The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-31

NEW YORK AIRMAN
GETS VALOR CROSS
Lieut.. Lansing G. Holden Re-
warded for Daring Attack
on Aero Foes.
DEAD AVIATOR .HONORED
Lieut.. j. H. Stevens Decorated
Posthumously for Bravery
at Chateau Thierry.
DEAD AVIATOR HONORED

Among those receiving the award is
Lieut. Lansing c. Holden. an aviator Of
the First Pursuit Group. He attacked
German airplane and Ave enemy balloons
In rapid succession October %, when the
German artillery was laying down an
accurate IRE upon our lines near Mon
tigny France: the balloons we're giving
the range to the gunners.
Lieut.. Holden started for the balloons
but was met In combat with German
plane. which he drove or He continued
his course and forced the observers Of
two of the balloons to jump, and was
prevented only by his guns tanning
from setting fire to all of the gas bags
Lieut.. Holden. ignoring the necessary
precauuon," descended to within fifty
meters Of the earth, inviting the fire of
machine guns
Lieut. Holden is the son of L. C
Holden, SSS West End avenue
Won Cross at Chateau Thiery.
Second Lieut.. John H. Stevens, de-
ceased. an aviator OF the 147th Aero
Squadron, won his cross for extraordi-
nary heroism in action near Chateau
Thierry July 2. when he and four other
pilots attacked twelve enemy planes,
sending two of them crashing. Lieut.
Stevens mannuvred his plane between
the enemy and the sun and sprayed sew
eral enemy planes with lead. He was
the son of Mrs. E;ffie Stevens, 81 State
street, Albion, n. Y.
In the fight with Lieut. Stevens was
Kenneth L. Porter of the same COM
mand, who was also awarded tho cross
for sharing in the same brilliant feat
He and Lieut.. Stevens engaged the upper
formation, and it was from this unit
that the two planes were downed. Lieut..
Porter lived with his mother. Mrs Har-
rlet Porter. Dowagiac. Mich.
Not content with harassing and rout-
ing the enemy troops near Cierges,
France, September 2S, Lieut. Oscar B.
Myers, 147th Aero Squadron. assembled
high into the sky to look for amusement
and found il in the form of nine Ger
man fighting planes protecting an OBJ
servation one. There were two other
aviators with him.
sends Plane Down in Flames.
The trouble hunting trio dived upon
the formation and succeeded in routing
the fighting planes. all of which deserted
the observation bus. Myers in quick
dive gave 1t a few rounds Of incendiary
bullets. 1t crashed in flames. Then he
zoomed back to the field and received
the Distinguished Service Cross. He
lived in Mount Vernon.
After destroying one plane and driv-
ing others of Lieut. George c. Kennedy,
Ninety first Aero Squadron. continued on
his mission. and despite another attack
attained his objective and enabled his
observer to secure information of great
military value. His home address Is
Boston.
Despite a wound sustained IN a fight
with seven enemy planes Lieut. Ben1a-
min l.. Atwater, observer, Ninety ninth
=, t-afE.v
that Of gathering certain information be-
hind the enemy lines near Landres-A-St.
Georges. France. October 5, although he
and his pilot, Lieut. Alexander, were
largely outnumbered. He succeeded in
downing the nearest of the enemy
planes. He is the son of Mrs. Ella c. At
water. 1852 Maple avenue, Red Bank,
N. J.
While leading his platoon on machine
gun nests near Verdun October S Lieut..
Leslie j. Jobes, 115th Infantry, was in
stantly killed. He had started an attack
that swept on after he was killed and
resulted in the capture Of the nests,
During the action he exposed himself TO
danger with utter disregard for his per-
sonal safety. His home was in 1909
Bloomfield street. Hoboken.
Attacked by six Foes.
W. McDermott, aviator OF the 147th
Aero Squadron, October IS near Banthe-
Vile, France. He started out with pa
troll mission and developed engine
trouble He was left behind. but soon
repaired the engine and started out
upon patrol alone. Soon he found lone
enemy fighting plane trying to hide in
the sun, drove 1t out and fought 1t to
a crash. And then six enemy planes
nf nd an i'm
He fought another to a crash and drove
the others Off Then the eccentric en-
CINE stopped. forcing Lieut., McDermott
TO land, but In friendly territory. His
home is Syracuse.
Others awarded the cross are:
Lieut.; Rodney n, Armstrong, ,lsSth
squadron, Leesburg, Va; Lieut.. Field L.
Kinley. Ar Service. GFayette, Ark. Capt.
squadron, Bowling Green, KY; Lieut.,
william T. Badham, Ninetyfrst Aero
%a% st%nsna% qth A AERO san sq
ron. Guthrie, Ill; Major Harold F. Hart,
ney, First Pursuit Group, Air Service. sas-
Hunter, deceased, 1i5th Infantry, Baltl-
more Lieut. Harry l. Webb deceased; lO5t,,i
c. Smith. n15th Infantry, Hagerstown. Nd.
Corp. Joseph L; Tenryson, deceased. ll5th
MoKsy, observer. Hinety-siSth Aero .ag Squad.
ron. Washington, d. G; Lieut.. Harry o.
'McDougal, pilot, Ninety.sixth Aero squad
ron. Pocatelo. Idaho; Lieut. Kingman
Douglas, pilot. Ninety-frst Aero squad
ron, Oak Park, III: Lieut. Ora r. Nc
hurry, Forty ninth Aero Squadron. Evans
VILE, Wis; Lieut., Lewis c. Plush, Forty
ninth Aero Squadron. Pomona, Cal; Capt
walter r.. Lasson, Ninety. first Aero squad
ron, Birmingham, Ala; Lieut.. Harvey Con
over, deceased, Air Service. Hinsdale, III
Lieut.. BENJAMIN p. Haywood. Field Artil-
MacBrayne, Field Artillery. Lowell, Mass,
Lieut. Leo C, Ferren ba CHI, Air Service, St
Louis Mo; Lieut.. ,. A, Higgs, Air Ser
vice, Lsthroop. Ala; Lieut. Cleo j. Ross
lieut. Ralph O'Neill, Air Service, 147th
Aero Squadron, Nogales, Ariz,; Lieut.
Robert X Elliott Air Service. Ninety
Lieut.. Elmer Pendell, Ieoth Infantry. Car
ibOu. Me.
Croix de Guerre for New Yorker,
Mrs Theodore Greppo 20 East Sew
enty seventh street received word Sat
urday that her husband, Theodore Grep-
po. who has been abroad since the be-
ginning of the war. had received the
Croix de Guerre. Lieut. Greppo, who
attended the Plattsburg Training Camp
was first attached to the Quartermas-
ter Corps and later transferred. He
was a broker before joining the army
Woman Held ON Cruelty Charge,
Mrs. Julia Haff, 155 Rector street
Union Course. L. L.. was held yesterday
in $500 for Special Sessions In the ia
maica police court upOn the charge OF
assault in the third degree Mrs. Haff
Is accused Of having nut the hands OF