Word: croix
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...adopted son of Maxim Gorky--considered by some the most influential man in Russia today. During the war he served in the French Foreign Legion, and was well known as a courageous and brilliant officer. He lost an arm at the Battle of Arras, and has received the Croix do Guerre, the Medaille Militatre and other French decorations. Last summer he was in southern Russia; helping to reorganize General Wrangel's army, and is now making speeches on different subjects throughout the United States...
...McNaughton again asserted his superiority and broke the tie in the last minute of the game. RAMBLERS. LA TUQUE. Snelling, Bacon, Angier, l.w. r.w., Gerald McNaughton Buntin, Martin, c. c., George McNaughton, Kane Bigelow, Baker, r.w. l.w., Braithwait Owen, c.p. c.p., Desbiens, Mongrain E. Stillman, Humphrey, p. p., La Croix C. Stillman, Holmes, g. g., Duchene...
...United States Infantry as Lieutenant Colonel. He was in several of the major engagements, including the battles of Cantigny and Soissons, and also took part in the offensives in the Argonne and St. Mihiel. He was wounded and received from the French Government the Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre...
...France. He took part in several of the major engagements of the American campaign, among them the battles of Cantigny and Soissons, and in the Argonne and St. Mihiel offensives. He was wounded, and because of his distinguished service he was decorated with the Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre by the French Government...
...Aeronautical Society. Knotts, who served during the war as a pilot in the 17th Squadron, is one of the 66 American aces, with a total of seven enemy planes to his credit. He received among other decorations the British Distinguished Flying Cross and General Service Medal and the Belgian Croix de Guerre...