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Show CAPTAIN LLOYD H. COOK of Salt Lake, awarded distin-1 distin-1 guished service cross by General Pershing for extraordinary heroism. f I' 1 I i - : : i i i f r S '''k i YOUNG OFFICER AWARDED GROSS Continues to Lead Men, Even After Being Wounded. j Captain Lioyd II. Cook, Seventh machine ma-chine gun battalion, of K'tfT Kirst lu'O-nue. lu'O-nue. .Salt Lak?, has ljen awarded the distinguished service cross by General Ut-rshing, accord : rig to cable advices re -j 'ice'! by the war ueparimeut. The cita-. cita-. tioji in connection with this award reads as f'-:iows: "l-or cMraorJinary heroism in aci-m near tli Ho:s Chene. r-'raii'.-e. 'fctober -" I '.'is. After marching ad n:ght to his company's position for the initial attack. Captain Cook personally led the adanctj upon 'he eiumy. inspiring his men by h:s braver:-' and d cterui ina t ion. frequently going ahead oT his cmpany to recon-, recon-, noiter iis position. L-Jven after be n wounded m the leg- by machine-gun fire, he eoi,t;nued forvard until lie received thr'--e more wounds." ;tptain Co-k was l.rrn in Massachu-fer.ts. Massachu-fer.ts. Jur.e ?,). He is a graduate of Norwich imiversh y. 'onnecti' Ut. He Tvas api-oint'-d a .-e.-ojid heutenant of in-far, in-far, try from .Mrc-sa' iius-tts November HO, ll'lo, ai:d was in-mediateiy advaficcd to a f'rst lieutenancy. He saw service with the Twent'.e: h ir.fantry on the Mexican bordt-r. and i Auaust UM7, was made a captain. He c;ir,e to fc'ait Lake with irhe Tvventith regiment, and v. hen that unit was d;vid-.d ro form the I-'or: y -se---I ond and Fr r ty - ihird org'i r.iz;-1 ions lie was I ass'gri'-d to ".he Fr.rty-t'nird. 'A'i.il- .n j Salt La!:1- he mt the joiic'-.-,". daughter 'of J. J. S'.ewart. to whom be was mar- ried. j He wen to Llt;ie Ttock with the Kor:v-j Kor:v-j third reg'.ir.r-nt and from that po' wen ; to France v.dth The famous Seventh ma-! ma-! chin- 2'in b.i::a!on. which was in the i thick of rhe :-u jc-.-sfu) di-k on the ''er-i ''er-i mat: ad'-j-.r.ce .' t ('': 'iu Thierry. Pi ad d.tion the -.vou:":ds ineiu io.ned in the c:?.'; '':. '."rfptai;, f',rH'-.'r was even m jr--t-evereiy wounded ii, .-er-.ce l;i:-r ::inl removed to ;he United Stales for ra -ment. He is H'.w .-.m vn r-:': ng at Camp Iearny, Cat. |