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258:. He was shot in the neck and the spine by a machine gun. Sukuna, a Fijian comrade, pulled Farnsworth into a trench but was unable to save him. After watching Farnsworth die, Sukuna vowed to avenge his death, advanced towards the German line, and was shot in the leg.
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in 1916, and moved to Lamont upon the latter's opening in 1949, it was the first
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where he was graduated in 1912. After graduating, he toured Vienna, Budapest, Constantinople, Odessa, Moscow, and St. Petersburg.
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as well as several plays and five volumes of short stories. His letters were also posthumously published by his father.
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