early morning of September 27. We were advancing against Montfaucon. Our platoon was one of the units in the front line of advance. The flanging movement led out by Sergeant Lehman was successful, and I am convinced it cleared au ay a deadly obstacle to our progress and enabled our platoon to claim the honor of being the first to reach its objective on the heights of Montfaucon. Sergeant Lehman was not only a i ' alia?it soldier, but also a gentle- man and a scholar. He was my friend and a man whose faithful and loyal support could always be counted upon. We pursued together, at Camp Meade, the study of Military Topography and thereafter Sergeant Lehman assisted me in wori and in teaching that branch of military training. J iever have I seen him fail in conduct as a soldier. His influence in the company with the men was powerful, directed always to the good. My memory shall always revert to him as a man of remarkable character and unsullied military record, and I shall thin of him dying bravely as he bravely fought. . . . LETTER FROM SETH H. FUNK SMITHBURG, MD. . . . When the 3 13th regiment embarked for France, we too another great step, and it seemed to me that Max was eager to accomplish our tas . . . . While in the town of ChampUtte, France, our train- ing was intense, and each day found Max training the automatic riflemen. He and I had talten training together at Camp Meade, and he made the highest average of any enlisted man. On September 13 we occupied support trenches at Avacourt, and on the 16th, Co. G moved forward a few miles to the front lines. Sergeants Liston and Matthews and Lieut. Cochran had been sent to Officers ' Training School. This left Sergeant Lehman and Sergeant Milton E. Pritts m command of the first platoon (57 men) to hold a difficult position. This position, I understand, had changed hands six times during the war. . . . On the evening of September 25 we moved further into ?{o Mans Land and waited until 5.30 A.M., September 26. During this night I talked with Max of the immensity of the dnue that was being launched, and together we assured each other of our success and of our assistance to one another. By g o ' clock we were well into the enemy ' s lines, held momentarily by machine-guns. Max, with his automatic riflemen, was delivering deadly jire, while at the same time bullets were coming rapidly and men were ailing fast. One squad (8 men) lost five. Being successful, we pushed on expecting to ta e Montfaucon that night but were repulsed. After ailing bac a short distance we too { shelter in shell- holes. I talked with Max only concerning military matters that night, and m the morning we continued over the top. Late that morning I learned from a runner that Max was severely wounded by a sniper ' s bullet from an orchard to our front. This being a time of advance, I could not see him but did learn that first aid was given him and that he was removed to a hospital. The bullet entered his mouth, coming out under the chin, again entering the body m the chest and out below the shoulder. . . . ”
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