Show MEDAL OF HONOR MEN GUESTS wearer of congressional decorations will be D prominent at legion national convention prominent among the distinguished guests bests nt the american legion nation nl convention in new orleans october 1020 IG 10 20 will 1 NO be wearers ear ers of t the he c con gressional gress lonal medal of honor the lie award for bravery made 1 4 by the united states aleut sydney 0 gumpertz Gorn of new york was Z the first medal med a I 1 0 of honor man ti to D acy L ra 61 capt the conven vi t ik i tinn invitation the citation of lieutenant gumpertz come came as a result of an act ot of heroism while serving ha a sergeant with the one hundred thirty second infantry in the dols cola je de F forges orges september 26 1018 1918 advancing under hostile machine gun eun fire gumpertz Guin killed two german gunners with pistol fire and the re nial ning 14 members of the crew surrendered about thirty minutes after this exploit the platoon was again held up by german machine gun nests volunteers were asked tor for to silence the guns gumpertz a corporal and a private volunteered and the trio ad danced in single file encountering the barrages barrage tile the two companions of gumpertz were killed by a shell but gumpertz continued to advance alone on the nest by the flank and located it it he then threw into it a mills hand grenade and killed and wounded several members of the crew the remaining 16 mern members surrendered themselves and the two heavy type machine guns the action of sergeant gumpertz enabled his unit to continue the advance |