James Edward Fore enlisted as a Private in Company E of the 1st Infantry Regiment, South Carolina National Guard, on May 30th, 1917, at Union, South Carolina; served in Company E of the 118th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, to March 31st, 1919; promoted to Corporal on June 13th, 1917; overseas with the American Expeditionary Forces from May 11th, 1918, to March 27th, 1919; promoted to Sergeant on June 5th, 1918; honorably discharged on March 31st, 1919.
His actions in October 1918 earned him the Distinguished Service Cross for "...extraordinary heroism in action at St. Martin-Riviere, France, October 17, 1918. While engaged with four other soldiers in mopping up a village, Sergeant Fore led his men in a flank attack on a machine-gun neat and captured the crew, numbering 18. Pushing forward, he organized a squad of stragglers and captured an entire company of Germans, including two officers.”
His actions in October 1918 earned him the Distinguished Service Cross for "...extraordinary heroism in action at St. Martin-Riviere, France, October 17, 1918. While engaged with four other soldiers in mopping up a village, Sergeant Fore led his men in a flank attack on a machine-gun neat and captured the crew, numbering 18. Pushing forward, he organized a squad of stragglers and captured an entire company of Germans, including two officers.”
James Edward Fore enlisted as a Private in Company E of the 1st Infantry Regiment, South Carolina National Guard, on May 30th, 1917, at Union, South Carolina; served in Company E of the 118th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, to March 31st, 1919; promoted to Corporal on June 13th, 1917; overseas with the American Expeditionary Forces from May 11th, 1918, to March 27th, 1919; promoted to Sergeant on June 5th, 1918; honorably discharged on March 31st, 1919.
His actions in October 1918 earned him the Distinguished Service Cross for "...extraordinary heroism in action at St. Martin-Riviere, France, October 17, 1918. While engaged with four other soldiers in mopping up a village, Sergeant Fore led his men in a flank attack on a machine-gun neat and captured the crew, numbering 18. Pushing forward, he organized a squad of stragglers and captured an entire company of Germans, including two officers.”
His actions in October 1918 earned him the Distinguished Service Cross for "...extraordinary heroism in action at St. Martin-Riviere, France, October 17, 1918. While engaged with four other soldiers in mopping up a village, Sergeant Fore led his men in a flank attack on a machine-gun neat and captured the crew, numbering 18. Pushing forward, he organized a squad of stragglers and captured an entire company of Germans, including two officers.”
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