_1st Division, 26th Infantry, Company “A”_
He showed exceptional bravery and control over his platoon while
advancing through enemy machine-gun and artillery fire before he
reached his final objective, which he took with great daring.]
“Got well located and fixed a stretcher in lieu of a bed, and just
about settled down to rest and sleep while waiting for candidates for
ride in ambulance when the French batteries started up. They were
a couple of hundred yards in rear of us and were firing over our
heads, and I got up and stood at the door to see the fire of belching
batteries, etc. Joe, each time one of those blame things went off my
steel (crown) helmet just naturally rose off my head, but in a few
minutes I got used to it and got well used to my surroundings and
looked over everything. It seems all the fire of a couple of hours
was just a small preliminary to an attack by a small company to jump
into the German trenches, grab about a dozen prisoners and then back
again—all so they could give the poor Boches the third degree for
general information, etc.