First Lieutenant C.A.R.C.-OBS. 1st Aero Squadron. Killed in action Chateau Thierry. D.S. Citation US Army for Distinguished and exceptional gallantry at Chateau Thierry, July 15, 1918, in the operation of the AEF, John J Pershing, Commander-in-Chief.
"As an expression of appreciation of his valor, I award him this citation in the Order of the Army, July 5, 1918. While accomplishing his mission without protection, he negaged in combat three enemy planes which he caused to draw away, then in a second combat against seven planes, during which one had to descend disabled, he himself had to descend inside our lines, wounded in the head." -Marchal Petain, Com in Chief, French Armies of the East
"As an expression of appreciation of his valor, I award him this citation in the Order of the Army, July 5, 1918. While accomplishing his mission without protection, he negaged in combat three enemy planes which he caused to draw away, then in a second combat against seven planes, during which one had to descend disabled, he himself had to descend inside our lines, wounded in the head." -Marchal Petain, Com in Chief, French Armies of the East
First Lieutenant C.A.R.C.-OBS. 1st Aero Squadron. Killed in action Chateau Thierry. D.S. Citation US Army for Distinguished and exceptional gallantry at Chateau Thierry, July 15, 1918, in the operation of the AEF, John J Pershing, Commander-in-Chief.
"As an expression of appreciation of his valor, I award him this citation in the Order of the Army, July 5, 1918. While accomplishing his mission without protection, he negaged in combat three enemy planes which he caused to draw away, then in a second combat against seven planes, during which one had to descend disabled, he himself had to descend inside our lines, wounded in the head." -Marchal Petain, Com in Chief, French Armies of the East
"As an expression of appreciation of his valor, I award him this citation in the Order of the Army, July 5, 1918. While accomplishing his mission without protection, he negaged in combat three enemy planes which he caused to draw away, then in a second combat against seven planes, during which one had to descend disabled, he himself had to descend inside our lines, wounded in the head." -Marchal Petain, Com in Chief, French Armies of the East
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