Show GRAND OLD MAN OF r kansas editor recently recently received die dl service cross for valor in action A newspaper editor who left off lam lain bartine the the gennana bermans in his columns and went ent to lam bast them lu in person Is john H oconnor of the tha binfield VIn field kan han courier who recently c e n t I 1 y received the distinguished service cross for exceptional valor in action the grand old man of the one ona i nifty seventh infantry regiment during its service in france editor oconnor OCo nimr ably commanded a battalion during the heaviest fighting annd von the highest rank of lieutenant colonel in september 1018 in wood he received ft a note penciled on oil the back of an old envelope telling him lie he was the highest officer left leff in the regiment forthwith he assumed command of his own unit t added on all other troops tn in the wood organized a brigade front beat off two attacks und and directed the advance on IN intermont ermont mr oconnor OO onnor attended the first caucus of tile the american legion in paris in 1910 1010 und and was one of the newspaper nien men who drew the resolution giving the legion its name |