Word: petain
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
John J. Pershing: "In Paris Prime Minister Poincare and wife gave a dinner in my honor. Those present included : Myron T. Herrick, the American Ambassador; Marshals Foch, Joffre, Petain, d'Esperey...
...August, 1918, moving directly to the front on his arrival there. After a week of active service, he was promoted to Regimental Intelligence Officers, in which capacity he made several patrols that often took him right into the German lines. He received the Croix de Guerre from General Petain, and he was twice cited for heroism, once by General Pershing and once by General Kuhn...
Word has just been received from Paris that Major Arthur D. Hill, LL.B. '94, of the Judge-Advocate Department of the United States Army has been decorated by General Petain with the cross of the Legion of Honor Major Hill went to Tour, France, in January, 1918, where he was connected with the department of claims. After the signing of the armistice he was sent to Paris with the finance department, and is now on his way to Italy...
Captain Hamilton Fish, Jr., '06, 369th Regiment, has been awarded the Croix de Guerre. General Petain made the award with the following citation:--"Captain Hamilton Fish, Jr., commander of Co. K, 369th Infantry Regiment, being on furlough; came back to spend his furlough with the regiment, knowing it had been engaged. Has rendered precious services--exposed incessantly to danger--before, during, and after the taking of a village, and in establishing contact between the regiment and his battalion...
Lieutenant Abbot Treadwell, Jr., '16, 23rd Infantry, 2nd Division, A. E. E., was awarded the Croix de Guerre last January by Marshal Petain for bravery in the Argonne sector in October, according to the latest list of citations. Lieutenant Treadwell is now at Vallendar, Germany, not far from Coblenz...