The sun., 1918-06-23
U.S.HER0ESWIN
MEDALS
Deeds of ValOr at Front Cred.
tied to Men From All Parts
Of America.
n. Y. CHAPLAIN Is BRAVE
Wounded Lad Cries When Sent
to Rear-Pershing. Man
Leads Captors Astray.
n. Y. CHAPLAIN Is BRAVE
ny MOND &. CARROLL.

ny RAYMOND G. CARROLL.
Special Cable Despotch 10 The suS ssd
Public Ledger"
Copyright 1918; all ri1hn reser,ed.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, June 2-The fighting by the
Americans west Of Chateau Thierry. in
Bois de Belleau and around the French
towns OF Bouresches. st. Vaux and La
roche bristies with acts OF valor which
have been recognized by the French
Croix de Guerre. Other heroes are soon
to be rewarded by the American Medal
OF Honor or the Distinguished Service
Cross.
Major John 4. Hughes Of Philadelphia
showed himself a gallant. courageous
and determined commander Of men by
inflicting heavy losses on the enemy.
capturing many prisoners. twenty ma
chine guns and six minnenwerfers.
Private Frank Lahavs Of Council
Bluffs. la. sent out with a group Of
two others to hold bridge near Bour-
esches. performed a feat which already
has gained for him a reputation as a
real fighter. He told his own story,
simply and directly
/ A the bridge We We're joined by an
other group Of three said Private
l.ahaye. The fire from enemy machine
guns became very hot. Ii dropped all
three OF the other group.
Fuse of Ammunition clip Fired.
"A bullet set fire to the fuse of my
ammunition clip and with my two COM
panions | fell slowly back Ny puttees
came down and 7 had to stop to adjust
them. | found myself alone.
Il reached a creek and from the bank
saw a German waist deep in, the waite,
In the act OF setting mis- machine gun
going upon our troops. sho; him and
got his gun and turned 1t upon the
Germans who were coming up after me
shot 600 rounds and then made my
way to our lines with the Germans hur!-
ing hot potato masher grenades at me
all the way
I.ahaye has Indian blood in his veins
Private James Tucker Thornton Of
Texas during a terrific enemy lombard
ment in Bo!s de Bel!eau on June ~ kept
on delivering messages. Once his en-.
tire route was swept by heavy fire He
was facing death on each trip.
Private John Kukoski OF Milwaukee IN
an attack upon Hill 1+2 found himself
alone. all OF his comrades having been
killed. He werH on and single handed
captured a German machine gun, a Ger
man ofY1cer and two German soldiers.
compelling them to carry the gun on his
return march to the American lines
kukoski Is a company cook, and accord
ing to his captain had no business at
the fighting front.
Tears Are Not From Pain.
Your correspondent found one young
ster in a hospital crying like baby. I
asked him; Are you in great psin""
to which he replied
"No, sir They brought me out Of the
fsht with ten rounds OF ammunition
that I did not have time to Are
A field surgeon approached one of our
boys with a severe shrapnel cut on his
chin.
"You are wounded" he said.
please let me stay" quickly replied
the soldier. IL was only leaning up
against a German barrage. The Boche
lifted 1t and I fell against the trench
and cut my chin
There is a soldier here both OF whose
parents were born in Grmany and he
Is a citizen OF America. Back in Gettys-
burg camp he was tried for desertion
and acquitted. As a member OF ma
chine gun company near Chateau Thierry
he was cut OF and captured by Ger
man patrol party OF twenty-five. He
heard a German Captain say to Ger
man sergeant that they had lost their
hearings. The prisoner spoke up that
he was German and would direct
them.
Lead. His Captors Astray.
Come along this way with me-" he
knowing that his chances of escape
were only about one in 10000 the lad
led the enemy group directly up to our
lines. Along with the Germans he was
shot down by our machine eunnera
strangely enough. he will recover. Al!
the Germans were killed, wounded or
made prisoners.
Gunnery Sergeant Charles Hoffman
o. New York city. with detail. ran up
against hidden German machine guns
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