Word: guns
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Fismes, France, Aug. 26, 1918, and near Remily, France, Nov. 10, 1918. On Aug. 26, Lieutenant Gilbert made a daylight reconnaisance of the ruins of Tannerie near Fismes, entered Fismes under direct observation and fire of the enemy, and continued his reconnaisance along the Rouen-Rheims road under machine gun fire, for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the terrain was favorable for an attack on the Chateau du Diable. On November 10 he voluntarily led a patrol across the river Meuse and located the enemy positions...
Captain Wesselhoeft, in action near Verdun in November, 1918, went forward under heavy machine gun fire, to the aid of a wounded soldier. The fire was so heavy that the two were compelled to remain in the shell hole until nightfall, when the wounded man was carried back to safety...
...Distinguished Service Cross was awarded posthumously to Lieutenant Gardner for "extraordinary heroism in action in the Argonne Forest, October 3, 1918." While leading his company up a steep slope in the face of machine gun fire, he displayed the highest courage, and was killed before he saw his objective fulfilled...
Paul Rojay, left bower; Major Flynn, right guide; father van Allen, point; Jane Addams (by special arrangement) cover point; the Kronprinz, no point. Also prohibitionists, ambulance drivers, gun men, cross red nurses, Waacs...
...selection and training of telegraphers, the emotional fitness of the soldier, and the general factors of military education. In the Navy the psychologist was able to render valuable service in the selection and training of gunners, listeners, and lookouts, and in the distribution and assignment of men in the gun-fire squad...