New Britain herald., 1918-10-14
EIGHT CONN. SOLDIERS CITED
FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM
Elmwood Boy Though Badly Wounded, Continued to
Aid Others Until Compelled to Stop
From Loss of Blood

! MS comrades and continued IN action
| with them until wounded in the leg.
Home address: Mrs. Harry Thibodeau,
80 Oxford Street Lawrence, Mass.
Private Charles z. Richardson,
| Company I. 1O4th Inf. For extraor-
binary heroism in action east of Bel
! Jeau, France, July 21st, 1918. Under
| the leadership of an officer Privates
| Richardson and Joseph r. Huntley
| charged a machine gun nest, captured
! two guns and killed or captured ] ?
| men. Home address: Mrs. p. J. Lee,
foster mother, 244 Albion ST., Wake
| field, Mass. b. ~,.@
| Private Joseph r. Huntley, Com
pany l, 1O4th Inf. For extraordinary
| herosm in action east of Belleau,
/ France, July 21st, 1918. Under the
! leadership of an officer Privates Hunt
! ley and Charles E. Richardson char
| ged a machine gun nest, captured two
guns, and killed or captured - men.
Home address, J. II. O'Sullivan,
uncle, 101 baldwin Street, Winchester
Mass.
Private Mellen f futile, Company
B, 1881 Infantry. For extraordinary
heroism il action on Hill No. 100,
near Chateau Thierry, France, July
20, 1913. When all Of the men of the
automatic rifle team of which he was
a member had been wounded. Private
futile voluntarily advanced alone, at
| tackled a number Of enemy machine
gun nests which were holding up the
advance, and forced the enemy to re-
treat thereby making possible the con-
tinued forward movement of his de-
tachment Home address: w. G.
futile, Intervale, Maine.
Private Henry J. Laviolett, Comp
extraordinary heroism in action near
Chateau Thierry, France, 29-23d
July, 1918. Private Laviolett, acting
U. S. A. runner, carried MESA ges
through heavy artillery fire with abso-
lutte fearlessness until killed. Next
of kin; Mrs. Rose Pavales, sister,
100 Broad St, Marlboro, Mass.
Private Jesse M. Bailey, Sanitary
Detachment, 103d Machine Gun Bat
TALON. For extraordinary heroism in
action near Chateau Thierry, France,
1924, July, 1918. Private Bailey
gave an inspiring example of courage
and GOODNESS in treating wounded for
two days without rest or food and
under intense artillery and machine
gun fire. while maintaining a dress
ing station in a crater, an enemy
shell struck in the center of the hole,
WOunding nearly all in the crater and
severely injuring one man, who was
buried in the earth and debris Upon
regaining consciousness Private Bailey
treated all of the wounded men,
helped them to the first aid sta
ton, returned and dug out the man
who had been buried and left for
dead and succeeded in resuscitating
him. Home address: Mrs. Margaret
T.. Bailey, wife, 173 Waterman
street, Providence, r. I.
Private Edward Mcneil. Company
B, 103d Infantry. For extraordinary
heroism in action near Bouresche,s
France July 20, 1918. Uuon reaching
his objective Hill No. 100, il
front of Bouresches he found |
he was the only man of his |
squad left. Going forward he en-
tered an enemy machine gun position |
and at the point of a bayonet cap |
tured three machine guns and five |!
prisoners. Home address,: Bella |
Mcneil, Mexico, Maine.
Private John Mayne, deceased, |
Medical Department, 101st Infantry. !
For extraordinary heroism in action |
in the Trugny Woods, near Chateau |
Thierry, France, July 23d, 1918. Pri- |
vate Mayne although in an exposed |
position in the Trugny Woods under |
fire of rifles and machine guns, |
courageously treated the wounded, in
spring the combat troops by his ex-
ample, until shot through the head |
and killed. Next of kin: Mrs. Mary
Mayne wife, Nurses Home, Massa,-
chusetts Homeopathic hospital, Bos- |
ton, Mass.
Private Rudolph Holtz, Company |
d, 101st Infantry. For extraordin-
Woods, near Chateau Thierry, France,
July %, 1918. Private HOltz with two |
other men in al advance position
ahead of the battalion charged Il !
machine gun, killed four of the !
enemy, and drove off the rest, there |
by making possible the advance OF |
their comrades. Home address: John |
Nicodemos, friend, 3 Forest Ave, |
North Plymouth, Mass.
Private Charles Miller, Company |
A, 101st Infantry. For extraordinary !
heroism in action in the Trugny |
Woods, near Chateau Thierry, |
France, July %, 1913. Private Miller |
with two other men in an advance |
position ahead of the batillion charged !
a machine gun, killed four of the |
enemy, and drove off the rest, there
by making possible the advance of |
their comrades. Home address: Mrs |
Annie Miller, mother, 11S Bennington |
street, East Boston, Mass,
Private John w. Roy, Company H, |
1O4th Infantry. For extraordinary |
heroism in action in the Belleau !,
Woods, France, 18th and 10Th July.
Private Roy displayed notable brav-
cry in delivering messages through |
violent shell fire. At one time after |
three runners had been killed and a |
fourth wounded, he passed over the !
same route, undaunted, TO CARRY {; |
message vitality necessary to the sue |
cessful operation of his company. |
Home address: Mrs Josephine Roy, |
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