Dupuis v. United States

BREWSTER, District Judge.

This petition is brought to secure the benefits of a contract of war risk insurance for $5,000 which was in force from January 25, 1918, to January 30, 1921. The petitioner claims that he became totally and permanently disabled on July 20, 1918, when he was wounded while participating in the drive near Soissons, France. On that day he was rescuing an officer who had been wounded, and while carrying him from the field he was struck in the shoulder by a piece of shell and severely wounded. He was given first-aid treatment and then taken to the field hospital, and on the…