Show WEARS VAS MEDAL Fo fOR WORK IN N TRENCHES AKRON O 0 Feb Teb 3 Mrs 3 Mrs Edna Coughlin Quins er of Kenosha Wis Wis and arid formerly a Red Cross Cross nurse In the tho Argo Argonne ne forest fores has been awarded the distinguished service medal by congress congress congress congress' con con- gress gress' gress for h her r heroic herdic work among the wounded soldiers Mrs who since since returning from the war war- has become a bride and now now lives Jives in Akron Akron 0 O was Mrs Edna Coughlin In war days sh She was in one of ot the first first contingent contingent of ot nurses to togo togo togo go overseas and was the only woman to go up with the Third army corps when they advanced to the front trenches in the Argonne For Tor ten weeks she served under fire tIre and during the days of t the fiercest fighting in the salient around Verdun she and her corps of ot helpers treated more than cases of men who were horribly wounded in battle She is isOne isone isone one of the first women of ot the nation I to secure the coveted D D. S S SM M M. |