Soldiers all; portraits and sketches of the men of the AEF. . BRIGADIER GENERAL PRESTON BROWN Arrived in France, August, 1917, with rank of Lieu-tenant : Colonel, February 6, 1918;Brigadier General, August : Chief of Staff, 82nd Division, August 25, 1917;Chief of Staff, 2nd Division, April 5, 1918;Chief of Staff, 4th Army Corps, September 19, 1918;Commanded 3rd Division in the Meuse-Argonne, Oc-tober 18, 1918;Assistant Chief of Staff, Advance G. H. Q., : Kentucky, January 2, Service Medal. For exceptionally meritorious and distin-g
Soldiers all; portraits and sketches of the men of the AEF. . BRIGADIER GENERAL PRESTON BROWN Arrived in France, August, 1917, with rank of Lieu-tenant : Colonel, February 6, 1918;Brigadier General, August : Chief of Staff, 82nd Division, August 25, 1917;Chief of Staff, 2nd Division, April 5, 1918;Chief of Staff, 4th Army Corps, September 19, 1918;Commanded 3rd Division in the Meuse-Argonne, Oc-tober 18, 1918;Assistant Chief of Staff, Advance G. H. Q., : Kentucky, January 2, Service Medal. For exceptionally meritorious and distin-guished services. As Chief of Staff of theSecond Division he directed the details of thebattles near Chateau-Thierry, Soissons, andat the St. Mihiel salient with great , in command of the Third Division inthe Argonne-Meuse offensive, at a most criti-cal time, by his splendid judgment and ener-getic action, his division was able to carry toa successful conclusion the operations at ClairsChenes and at Hill 294. G. O. 12 (January17, 1919). [53]. F. M. WILLIAMS, Major, Machine Gun Battalion, 82nd many years experience as a cowboy, Williamsbecame a member of Buffalo Bills Wild West stunt in the show was shooting glass balls andriding bad horses. Whenever his leg was brokenhe played in the band until the break mended. Whenthe United States went to war Williams enteredtraining camp and was graduated a lieutenant. Hewent overseas with a machine-gun October 11, 1918, Williams (then Captain) wasshot through the neck by a sniper. He tied his hand-kerchief around the wounds at the front and backof the neck and the wounds were never treated. Hestayed continuously in the line. On October 15th—four days later—at about 4 , he received ordersto proceed to Hill 182, which is just north of He sent runners to notify his platoon com-manders to move at once. Taking one runner, hestarted toward Hill 182. Having reached the hilland found e
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