Word: honore
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University men whose names have been placed on the University Honor Roll, arranged by the Harvard Memorial Society, 132 were killed in action in France, 107 died of disease, 33 were killed in accidents, and 25 died in hospitals of wounds received in action. Almost all of those who died of disease were serving in this country at the time and of these over 90 per cent succombed to influenza or to pneumonia, resulting from influenza. The majority of accident cases were due to mishaps in airplanes when the pilots were learning to handle them on the various training fields...
...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...
These figures are not complete as the names of several University men have been received as killed, of whom no additional information has yet come in. The casualty lists add new names to this Honor Roll daily, and all those who die in the service before the signing of peace will be included in the final official University list...
...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...
...obliged to give orders to his battery to send a round of shells into the hostile lines. After the deafening noise had ceased and the Colonel had resumed his place, the celebration continued and was finished without interruption. We believe that the class of 1901 holds the honor of being the only class in any college to have held a class banquet under fire...