Word: croix
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Three more University men have received war honors, two the Distinguished Service Cross and the third the Croix de Guerre...
Captain Hamilton Fish, Jr., '06, 369th Regiment, has been awarded the Croix de Guerre. General Petain made the award with the following citation:--"Captain Hamilton Fish, Jr., commander of Co. K, 369th Infantry Regiment, being on furlough; came back to spend his furlough with the regiment, knowing it had been engaged. Has rendered precious services--exposed incessantly to danger--before, during, and after the taking of a village, and in establishing contact between the regiment and his battalion...
...University men who have received various decorations for valliant service, 33 are on the Honor Roll. Of the men who have died in the service 21 received the "Croix de Guerre," 4, the "Legion d'Honeur," 4, the "Distinguished Service Cross...
Lieutenant Abbot Treadwell, Jr., '16, 23rd Infantry, 2nd Division, A. E. E., was awarded the Croix de Guerre last January by Marshal Petain for bravery in the Argonne sector in October, according to the latest list of citations. Lieutenant Treadwell is now at Vallendar, Germany, not far from Coblenz...
...command of a United States Squadron. Tyler received his brevet, Dec. 16, 1917, and soon afterward was commissioned a first lieutenant. In July, 1918, he was cited by the French for having "frequently carried out bombing flights over the battle field at low altitudes," and was decorated with the Croix de Guerre by the French Government for bravery in action...