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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Edmund Coolidge '22, first class private, Headquarters Company, 101st Infantry, has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in action near Belleau Bois, France, on October 23, 1918. His citation is as follows: "He felt shelter and exposed himself to intense machine gun fire, when he saw a soldier lying wounded in advance of our lines. He reached the wounded man despite the enemy fire, and dragged him back to a place of safety...
...their return from this short preliminary stretch, the crews lined up for a half-mile brush which ended rather abruptly when the Freshmen, having drawn too near the Western shore, fouled the second University boat. All the oarsmen were in the best of condition, and, considering the fact that today's event was merely an informal warming up, it was considered very satisfactory...
...Putnam's citation is as follows: For extraordinary heroism in action near La Chaussee, France, September 12, 1918. After destroying one of the eight German planes which had attacked him, he was returning to our lines when he saw seven Fokkers attack an allied biplane. He attacked the Germans and saved the biplane, but was himself driven down, shot through the heart...
...Saturday's contest were treated to a surprise. Expecting little, they saw a consistently excellent meet, in addition to the establishing of a new two mile record. It speaks well for the athletes returning to college from war service that with so little training they should approach so near the records...
...Amateur Athletic Union selected over fifty other athletes, who were in the Army during the war, from the colleges and athletic clubs of the country to represent the United States in the contests between the teams of the various allied nations, which will take place at Joinville, near Paris, from June 24 to July 6. A great many prominent athletes who are worthy of entering the meet, could not be chosen because of the rule which prevents members of any form of service other than the army proper from entering...