* * * * *
The Captain slowly raised the limp form drooping over the gun, and,
wiping the blood from the white face, recognized it as Lloyd, the coward
of "D" Company. Reverently covering the face with his handkerchief, he
turned to his "non-coms," and in a voice husky with emotion, addressed
them:
"Boys, it's Lloyd the deserter. He has redeemed himself, died the death
of a hero. Died that his mates might live."
--Arthur Guy Empey.