Show ONE OF BRAVEST LEGION MEN col joseph thompson pt past commander of pennsylvania dopart department part ment wears wear medal col joseph H thompson vast pea commander of the Pennsyl pennsylvania vanla department of the th american legion lag lon and one of the strongest candidates for national commander at the N A 49 lesions legions last national convention Is now enrolled la in the ranks of the bravest of the lie brave the wear ers era of the congressional medal of honor jos jo H thompson 11 II a j G gen e D charles it FL muir who commanded the twenty eighth division in which colonel thompson commanded a battalion decorated the pennsylvania legion leader at washington previous lou to the ceremony colonel thompson was entertained at luncheon by the pennsylvania delegation in congress the citation for the congressional medal came to colonel thompson as a result of an act of valor in action near Aprem dapremont apremont oriL france october 1 2 1918 count counterattacked Counter era attacked by two regiments of germans colonel thompson then a major of the one hundred and tenth infantry encouraged his battalion in the front line by constantly braving the hazardous fire of machine guns and artillery his courage mas as mainly responsible for the heavy repulse of the enemy later in action when the advance of his big assaulting companies was held up by ore from a hostile machine gun nett find and all but one of the assaulting tanka tank were disabled colonel thompson rushed forward on foot three separate times in advance of his line under heavy machine gun and antitank anti antl tank gun un fire and led the one remaining tank tacit to within a few yards of the enemy gun fun nest the tank succeeded la in reducing the nest there it t pos poasi sILIe lole te fe the he to advance |