New-York tribune., 1919-01-07
Johnny Doody.
Is One of 1889
Heroes just In
Wears Croix dc Cuerre ami
ID. 5. c., as Clay Stree,.
Bronx, Said He WouId
North Carolina Arrives
Battleship, Turned Trans.
port, Brings Back Wound.
cd Marines and Soldiers

When Johnny Doody, of The Bron.
vent over to France a year ago VIA
The 5th Marines, every ore along olav
street where he lives. said: johns
Doody VIII come back hero
The United States battlesh.p Mark
Carolina, making ITS first yoyogc as
transport, docked at noboken vote.
day. with 1889 soldiers. COO OF thsn
wounded marines. The FIRST man dous
the ganeplank into the cheering
throngs on the pier were the Cro,x A.
Guerre and the Distinguished seryic,
Cross. He was a marine and his nam.
was Johnny Doody. ''
Johnny Doody's noighbors in c..
street were right He did conc h.,1 =
hero. and when he hits home aca,.
they're all gong to say: "pidn's .ell
you ~
1t was after they had been through
the fighting at Chateau Thierry. Bclless
" God and othcr lesser affairs that tho
I'd Division marines. Of winch tho 5,b
Regiment is "A part we're thrown agains
the Germans in the drive ,ha, wa.
Soissons for the Allies.
Nothing al Nj, He Says
Doody had spotted German ma.
chine gun nest up in a tree no, ga,
from whore no was bllctcd. II YEA.
quiet enough then. but. as he sand YES.
terday. ne didn't know for how lone
50 Doody called on two Of hrs nal.
and they started ont. Ia ten minute.
the nest had been cleaned out ana
Doody had taken the cuemv's machine
gun and turned it on IT'S fleeing oo,r.
atcIs
pcody SAID yesterday +, uas ,eme.
thing like taking candy away from ,
baby. and he didn't Fee why he should
have been given medals for H. a.
should ret such nice personal letter
rom General Pershine on the sabieet
ne %" other marinoa who came
pacK with Doodv wore decorations
wound stripes and citations which bess
me starry names Of Chateau Thierrv
aud other French villages ihat ever
american schoolboy in generations fo
come VIII study and dream about
J ne warstlp. still covered wiil Is
outage. steamed up tho North
River win her aft decks and iui.rct.
black with fighting mon Tho polio,
boat Patrol 1igzaggld about i as She
docked like AN overioyed collie L
took an hour TO dock her
The batt'oship brought li5 mcu o.
the 49sth Aero Squadron. ~ Of reYs
and 1874 mon OF The 18TH Ammunition
RAIN. J naval officers and p few NJ
{. A secretaries
Men of 5th and eth
There we're sevcn officers and close
o 500 men If the 5ih and 6th Marines.
and both units have been decorated
with the CrciN de Gaorre The cltaiion
says:
For tae brilliant courage eor
dash and tcnacity. Tor tho fore ghi
ana activity of thcif officers and thf
nersonai action OF their CHIEF GeHcrs
Harbord
Marine Gunner Richard Y. Nc1arth,.
Of 2321 Aibemarle Road. Brooklyn was
New York man among tho marincs
who were the Distinguished Service
cross Another was Corporal Hubbard
;. LeicNre. Of Jamaica. J.. 7 Nihef
New York men were William ! Sachs
! rs Bay Twenty street. Rrcokign.
Corporal Edward j. Iighc. 1868 .iefone
Avenue. he Bronx; Weitcr kalb 81
East Twenty first Street: William
Hanna. 3l9 West Fif'l fourth street
nomas August. Lyndhurst. l.. g. not
crit H. Myers, l5oS Second Avenue
James Casio. 343 tast itIth Street
frank 4. lloalY. iS5 Lexington Avenue
Charles V. Anderson. s9s Ncsf f9G'b
street; Daniel i. llarcn. tss Charles
Street; Corporal William llrscb s2o
East Iwcniy-hrsi street. liarr Car.
roza. 63, East vcnfy- y-sccond street
and Neil Newman 6di Tenth Street,
Brooklyn
II was tho ninth round tfip OF shr
North Carolina Once snhnarine
cam" 30 close to her stern that fhe
ships guns could not be turned lev
enough TO make hit The baa
commander WAS unaware Of fNe pre-.
dlcament oi the warship ard sob.
merged
Captain Is. II. Spinncy. Captain 4. L
Keys and Lieutenant T. r Holamsr,
of Brooklyn. we're among the a.. .a,efs
10 return on the ship
Court l. Urged In Move