Word: heroism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...more former members of the University and one former cadet in the 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...
Lieutenant Murray's citation follows: "For extraordinary heroism in action near Mezy, France, June 15, 1918. On this day Lieutenant Murray alone attacked an enemy observation post held by ten of the enemy. He later organized a detachment of scattered men and filled a gap in our lines...
First Lieutenant Albert Edgar Angier '20 of Waban, Mass., who was killed in action in September, 1918, has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, posthumously, for extraordinary heroism on the field of battle. After leaving College to enter the service, he was elected a Business Editor of the CRIMSON and was first sergeant of Co. A of the R.O.T.C. in the fall of 1917. In January, 1918 he entered the Third Officers' Training Camp at Yaphank and was sent overseas for further training before receiving his commission as 2nd lieutenant. Shortly before his death, he was promoted to 1st lieutenant...
...Distinguished Service Cross was awarded posthumously to Lieutenant Gardner for "extraordinary heroism in action in the Argonne Forest, October 3, 1918." While leading his company up a steep slope in the face of machine gun fire, he displayed the highest courage, and was killed before he saw his objective fulfilled...
Captain Hamilton Coolidge '19, of Boston has been posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross by General Pershing for heroism in action while serving with the 94th Aero Squadron near Grandpre, France on October...