Show hae ell 41 for IL I 1 or C cirtain casts wa r hua ro boy from mountains of kentucky rivals deeds of sergeant york VOUCHED FOR BY PERSHING cleaned out three machine qun gun nests which were holding up line kills 24 germans and cap tures gix guns lexington ky liell for certain in ili lesile county kentucky la Is now flow laying its claim to ionic on oil exploits of sergt willie Sandl lii the cit citizens ivens of hell for certain have rend read with alth pride tile the official army citation of heroic deeds of tile lie boy mho ito was a retired on oil their creel creek will was their neighbor until lie he it lie army lit in 1013 tito tha exploits of his tats mountain boy tire lire vouched couched for by general pershing himself who planed pinned the lie congressional Congress lonal medal of lionor on ills breast the official option of the war lie de parti pertinent nent Is ns As follows sergt willie Stin dlin no company A one Il undred and thirty second infantis for conspicuous gallantry find intrepidity tIlty above antl beyond tile the call of duty in ili fiction action with alth the he enemy tit nt hola tic lc forges france september 20 1018 1918 sergeant sandlin allowed ms in ili action nt at idols do de 1 for ors Ws france september 20 by fiig ig alone a I 1 one directly on a machine lne gun nest les t willell vas howing holding up lip tile line file with its tire ire lie killed tin tile crew with Rig p ronado find entitled tile the line to n nd d N n c c biter I itar lit in the day sergeant sandlan alone and put out alit of in air ti two other pun gun nests eting a n splendid example of bravery and cool to ins ills men given other honors sergeant sandlin in jack anch fion 1011 county april 10 loia 1013 and served out ills tenn tel ill of enlistment heang lit in nogales ariz when its ged on olt the following day lie he re enlisted I 1 ills disel largo shows show that lip it vuis its alie ill medal of honor the lie french crol carols K tie guerre pall medel for col heroic action at 21 tha discharge Is dated mily alny jo 0 colu grant saint III 1 on n september 24 ills his div division islon llie ilia win advancing adsan cing through tile ar goane forest fore t lighting its way step by step was in ili cont inand of A ili ili bofill of 57 nun men when lien lie advance TIP 1 lne lie bild been lighting for hours licurs slowly ln heti n they were sud 10 lii 1113 il held up lip fly by it alit muchlee liane gnu gini nest wilmut irb yel ards in front Sandi lit W tle he slope nt at the KW gill nest ciul bullets train from tile ran mn pun till and nil automatic pistols of ill whistling by ill itam HB was IX yarda in front of tits his tile men when he bi stopped anti and threw n grenade tit nt the nuu tills ren short and lie he rail for ward annl annot threw hiew two to re 10 grenades greim des into the lie mid midst t of tile the OLI minis iio then charged tin tile liest with will ills bayonet hii jonet lilt anil found five fc dmd dead men inen anti three willell still living these ito ho bno bayo netted when the line advanced and came up lip with alth film lie he rejoined ills his platoon find honored borrowed four more rhe line then advanced again agnin going up lip the slope of oe tile lilt lill with very little protection from tile lie trees at the crest of the hill hilll another machine KUH gun nest halt ell cd the lite hut but kept right on oil going when lie vas nas within 20 yards of the machine gun nc fogt t lie throw two grenades both making celenti hits and again charged ills bayonet tills this time lio found four lend dead find three wounded mounded germans onil anti lie ho the ho latter after two guns ginis yere cro destroys third nest after the lie line had again come up lip with him blin they advanced oer alie crest of tile the hill till find town donn the other slope toward tho the aelise alver when they had proceeded about COO ynide another nest stopped tile the line anich ans down the slope toward the lie river but it did not stop sandlin lie ie kept tight right on oil under iro fire front from tile guns guna and the pistols of tile lie Gern iani anti threw three grenades into the nest liest killing eight nien tile entire crew and ciul capturing two more lilac gutis gun t sandlin had thus fur far killed 21 ia inear na ly by himself while lille ills weve wc ra inking cover and captured six alx guns luter litter in the day he ans slightly wounded by shrapnel on ills his right iiii liand and forehead A sentill piece of shrimp net nel is a still ln in ills his forehead just under lie i nil and it the hand bears scars |