Show mot ot striking on g instance oi of lantry Ra RaU antTy f for wh vh it the L 7 h el service c cross C WM ha a been be SL on the itar department departments s ref onis there Is a roll of 11 11 immor tats W it is the roll pf 0 officers and anti men to whom there baa has been auard amard ed the distinguished service cross in recognition of acts of unusual gallantry in action vend behind wh pach of these guards is a story of su surpassing brazery that deser deserved the und td est public but pages of per space bould be required to print them all officers attached to jen eral pershing s staff have selected from the hundreds of official reports a number that typify most ji sank angly the gallantry and spirit of self sacrifice that nad mad americas army ini mable hen are a few of them THOMAS 0 private company M infantry private melbour Nel bour whose home Is at sugar city idaho was as decorated for coll conspicuous gallantry in action near landres et at georges I 1 ranee rance october 10 1018 on the tile afternoon of OL tober 10 when hen the cote de Cha chatillon tillen had just been gained atter after bitter fight ing ng and the summit of that burong bul nark in the stelling Stel lung NN was as be ing organized melbour elou was sent on patrol with his automatic rifle squad quad to enfilade enemy machine gun nesta nests aa As Id Isel bour gained the ridge he lie set up his ills automatic rifle and was directly thereafter wounded in both legs by fire from a h hostile tile machine gun on his flank bank the 01 advance wave ase of the enemy troops counter attacking had about gained the ridge and although practically cut off and eu surrounded the remainder of his detachment being killed or wounded this gallant soldier kept his automatic rifle la operation to such effect that by his own ovin efforts aad and by fero from the skirmish line it f hi hill company at least bards ards in als 1 rear the attack was checked the enemy wave nave being halted and lying prone four of the enemy attacked private melbour at close quarters these be he killed ue he then moe along among the enemy lying on the ground about him in the midst of the fire from his om own a lines and by his coolness and gallantry cap captured eleven prisoners at the point of his pis tol and although painfully wounded brought them back to our lines the counterattack in full force was as arrested to a large extent by the single efforts of this soldier m whose hose heroic ex P bolts took place against the skyline in full view few of his entire battalion ft pa EDWARD C ALLWORTH captain infantry capt allworth won the distinguished sen ice cross for bravery in action at clery le betit I 1 ranee rance november 6 5 1018 while bis his company was i as croc crossing sing the aleuse rh aher er and canal at tit a bridgehead opposite cleri cler lepe le pe tit the tile bridge om over the canal was aa destroyed by shell fire and capt all norths command became separated part of it being on the east cast bank of the canal and the remainder on the west bank seeing his advance units mak mal ing low slow headway up the steep slope ahead this officer mounted the canal bank and called for bis his men inen to follow plunking in he swam across the canal under fire from the enemy followed by hia his men inspiring his men by his ex ample of gallantry he led them up the slope joining the hard pressed pla in front by fit his personal leadership he forced the enemy back for mc re than a kilometer over corall i ma chine gun nests and capturing a hundred prisoners whose number exceed ed that of the men in bis his command the ex exceptional courage and leadership displayed by capt allworth made possible the re of a bridgehead over the canal and the sue suc advance of other troops capt All wortha home la Is at fit craw clauford Cr auford ford washington ft LOUIS lieutenant Lle Lie utenart ath regiment U 8 M M cekela was wa decorated for conspicuous gallantry near illers france july 18 11 when ben hie his company ad through a wad met with strong resistance from an enemy strong point lieutenant cu kela then a sergeant crape crawled led out from the flank and made nil bli way toward the german line in the face of heavy disregarding the warnings of bis his corn in rades rade he lie succeeded in ge getting eting behind the enemy position rushing bushing a machine emplacement he killed the crew jtb gun with german band hand with bis his bayonet be he then bombed out the re lina mining laing portion of the strong voial his 1 home Is U in M minneapolis minn iney sydn SYDNEY 0 GUMPERTZ first sergeant company compart y E 13 and ind infantry sergt gumpertz Gua perti was wa decorated for beyond the bedl of dut in gallantry in the boise do florres F rance ba aba ad I 1 remember W lots pacing line iab held up by pachino eu RUH fire bergt left the pla of ilch ho he was in command and ib st riel arteil through ulli it heavy barrage to rl tiu tit whine gun nest ills two ei chii ill unions soon wor became casualties bev