I was born May 17, 1902. My dear mother died at birth and I never heard a thing about my father. I was raised by my uncle Thomas and my aunt Allison. They grew tired of me after five years and sent me to The Northbay Home for Troubled Youth. While living at my home of ten years I was sodomized nightly by the guards and from time to time by Tony D'Agastino, my bunkmate. After my 16th birthday, where I was gang raped by my entire work crew, I ran away.
And so begins the second chapter of my life. I had no one I cared about in the U.S.(seeing as my uncle and dear aunt were killed in Ford's death machine) so decided to run away to Great Britain and fight in the Great War. After lying about my age to the Limey at the sign up desk I was sent off to the killing fields of France. It was on these fields where I experienced the defining moment of my life. It was a cold night. The Huns had made a charge at out position every night for the past week. As I stood watch, half asleep, in the trench I was jarred awake by the sound of a five-nine dropping fifteen paces to my right. I struggled to get my mask out. To my horror I found the glass covering the eye had been shattered during last nights charge. In order to escape certain death I lunged out of the trench only to find myself surrounded by fifteen of the dastardly Huns. I had to fight or die. After taking out 6 of them with a length of barbed wire wrapped around a log, I struck the 7th in the groin and lost grip on my makeshift mace. The Hun let out a great cry of pain that alerted my fellow soldiers to my situation. As help rushed towards me I was struck under the left eye with the bayonet of one of the Hun’s rifles. Pulling the blade out of my face I dispatched the other 8 Huns before help could arrive. Apparently they were planning on sneaking in half their force through a whole in the fence and attacking before day broke. My confrontation alerted the Brits to the hole in the fence. Because of this and the damage to the sight in my left eye, I was awarded the Victoria Cross and discharged. I returned home a hero. |
