click on image to enlarge and printFrom unknown newspaper but probably the Omaha Bee - 1918
TWICE WOUNDED OMAHA YANK IS HOME ON LEAVE
Private George Seger “Gets His” twice in Argonne Forest; Now Located at Des Moines Hospital.
Priv. George Seger, twice wounded in action on the Argonne front, has plenty of praise for the work of the Red Cross on the fighting fronts. Private Seger was in the big drive during the latter part of September, and while pursuing the fleeing Germans received a machine gun bullet wound in the right ankle and a shrapnel wound in the side. He is home visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Seger, 962 South Fifty-first street, on a 10-day furlough from Des Moines, where he is being treated in the military hospital.
Private Seger attended the Omaha High school for a year and a half and later moved to South Dakota, where he enlisted on May 25. After a month’s training at Camp Lewis, Wash., he was sent across with the 364th infantry regiment. A month’s training followed before Seger’s company was given a chance at the Hun.
September 26 the barrage before his company lifted and the Yanks went over the top. Two days later Seger “got his.” His pack was shot to pieces and two bullets struck him. After laying in the open for five days he was taken to the rear and his wounds treated.
While waiting to be sent back Private Seger was transferred to four different hospital in various parts of the American sector. He is still unable to walk without limping and will be kept at the Des Moines hospital until fully recovered.
Corp. Fred Seger and Sergt. Charles S. Seger, twins, are still in France. Fred was gassed, but later sent back to the fighting. His father has not heard from him since October 25. Sergent Seger is in a medical supply company.
