in same lot: Olive McHenry, Dr. Frank L. Williams, Mary McHenry Williams, Lt. Wallace McHenry Williams, Luella McHenry, Judge William H. McHenry Jr., Helen Lane McHenry, Capt. Harry C. McHenry, Lou Cummins McHenry
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant (Medical Corps) Frank L. Williams, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 168th Infantry Regiment (Attached), 42d Division, A.E.F., in Champagne, east of Reims, France, 15 July 1918, and. near the River Ourcq, northeast of Chateau-Thierry, France, 30 July 1918. First Lieutenant Williams voluntarily left a dugout on the Champagne front, and for more than two hours, all the time under shell fire, administered to the needs of wounded men who were lying in the open. During the advance across the River Ourcq he voluntarily remained in exposed positions under heavy shell fire, caring for and dressing the wounded until he was severely injured.
Contributor: BarryC
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant (Medical Corps) Frank L. Williams, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 168th Infantry Regiment (Attached), 42d Division, A.E.F., in Champagne, east of Reims, France, 15 July 1918, and. near the River Ourcq, northeast of Chateau-Thierry, France, 30 July 1918. First Lieutenant Williams voluntarily left a dugout on the Champagne front, and for more than two hours, all the time under shell fire, administered to the needs of wounded men who were lying in the open. During the advance across the River Ourcq he voluntarily remained in exposed positions under heavy shell fire, caring for and dressing the wounded until he was severely injured.
Contributor: BarryC
in same lot: Olive McHenry, Dr. Frank L. Williams, Mary McHenry Williams, Lt. Wallace McHenry Williams, Luella McHenry, Judge William H. McHenry Jr., Helen Lane McHenry, Capt. Harry C. McHenry, Lou Cummins McHenry
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant (Medical Corps) Frank L. Williams, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 168th Infantry Regiment (Attached), 42d Division, A.E.F., in Champagne, east of Reims, France, 15 July 1918, and. near the River Ourcq, northeast of Chateau-Thierry, France, 30 July 1918. First Lieutenant Williams voluntarily left a dugout on the Champagne front, and for more than two hours, all the time under shell fire, administered to the needs of wounded men who were lying in the open. During the advance across the River Ourcq he voluntarily remained in exposed positions under heavy shell fire, caring for and dressing the wounded until he was severely injured.
Contributor: BarryC
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant (Medical Corps) Frank L. Williams, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 168th Infantry Regiment (Attached), 42d Division, A.E.F., in Champagne, east of Reims, France, 15 July 1918, and. near the River Ourcq, northeast of Chateau-Thierry, France, 30 July 1918. First Lieutenant Williams voluntarily left a dugout on the Champagne front, and for more than two hours, all the time under shell fire, administered to the needs of wounded men who were lying in the open. During the advance across the River Ourcq he voluntarily remained in exposed positions under heavy shell fire, caring for and dressing the wounded until he was severely injured.
Contributor: BarryC
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