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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...
...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...
...last five years the name of Harvard has been indelibly impressed upon the minds of the people of France. First it appeared in the form of the Harvard Ambulance, then the Harvard Surgical Unit. After our entry into the war the country saw an ever increasing number of Harvard officers and men. As we were told the other day by one who had been there, a Harvard newspaper was sold in various places in Paris. We have shown France what the University could do in times of war; we are now keeping the memory of our name warm...
Spectators of 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...
...officers for the year were elected. His address was devoted particularly to an explanation of the strategy of the campaign of the spring of 1918 on the western front, and he also emphasized the importance of Anglo-American co-operation in the future. Three members of the club who saw service overeas also spoke...