Lyle Hurst Faulkner
Kentucky Post, Wednesday, 14 August 1918, page 1
That German prisoners being captured by the American forces on
the western front are mere boys, taken from schools and colleges, is the
statement contained in a letter from Lyle H Faulkner, Newport marine, to his
mother of Fourth st. and Washington av. Faulkner was slightly wounded recently
in fighting.
German prisoners, according to Faulkner are thankful to be captured and say they are thoroughly sick of war.
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Kentucky Post, Friday, 14 August 1918, page 14
LYLE H FAULKNER, 19, Newport, has been wounded and is in a base hospital "somewhere in France." He arrived in the front line trenches June 25 and the next night was wounded. Faulkner was not hurt, however, until he had captured three Germans and returned them to the rear. He was on his way to get others, when a bomb exploded within a few feet of him. He was out several days and went back only to get wounded again.
Faulkner is an expert rifle shot. His father, Edward Faulkner, Washington Apartments, Fourth st. and Washington av. Newport, said Friday the War Department advised him Lyle had been wounded in action a few days ago. Mrs. Faulkner said, "Yes, my boy has been wounded once more. He'll pull thru, all right. He is just filled with courage. Oh I am so proud of him. I know he is not badly hurt."
Faulkner is a graduate of the Newport High School and is well known in Newport's younger circles.