The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-13

HdHlc VI tlc pTcSldcit' lldS dNdItt'
the Distinguished Service Cross t,
the following officers and soldier
for the acts OF extraordinary hero
ism described after their names:
Pvt. Charles Wayne Walton, Ser
ice Section Unit 635, for extraordi
nary heroism in action near Wcel
France, October 8, 1918. Private
Walton proceeded to point withir
fifteen metres Of the German line tC
rescue the surviving member OF d;
small French patrol He placed tn,
man in his car and was proceeding
under fire when the car became
disabled. He removed the wounded
man under severe fire to a place
OF safety. On the same day, in or
der to quickly evacuate two severe
" wounded men whose only chance
Of recovery lay in being propmtly
removed to a hospital, he went fear
lessly through a barrage on only
road over which he could travel
bringing the wounded men to hos
pital alive Home address: Charles
Walton, Woodbury., New Jersey.
Sergt. Martin Jansen, A Co., 355th
Infantry, for extraordinary heroism
in action. near Flirey, France, Sep
tember 18th, 1918. Coming up in
rear of two platoons OF a battalion
OF first line, Sergeant Jansen, be-
longing to another battalion, noticed
the two patoons were held up by
machine-gun fire from the front and
flank and appeared to be without
a leader. Fearlessly cposing him
self he ran from one end OF the
line to the other. urging the men
forward until both platoonS had
moved across a small gulley out OF
danger from the machine-gun fire.
His bravery and leadership thus pre-
vented the interruption of the ad-
vance of the entire first line. Home
address: George Jansen, Rushville,
Nebraska.
Pvt. Ned Crawford c Co. 3l6th
Field Signal Battalion, for eXtraor-
dinarv heroiSm in action. at kplon-
vile, France, Oct. 2, 1918. When
the telephone station IN Will'h nc ne
killing two men, injuring five, Priv,
ate Crawford disregarded personal
'aiety ana coh''hued 10 operate ms
switchboard in an exposed position |
in order that communication might |
be maintained until a new central
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