I beaned nine Germans out in No Man's Land, and got away slightly wounded--I stubbed my toe.
Old Pop Clemenceau gave me a kiss and the old gent slipped me this for good luck," Roscoe said, pinning on the Cross to please Tom.

"When Clemmy saw the name on the rifle, he asked what it meant and I told him it was named after a pal of mine back home in the U.S.A .-- Tom Slade.
Little I knew you were waltzing around the war zone on that thing of yours.

I almost laughed in his face when he said, 'M'soo Tommee should be proud.'" So the Premier of France had spoken the name of Tom Slade, whose father had had a mud hole in Barrell Alley named after him.
"I _am_ proud," he stammered; "that's one sure thing.

I'm proud on account of you--I am.".