Show WOMAN SAVED BY LEGION MAN mississippi lieutenant awarded french medal of honor arid and life abing emblem em b lem A woman caught in n a jam of civilians fleeing a town in the war zone of france was forced over 0 er the parapet of a bridge falling into a stream 70 feet below several french off looked on in horror but a young american officer without hesitation leaped I 1 cape d after the J submerged submerged wom w oro an baingi bringing g her to tile the s surface and safely landing her on the snore the alie hero was george A Du who at tile the time thus was a lieutenant in the liaison service of tile the united states binny for his bravery he was awarded the french medal of honor and the congressional life saving medal today dunagin Is in charge of the shreveport port la substation sub station of the th united states veterans bureau in paris and london and was assigned by the american legion to assist gen era oral dawes in the he investigation of the needs of disabled ex service sen ice men dunagin was born bom at laurel miss and was educated at the mississippi A M college his military s sen er vice which after an injury sustained sustain ed in n a machine muchlee gun ajel accident dent was in the diplomatic ca amps took him to seven teen europea ir counti les |