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First Lieutenant Francis W. Gilbert '11 received the Distinguished Service Cross with the following citation:--"For extraordinary heroism in action near 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...
...more former members of the University and one former cadet in the University regiment who was not regularly enrolled as a student have been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism in action. The two graduates are First Lieutenant Robinson Murray '12 and Captain Conrad Wesselhoeft '11, both of Cambridge. Lieutenant Kari C. Payne of Belmont, the third upon whom the honor was conferred, although a student of M. I. T., owes his early training to the University regiment which he joined in the spring...
Lieutenant Murray's citation follows: "For extraordinary heroism in action near Mezy, France, June 15, 1918. On this day Lieutenant Murray alone attacked an enemy observation post held by ten of the enemy. He later organized a detachment of scattered men and filled a gap in our lines...
Lieutenant Payne, a member of the 20th Aero Squadron, and later a prisoner in Germany, was cited for heroism on the bombing expedition over the hostile lines, which resulted in his capture...
First Lieutenant Albert Edgar Angier '20 of Waban, Mass., who was killed in action in September, 1918, has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, posthumously, for extraordinary heroism on the field of battle. After leaving College to enter the service, he was elected a Business Editor of the CRIMSON and was first sergeant of Co. A of the R.O.T.C. in the fall of 1917. In January, 1918 he entered the Third Officers' Training Camp at Yaphank and was sent overseas for further training before receiving his commission as 2nd lieutenant. Shortly before his death, he was promoted to 1st lieutenant...