Identifier: cu31924027835341 (find matches)
Title: Soldiers all; portraits and sketches of the men of the A. E. F.
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Chase, Joseph Cummings, 1878-1965
Subjects: United States. Army World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: New York, George H. Doran company
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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May 27th he encountered three enemy mono-planes at an altitude of 3000 meters over Montsec.Despite the superior strength of the enemy, hepromptly attacked and, fighting a brave battle, shotdown one German machine, which fell in three pieces,and drove the other two well within the enemy lines.On May 28th he saw six German Albatross aero-planes flying toward him at an altitude of 3000meters, near Bois Rata. Regardless of personal dan-ger, he immediately attacked and by skilful maneu-vering and accurate operation of his machine gun, hebrought one plane down in flames and drove the otherfive back into their own lines. On May 31st, he tookthe offensive against two German biplanes at an alti-tude of 2500 meters, over Lironville, shot down oneof them and pursued the other far behind the Germanlines. On June 5th, accompanied by another pilot,he attacked two enemy battle-planes at an altitudeof 5700 meters over Eply. After a spirited combat,Captain Campbell was shot through the back by a (191)
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machine gun bullet, but in spite of his injury, kepton fighting until he had forced one of the enemyplanes to the ground, where it was destroyed by ar-tillery fire, and had driven the other plane back intohis own territory. Distinguished Service Cross and four Bronze OakLeaves. French Legion of Honor. HAROLD J. DEVEREAUX, Private, Company M, 125th Infantry. 32nd Division.When General Ludendorff reported that the Ameri-can soldier is less a soldier and more a hunter, heevidently had in mind this type.When Devereauxs company had crossed the RiverOurcq and captured the Bois Pelger, the corporal ofhis squad, fighting beside Private Devereaux, waswounded by machine-gun fire. The corporal fell tothe ground and the enemy continued to fire on thewounded man. This peeved Private Devereaux, whosprinted across the open and single handed attackedand put out of action that machine-gun. Devereauxis one of the hunters who won the DistinguishedService Cross and the Croix de Guerre with gilt star. (19

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