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Show OFFICERS CITED i Brave Americans Risk Own Lives in Action to Save Their Men. i Citations were announced tonight by the war department as follows: Brigadier General B. B. Buck, commanding com-manding - general, brigade "Befor and during the attack of Bcrzy Le Sec, July 21, he displayed conspicuous gallantry gal-lantry and heroic leadership of his command. When most of the other officers of-ficers of his brigade had fallen, Gen-eral Gen-eral Buck, with contempt of personal danger, in spite of heavy artillery bombardment and machino gun firo. traversed the front of his advancing forces, gave correct directions to his I organization commanders and led tin first v.-ave of the culminating attack which stormed and completed the tovrn." , . r Captain Edward J. Mechan, infan-trv infan-trv "Early in the morning of July 17 near Monthureal while in an advanced position in tho fight he was severely wounded but refused to leave his com-mand com-mand and continued to direct its operations op-erations until it v.-as relieved the night of July 18." Captain William C. Williams, infantry infan-try "Early in the fighting near Monthureal, Mon-thureal, Julv 15. he was wounded three times, but in spite of suffering and loss of blood he refused to leave his men until his battalion was relieved three days later." First Lieutenant Harry C. Barnes infantry in-fantry "He showed good judgmenl, bravery and determination in leading his patrol into the enemy's lines in the Bois-Brulo near St. Die in the Vosges on July 19. Although seriously wounded wound-ed ho continued to direct his men and succeeded in driving off tho enemy at the same time wounding four of the German patrol with his own revolver." Sorgeant John P. E. Hoppe, infan-trv"He infan-trv"He displayed extraordinary heroism, he-roism, presence of mind and physical endurance during an enemy raid against his small advance post near Glldwiller, in Alsace, on July 31. Although Al-though seriously wounded from grenades, gre-nades, he and one private from his company counter-attacked a greatly superior enemy, personally killing at least one of them with his own rifle preventing any entry by tho enemy into his post and finally re-entering our lines after having received a second sec-ond severe wound." Corporal John J. Lott, infantry "Two different times near St. Agnan, July 1G, he preceded his platoon into enemy wire under fire, cut a path for it and returned and led it through tho gaps thus made." Private, first class, Andy Youngbar, infantry "During a raid against a post of his command near Gildwillor July 31, he showed fine courage and endurance when attacked with hand grenades. Although seriously wounded he joined in a counter-attack against greatly superior numbers and continued continu-ed to fight, even after receiving a second sec-ond wound, until the enemy was repulsed." re-pulsed." Private Edward G. Fenwick (witli French army) --"On the morning of June 7, near Aboele, after having suffered suf-fered severe injuries, with no thought of himself, walked some distance to camp and procured assistance for the three wounded soldiers whom he had removed from his car after it had been struck by a high explosive shell." Private, first class, George J. Shiv-ely, Shiv-ely, U. S. ambulance service "During the fighting near Soissons, Franco, July 21, 1918, drove bis ambulance through shell fire and continued on after his car was badly shattered until he had delivered his patients to a dressing station when ho fainted from serious wounds in his loft arm andi both logs, exlstenco of which he had denied when the ambulance was hit." Private Anthony Dogistine, Infantry "Ho voluntarily went alone througn strange territory under heavy bom-sardment bom-sardment near SL Agnan July 15, obtained ob-tained important information and on liis own initiative rescued two wounded wound-ed French soldiers exposed to enemy (ire." Private Crossley Ilolroyd, infantry 'In action of July 10, near St. Agnan, le voluntarily left the shelter of Ids :rench and went into machino gun and irtillery firo three times to rescue vounded comrades 100 yards away." Brigadier General Buck, included imong those cited is tho highest of- j leer thus far to be awarded the distinguished dis-tinguished service cross. General Buck R-as appointed to the United States! I military academy from Mississippi In j 1SS0. At the outbreak of tho war bo I was serving as a lieutenant colonel la the Ninth infantry of the regular arm). |