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Major Kenneth Pepperrell Budd '02 of the 308th Infantry has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross by General Pershing. Major Budd's citation reads as follows: "For extraordinary heroism near Ville Savoye, France, August 16. 1918. Although Major Budd's post of command was subject to continuous and concentrated gas attacks, and despite the fact that he was severely gassed during the bombardment, he refused to be evacuated, remaining for three days to superintend personally the relief of his battalion and the removal to the rear of the men who had been gassed...
...killed in action while flying near Toul, May 22, 1918. He was one of the first to enlist in the American Ambulance, becoming chief of Section 18, April 17, 1917. In May of the same year he was decorated with the Croix de Guerre for extraordinary heroism near Mort Homme at Verdun. In July of 1917 he left the Ambulance and enlisted in the American air service. That fall he was commissioned a 1st Lieutenant...
...extraordinary heroism near Villers-devant-Dun, France, Nov. 2, 1918. Having been wounded in the back by a machine gun bullet, Corporal Butcher led his squad through heavy machine gun fire, capturing three guns and capturing or killing all of the crews...
...sincerely trust that Harvard men will not be found wanting when they are confronted by these great problems and that they will show the same heroism that so many of their fellows have recently shown on the field of battle...
Lieutenant Charles F. Williams LL.B. '99 who served in the 9th Machine Gun Battalion was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for:--"Extraordinary heroism in action near Romagne, France, October 11, 1918. Although wounded by a high explosive shell, Lieutenant Williams refused to be evacuated, but continued leading his platoon in the attack and successfully defended his position from counterattack until completely exhausted...