Word: italian
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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After fourteen months of service which earned for him and his commission, the publicly expressed gratitude of the Italian King and Pope, Major Guy Lowell '92, director of the Department of Military Affairs of the American Red Cross in Italy, is back in Boston. He has been awarded the Medal of Valor, which is the Italian counterpart of the Distinguished Service Cross, and also the Italian Military Cross, a military medal awarded for distinguished work on the Italian front...
...went to Italy to drive ambulances last summer, seventeen received the Italian War Cross and two were decorated with silver medals of Valor...
...following list of those University men who were awarded the Croce, al Merito di Guerpe includes one graduate. They were all decorated for highly creditable services during the Italian offensive of June 15 to 26: E. E. Allen, Jr., '21, F. L. A. Cady '21, K. Campbell '21, G. N. Carpenter '21, C. M. Clark '01, G. H. Dorr, 2d, '21, S. R. Droppers '20, J. H. Eaton, '21, C. W. Eliot, 2d, '20, W. B. Frothingham '21, H. F. Gibbs, Jr., '20, F. B. Lothrop '21, C. E. Masters '21, G. C. Noyes '20, G. M. Palmer...
...ambulance drivers on reaching Italy were assigned to three sections. Section 1 had its headquarters at Bassoon a town in the mountain district of the middle western Italian front. In this section, Eliot and Droppers were the only men to receive the War Cross. It is the only section of the three which is equipped with other than Ford cars and has several Flats in service...
Section 2 and 3 both have their bases on the plains close to the Piave River. The drivers of the third section had the severest work during the drive and twelve men were decorated from it. Tht Italian government has expresesd, deep appreciation of the services rendered by the ambulance drivers and has shown them every consideration. They were all made honorary 2nd lieutenants in the Italian army soon after their arrival...