Museum Plaque

Floyd GIbbons was nothing but a simple man "armed with a pencil and notebook". He was writing about the war and found himself in the heat of a great battle. Sadly, he was not as lucky as any other soldier in the midst of battle. He was running towards the opposition with machine guns being fired at him in a mad flurry. He was able to dodge most of this attack, but was hit in the shoulder, and when a bullet ricocheted off a rock, he was hit in the eye. He was still pulling himself along before the last bullet but he was soon knocked back. He described a sensation of glass breaking upon the impact. He did not go unconscious, but thought that he was dead. He was forced to pinch himself to see if he really did still live. His eye was torn in half, but he did keep his life.