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Show MEDAL OF HONOR MEN GUESTS i Wearers of Congressional Decorations Will Be Prominent at Legion National Convention. Prominent among the distinguished guests ut the American Legion nation- p.l convention In New Orleans, Oe-toher Oe-toher 10-20, will be wearers of the c oagress ional medal of honor, the highest award for bravery made by the United States. Lieut. Sydney Syd-ney O. Gumpertz of New York was the first medal of honor man to accept ac-cept the convention conven-tion invitation. i A ,,Af A:,A AA:'.;...A I The citation of Lieutenant C.iiin-pertz C.iiin-pertz came as a result of an act of heroism while serving as a sergeant with the One Hundred Thirty-scrmd Infantry in the Bois de Forges. September Sep-tember 20, 191 S. Advancing under hosftle machine gun tire, Guuipertz killed two German gunners with pistol lire and the remaining re-maining 14 members of the crew surrendered. sur-rendered. About thirty minutes after this exploit the platoon was again held up by German machine gun nests. Volunteers were asked for to silence the guns. Oumpertz, a corporal and a private volunteered and the trio ad-, van ecu in single file. Encountering the enemy's barrage, the two companions of Gumpertz were killed by a shell, but Gumpertz continued con-tinued to advance alone on the nest by the flank and located it. He then threw into it n Mills hand grenade and killed and wounded several members of the crew. The remaining T6 members mem-bers surrendered themselves and the two heavy-type machine guns. The action of Sergeant Gumpertz enabled his unit to continue the advance. |