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Show SERGEANT E. A. LIT TLE FIELD ("Ted"), who has been honored again by the government of the French republic. ' ' ; i V . 1 " - - 'TED' LITCHFIELD IS AG1 HONORED Top Sergeant Awarded Another War Cross by French Government. Special to The Tribune. OGDEN, Dec. 2S. E. A. Littlefield, better known among his friends here and pals "over there" as Top Sergeant "Ted" Littltield of the ambulance corps, has been awarded another war cross the highest within the gift of the French nation other than that of the Lesion of J-Ionor. The latest decoration is the crlx de guerre,- order of the palm. This decoration was given Sergeant Littleneld immediately. after the big "smash" made against the Germans a few days before the signing of the armistice. Writing on November 20, with the armv of occupation in Belgium, to his mother, Mrs. Mht-v LIttlefteld. 252S Madison Madi-son avenue, In this city, Sergeant Dittle-fleld Dittle-fleld said that he had recently received the French cross of war, order of the palm, as a token of appreciation for services ser-vices rendered with the American troops operating with the French In the big offensive of-fensive against the Germans a few days before the armistice was signed. He has not mentioned in any of his letters home what part he has taken in the war or anv of his personal experiences or the action he was in for which he was rewarded re-warded with the war crosses. He'said that with the army of occupation occu-pation the troops were passing through manv of the towns of Belgium which had "been under the control of the Germans Ger-mans for four years. They are en route to the Rhine country. Tn the towns visited the people welcome the Americans Amer-icans with hand-made American flags. Two of these flags, LittleHeld said, he was fortunate in securing. One of the flags has five stars in a blue field with tn red and white stripes; the other tg has thirty-nine stars In a blue field with eight red and white stripes. Some of the stars have nine points upon them, while others have five and seven points. The flasrs all show different shades of rod. white and blue. The people also had bouquets of flowers, which were given to the soldiers. They shout honor to the allies and honor to the Americans. He said -the people displayed the wildest enthusiasm at the appearance of the Americans. Sergeant Littler! eld went to France In Mav, 1917, and served with the French ambulance section for about nine months before being transferred to the American Amer-ican forces. During tho time he has been working on the battleline. he said, he had secured a number of spiked helmets hel-mets worn by some of the soldiers of the' crack Prussian regiments. He said that the chances are he will not return to the United States for at least six months. |