Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-05
F0RTY-0NE GIVEN
MEDALS FOR VALOR
Continued From First PaEc.)


Accompany \. one Hundred and Fifth
'-,Afachine Gun Battalion Given "
seventh Division. New Hork); for res
rcuinE two wounded men from burn
InS British tank under artillery and
.machine-Eunc fire.
41rwo STOOD ENEMY OFF,
AFTER MAKING RESCUE
Sergeants Alan Louis Eggers, sum
nit. n. j., and John Crdland Latham,
nearest kin residing at westmorcIand
Eng, machine gun company, One Hun
dredN and Seventh Infantry, Twenty
seventh Division, and Corporal Thomas
u. o'Shea, Summit. n. j., for rescuns
an officer and two men from dam
ageA, American tank and by means OF
Aesma chine gun from the tank stand
ME.sof the enemy all day from. shell
thoiGs within the enemy lines. Corporal
MShea died of wounds.
hglsGaL; for reseulnG his wounded
ff9nt OF the line. He has died since.
70. Private Frank Ganney. Lockport, ".
for going forward, alone with an
automatic rifle when all other members
Of his squad had been killed. attacking
rsnd CAPTURING an, enemy machine gun,
outs and killing four OF the enemy with
pistol IRE. when re-enforce came
up: figh'X p}TiiS%9lsrT w io cantqrsd
and Private David Il. Barkeley. san
;1atonio Texas Company a. Three
tEighty ninth DivisionJ for SWIMMING
ths river Meusc TO obtain inforna;,ot,
As 70 the eneiny's position on the OPP
First Lieutenant; James {. Dozier.
E2sk III Sc + e. Company q. one Hun
sioth p!visioap: who i adxnncsa i WIN
oao soldier although painfully wound
,H 70 attseS a inachire gun crew with
~eS held up by enemy fire.
I'VE; CAROLINIANS NAMED
FOR DISTINGUISHED HONOR
Nile. 5; 6. comf:.ay, NJ: One IiuMndhrse.d
tasSSked an enemy nrachIne gun with
ftiie and pistol when his company was
ten of ,h ana , e!ed iIx and captured
flown on by shell.
Sergeant Garey Evans Foster. In
:nd Eighteenth Infantry; who attacked
machine gun nesi with hand gre
sCerporal John e Vi!iapigue. Camden.
Sc, Company NJ. one Hundred and nd
without aid on a scouting trim 800
fardS IN advance of his platoon after
sfs ,hTee comrades had bean killed ot
with hand Grcnades and later rushed
amachine- gun nest and killed four and
9 gsIHbins SIX 81 the crew and two light
.s priS@'e ,,,1 KqS@3sEt i. Blaolswen de
On, Hundred and Nineteenth in mia ~
sIhirtieih Division); who Volunteered
10 CRY message when his platoon
Mas almost surrounded by the enemy
aDd was killed In the attenpt.
PrlVate Calvin John Ward, Morris
town, Tenn, Company D. One U;ndre1
aga seventeenth Infantry (Thirticth
oiVision);' VINO captured machine
gun nest, killing three ana capturjng
seven OF the crew and their guns
,SCorporal James y. Hcriot ,deccased)
Providence. :. c. Company l. on, Iiur.
dTed and Eighteenth Infantry. who
Win Tour comrades attacked an enemy
machine-sun nest and when his snuai
was dispersed, charged alone wiki fixed
nayonet FOR thirty yards and forced
tAe enemy to surrender, receiving sew
cral wounds. Later on the same dsy
nc charged another nachine-eun nest
and was killed. ~
WENT 200 YARDS TO
RESCUE IT'S COMRADI,
Sergeant Philip c. katz. San Fran
CISCO. Company {, Three Hundred and
aixty-thlrd Infantry; who returned
S'ten his company had retired 100
y3EuS 10 rescue wounded comradc
Private Archie n Peck Uorueu X
q; who rescued two comrades wound :
50 on, patrol duty, twice croesjnp
S1rough terrific machine gun nre 70
Sergeant Wilbur E. co,ver as
Ceasedl south Ozone. l. l.. COMPANY i
p E1rst Engineers. who volunteer ed with
tWo other soldiers TO locate Inachine
sun nests, captured a German rn,, - "a
n ~.