_42nd, Division, 168th Infantry, M. C._
On October 13-16, 1918, he went out in advance of the front line
near the Bois de Chatillon, France, to reconnoiter a site for an aid
station and an ambulance route. Seeing a wounded officer lying about
300 meters from the enemy’s line, he went to his rescue and carried
him through terrific machine-gun and rifle fire to a shell hole, where
he administered first-aid.]