Word: patrolled
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Lieutenant Earl Thompson West '18, of Woburn was killed in action in the Argonne Forest on September 30, 1918, instead of at Chateau-Thierry on July 1, as was previously reported. Lieutenant West was leading a patrol to find out the position of the German front line trenches...
...duty. He was a born leader of then--one of the best known and most highly esteemed officers of the Army. Since his death he has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his bravery in action near Chatel-Chehery, October 5 and 6, when he led an officers' patrol to a depth of three kilometres within the enemy lines. The news of his loss has been received with consternation and sorrow by his many friends in the University and the Army
Lieutenant-Colonel James A. Shannon, former commandant of the R. O. T. C. has been posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism. The citation is for his bravery in action near Chatel-Chehery, France, Oct. 5 and 6, 1918, when he led an officers' patrol to a depth of three kilometres within the enemy lines...
Ensign J. G. Alley, assigned as instructor to the Harvard Naval Unit, was a member of the class of 1917 at Princeton University. He left college in May, 1917, at the outbreak of the war, and enlisted in the Navy. For the following six months he was engaged in patrol service in domestic waters...
...first impulse in such a misfortune is to blame someone, and in this case we are wont to ask why the Navy had not put guns on these ships and why our patrol boats were not on the job. Such questioning is ridiculous and unnecessary. There has been no reason to mount guns on coastwise ships and the Atlantic ocean is too large to be completely covered by patrols. When the submarines succeed in such a surprise attack we must be philosophical and not get panicky. In the Spanish War people gave up their homes on the seashore and trooped...