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Luther R. Bailey '18, son of Dr. Marshall H. Bailey, has recently received his third citation. He enlisted February, 1917, as an ambulance driver in the French Army and has served continuously since then. Early in 1918 he was first cited and received the Croix de Guerre. Later he received a citation with the palm for "showing utter disregard of danger during an attack while keeping up communication between advanced posts despite extreme barrage fire, during which his ambulance was struck by numerous fragments of shell". His last citation, word of which has just been received, was for "particularly distinguishing...
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...