Show AVIATORS AVIATOR'S I DARING FEATS REW REWARDED ARDEn Congressional Medal Is IsA A Awarded warded to Airman Killed in France By Associated Press Preas WASHINGTON April 15 Award 15 Award of the congressional medal of ot honor to the late Second Lieutenant Frank LuJ Luke o Jr Ir for tor conspicuous gallantry and In Intrepidity intrepidity In- In lt about and beyond tho time call of or duty In action near Murvaux l France September Septem r 29 9 1918 HilS is announced by bythe bythe bythe the war department Lieutenant Lukes Luke's homo home address was 2200 West Vest Monroe street Phoenix Ariz The official recommendation was as as follows After 4 having destroyed a a. number of or enem enemy within seventeen sc days he he- voluntarily started on a 11 patrol after I German Getman observation observation balloons Though hu h pursued b by eight German Gerr planca which were HIO protecting the enemy balloon line lino ho Ito unhesitatingly attacked arr ar aul l 1 shot hot I down in flames three thle German balloons being himself under hea heavy fire from I ground batteries and tho the ho hostile tile planes Severely wounded ho he descended within with with- in tift fifty meters of ot the ground and flyIng flying fly- fly In Ing at this low altitude near the town of ot l Jur opened fire lire upon the enemy troops J killing six and wounding as asman man many more Forced to make male a landIn landing landing land land- In ing and surrounded on all nil sides by bythe bythe the enemy who called upon him to surrender surrender surrender sur sur- render h ho he drew his automatic pistol and defended himself gallantly until he fell dead from a t wound in the chest |