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Show PARENTS JME GWffl DEAD SCS AWARD Hero's Citation and Croix de Guerre Come to Mr. and Mrs. A. Wilkes. A c it at ion for ennspicnohs bravery and tn Croix do (mutto l-enrin tho bronze yt.ir, which imiicaics it is a jt-sonnl jt-sonnl and not a rcimoutnl decoration, ha ve boon receive. 1 bv .M r. and M r.. .lbort Wilkes, -UKl cvoiilh avonuo, from tho French government a? posthumous posthu-mous awards for ti:e aiiantrv tliown bv their son. Joseph S. Wilkes, who was killed in action June i;t, HU. l'riviito Wilkes, w ho w :t a inemhor , of the Sixth regiment, F eim';iiiy. Vnitod Stutes nii.rine corps enlisted April 3l, H'17. and was scut to Mare ; Island, v'al., for traiuini:. n July he 1 1 was transferred to Ijhiaiitieo, Ya., where : ho prepared for services abroad. He arrived in Frit ii-m in IVhrua ry, 1 tU , land wn one of the SiHm marine sent I into Judleau wikkIs at the battle f Chateau Thierry. He was cited for pallantry and fought against Die eneuiv June lu', UH, an.l met liis death three days later while attempting to deliver a message from the front through n I heavy barrage. His mutilated bodv I was found on the field of honor in h i position that indicated he attempted to I continue his iourney after beiuj so-j so-j vcrely wounded. I The medal id one that is granted only j when extreme personal bravery is I shown. Less than oOd of all tho Ameri-! Ameri-! can soldiers have received this reward. ! The citation from General retain, which ! came with the emblem, translates as j follows: ' "Private Joseph S. Wilkes delivered 1 a message t hroiii,fh an intense" f i re of 1 machine puts from t he front line to 1 battalion commander, "iny; and return-fin).' return-fin).' with important message at inimi-j inimi-j nent rik of life d urine; the operation coverin t lie eapt u re of Hon rose ho on tho Oth of June. 1SUS, and its subsequent subse-quent occupation. Brigadier Ueneral Charles (I. Long, who transmitted the awards to Mr. ami Mrs. Wilkes, said in his letter: "In tho absence of tho major general commandant, I desire to express for him his personal appreciation of the splendid service rendered by your son in France, where his conspicuous gallantry in the face of the enemy won the admiration of tho French commanders and caused to be conferred upon him t hit cross and citation. ' ' |