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Show 4 1 A HERO EVERY DAY Brave Deeds of Men in America's Fignhting forces 4 V It was in Bellenu wood, nnd before the ftdva-n.ee of the marines was blocked by a German machine grun. Corporal Cone gripped his automatic rifle. He crept forward, firing as he went. The Germans turned their machine ma-chine gun In hl.s direction. The eng-lne of death that formerly had aimed at hundreds, now was concentrating: its fire on one man, but he refused to give way. Circling closer, the stream of bullets niRde their way toward Corporal Cone. At last the full charge caught him. He struggled on a moment more, then fell dead. The Germans had effaced one adversary, ad-versary, but they had failed to efface tWfc memory of Corporal Cone's brave action. The result was an official commendation for bravery, issued by tht- regimental commander. com-mander. Corporal Cone wna a foii of Mrs. Bertha Cone, .324 McGraw street, Detroit, De-troit, Mich. John H. Johnmon, yeoman, thirrd class. 1. S. n, R. F., has heen commended hy Secretary Daniels for heroism shown in rescuing from drowning an 11 -year-old hov at Rochefort, France, August 114, 1918. Reports show that the boy was playing play-ing on an old platform on the bank of the Charento river. The structure collapsed, carrying the child with it. Johnston, who was some distance away, saw the accident, acci-dent, and running to the river Jumped In fully clothed. Despite the Btron current cur-rent he succeeded after a short but difficult dif-ficult Btruggle in bringing tho child safely to shore. Johnston's father, Kdmond J Johnston, lives at 773 Hope street. Providence, Provi-dence, Rhode Island. |