Show MEDAL OF HONOR MEN GUESTS GUEST s bearers wearers of congressional decorations will do be prominent at legion national convention prominent amol tile the distinguished guests at the american legion nation nl at convention in new orleans october 1020 1320 10 20 will be furors bearers 0 of the il 1 1 11 c 0 angress n g r e s siom aiom lonal medal of honor V the highest award for bravery made by the united states sydney 0 gumpertz Guin of newyork new york was the first medal of lionor honor man to accept the convention invitation imitation the citation of lieutenant gumpertz came as a result of an act 0 of f heroism while serving as ft a sergeant with the one hundred thirty serell infantry in the hols bols da forges september 20 26 1018 advancing under hostile machine gun fire gumpertz killed two 0 german gunners with pistol lire fire and the remaining 14 members of the crew surrendered about thirty minutes after tills this exploit the platoon was ngali held up by german machine gun nests volunteers were asked for to silence the guns gumpertz Oum a corporal und and a private volunteered and the trio advanced in single file encountering the barrage the two companions of gumpertz were killed by a shell but gumpertz Guiu continued to advance alone on the nest by the flank and located it ile he then threw into it a mills liand land grenade bad and killed and wounded several members of the crow crew the remaining 10 16 members surrendered themselves elves and the two heavy type machine guns the action of sergeant gumpertz Guin enabled ma his unit to continue the advance |