Pierre’s Miraculous Rescue of the Nurse and Deliverance of His Family

During the occupation of France, young Pierre, wearing a soldier's uniform, successfully navigated through enemy lines, sentries, and gunfire to bring a Red Cross nurse to his home, where his mother and grandfather were dying from wounds caused by the war. The nurse arrived, and despite the immediate danger, she was able to provide care to the family while Pierre successfully protected his family's position by marking the house with a flag and guiding the nurse to their cellar refuge.

Fuller account of this event (as retold in The Young Woman's Journal, vol. 40 no. 6 (June 1929)):

The door bursts open and Pierre enters followed closely by a Red Cross Nurse. Pierre: Here she is. Here is a nurse for mother and grandfather. Lusette: Oh, thank God! Nurse: He is not a baby. Few men could have done what he has done tonight. He ran all the way to the garrison, dodging sentinels, spies, guns, and shot, and told us you had two dying people here. The doctor couldn't come, of course, but I—. Philippe: You are an angel of mercy. Nurse: I am only a Red Cross nurse. But come, we must get them to the cellar. The shelling is getting worse. Pierre: I have marked the house with the flag, as you told me, and the way to the cellar is clear. Nurse: Good boy. Now, help me with your mother. Philippe, you take your grandfather. We must hurry.