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Earlier in the war he received the Croix de Guerre for distinguished bravery and devotion to rescue work during the battle of September 25 and the following days. "He gave proof," said the French Official Journal at that time, "of the greatest devotion and courage by driving his cars himself day and night, through dangerous zones and by giving to all his section an example of endurance carried to the point of complete exhaustion of his strength...
Each of the officers has received the Croix de Guerre, and four of them are members of the Legion of Honor. The group in composed of Major P. J. L. Azan, Major J. de Reviers de Mauny, Captain A. Dupont, Captain de Jarny, Lieutenant A. Morize and Lieutenant Jean Giraudoux, who was a student at the University...
Each of the officers has received the Croix de Guerre, and four of them are members of the Legion of Honor. The group in composed of Major P. J. L. Azan, Major J. de Reviers de Mauny, Captain A. Dupont, Captain de Jarny, Lieutenant A. Morize and Lieutenant Jean Giraudoux, who was a student at the University...
...French Government as a tribute of their appreciation have 20 times cited sections and section-leaders for distinguished service, and have conferred upon more than 80 of the men the Croix de Guerre for bravery, and upon two the Medaille Militaire, the highest honor for military valor in France...
Mark Antony de Wolfe Howe '87, editor of the Alumni Bulletin, has a book on "The Harvard Volunteers in Europe: Personal Records of Experience." First-hand information concerning the present European war is preserved in these extracts from diaries, journals, and letters. The collection covers work in the trenches, in Serbia, with the ambulance corps, hospital units, the distributing service, the Foreign Legion, and the aviation corps. The names of more than 400 University men enlisted in the conflict are given as an appendix...