burning ting shells but sergt sergi gum irn on nione alone in the face f direct lire fire from the tile machine gun into he the neet nest and silenced the KW nine of the tile crew sergt um perti home Is at west t new lork ork city ft 5 CHARLES F HOFFMAN gunnery sergeant company ath regiment U S 8 M C soret kloffman received tho the dia DIs LA service cross for an act of 0 conspicuous g tr lo 10 action with tin enemy near i france ranee june 0 1918 immediately after cit r the company tn in which sergt Hoff raan belonged had reached iti objective on 2 several counter at tacks mere launched against the una line before the new position had been consoli lion man waa as at tempting to organ organize I 1 Z a a position on the north sopo slope of the hill when he be saw twe leof the enemy armed with five ave machine ma chirl guna guns crawling toward his group giving the alarm lie rushed at the hostile lios detachment bayo netted the leaders and forced the othera others to flee abandoning their guns 1114 1 quick initiative and courage routed alio enemy from a position from which could have an swept ept the hill with mac 1111 gun uro fre and forced the withdrawal of our forces ills home Is in 13 brooklyn rooklyn N NY Y ta 1114 THEODORE PETERSEN sergeant Str geant med del det 15 1 field areli lery sergeant ber geant Peter sep ecea ml was mas decorated for con gallantry lii la action at peronne Ie ronne arance Ir Bice march 5 1918 1018 mortally wounded oun ded during nn an enemy bombardment sergeant peter sen though himself too weak meak to minister Is to other wounded soldiers direct ed e it bis his associates in treating the and refused to receive assistance I 1 itself until nil all the others were N ere carcil cared tor for 11 hea lien gaa galt shells began to fall in the vicinity he directed llie lite men in adjusting their masks and was the first to lest test for gas lie ile continued to supervise tho the treatment of the oun tied despite the fact that he waa was buffering suffering great pain until the arrival of the burgeon surgeon who cent him to the rear he died on reaching the bos hos pital ills mother mrs N J petersen lives at DO 09 central avenue oshkosh Ws WIS JAMES D HERIOT corporal company 1 I infantry corp IIer Ile lot riot who ho lived near providence S C was decorated for conspicuous brav bravery cry resulting in hie big death at vaux andigony An digny france october 12 1018 1918 corp IIer Iler lot with four other soldiers organized a combat group and attacked an enemy machine gun nest which baj haj been inflicting indicting heavy casualties on his Ms company in the advance two to of his men were killed and b canoe of heavy fire from all sides the remaining two to sought shelter unmindful cf ef the hazard attached 0 o his mission corp IIer Ifer lot with fixed bayo tiet alone charged the machine gun makin making his way nay through the fire for a distance of thirty yards and forcing the enemy to pur surrender render during this exploit he received several wounds in the arm and later la in the fame day while charging another nest he wae was killed 1 DONALD MCALL second lieutenant tenant company 0 tank corp aleut call was vlas decorated for con bravery in action near varenne france september 00 during an operation against enemy M a thine gun nests west of varennes rennee call t thin corporal was in a tank with ith an officer when halt half of the turret was mus knocked off by a direct artillery hit choked by gas ios from the lugh high tx explosive shell he left the tank and took cover in a shell hole bole thirty yards away seeing that the officer did not toll follow w and thinking that vat he might be alive corp call returned to the tank under intense machine gun and shell are and find carried the officer over a mile under machine gun and find fire to calls home is I 1 at larch finont manor N Y CHARLES DISALVO private company 13 infantry private disalvo deceased was decorated for conspicuous gallantry la in action near france november ver riber 1 1018 2911 when the combat group of which aich he nas was a member had been halted by enemy machine guns misaho alone charged forward attacking the nest he be killed one gunner and forced the rest to surrender Mr render ill ills art sic t enabled the to continue their advance during tit aio oio 0 charge on the net nest be wa was eo so wounded that be he died on the field ilia 1113 widow lives at 3 arlington avenue st louie mo i JOHN J KELLY private company compan Y ath regiment U 8 M C private kelly was decorated for gal tal lantry la its action at blanc mont ludge france frince october private kelly keily ran through our own barrage yards in adira advance bof the fro front nt line antl attacked an enemy machine gun nest killing the gunner with a grenade bootleg another member of the crew with his pistol and returned through the th barrage w lib ith debt eight nem ari vete vale lC kellye ellys home la Is at IM 1 ir rif atte nue RL 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