At 10:59 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918, a German machine gun crew fired a burst of rounds at approaching Americans. One bullet struck 23-year-old Pvt. Henry Gunther in the left temple. He died instantly.

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A soldier’s bible from more than 100 years ago still bears the scars of war – two bullet holes from where it “took the brunt” of a German machine-gun attack. Private Leslie Friston, who served with ...