From the Hickory Daily Record, June 4, 1919
Newton Man Bears Six
Scars from Battle
Newton, June 4—Mr. T.D. Pickell, who was formerly with the
Fidelity Hosiery Mill of this city, arrived in the city yesterday from
Cleveland, Tenn., where he has been with his mother since his return to the
states from overseas. Mr. Pickell wears six bad scars made by the Huns. His
escape from death is nothing short of a miracle. He was wounded on the night of
the 16th of October, he being in the Argonne Forest on that night.
Sergeant Pickell had a detail of 16 men, two were killed and seven badly
wounded by the same shell that wounded Mr. Pickell. Two pieces of shrapnel
passed through his body. One piece weighs over an ounce. This piece was tied
around his neck by the surgeon operating on him and this is how he came in
possession of it. He was in base hospital 38 in France for 103 days and speaks
in high praise of the treatment he received there by the surgeons and Red Cross
nurses. At the time he was wounded he had a batch of letters on his person that
night and these letters were saturated with blood. Sergeant Pickell’s name
appeared in the casualty lists four different times in the Tennessee
newspapers. His many friends in Newton are congratulating him upon his
miraculous escape.
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