Word: croix
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...darkly shadowed eyes, Harold Burton is as conservative as Robert Taft, though he frequently disagrees with him (Burton was for conscription 100%). Dispassionate, honest, he has few close friends, many admirers. His Yankee ancestors fought in the American Revolution. He himself fought in the Meuse-Argonne, won the Belgian Croix de Guerre and the U. S. Order of the Purple Heart...
Remarking that "people in this country don't realize there was a great deal of action," Willis yesterday praised the work of twenty Harvard men, seven of whom received the Croix de Guerre for their deeds as ambulance drivers...
...bombardment at Beauvais. He was remarkably cool and efficient in rescuing wounded civilians under fire, but during the retreat of the French Army, McElwain became separated from the rest of the section. He joined another corps and did such excellent work for the that he was decorated with the Croix de Guerre...
Assistant Manager: William P. La Croix...
...371st Infantry lost 1,047 men and officers killed and wounded, received 184 individual French and American decorations, captured many prisoners, guns and war material, and its colors were decorated with the French Croix de Guerre with Palm, with the following citation...