Soldiers all; portraits and sketches of the men of the AEF. . BRIGADIER GENERAL WALTER D. McCAW Arrived in France, March 7, 1918, with rank of to Brigadier General;Surgeon General, A. E. : Virginia, February 10, Service Medal. For exceptionally meritorious and distin-guished services. His counsel and advice inthe earlier stages of the operations of theAmerican Expeditionary Forces were of par-ticular benefit to the effective work of theMedical Department. As chief surgeon ofthe American Expeditionary Forces, in thelater operations in the field, he main
Soldiers all; portraits and sketches of the men of the AEF. . BRIGADIER GENERAL WALTER D. McCAW Arrived in France, March 7, 1918, with rank of to Brigadier General;Surgeon General, A. E. : Virginia, February 10, Service Medal. For exceptionally meritorious and distin-guished services. His counsel and advice inthe earlier stages of the operations of theAmerican Expeditionary Forces were of par-ticular benefit to the effective work of theMedical Department. As chief surgeon ofthe American Expeditionary Forces, in thelater operations in the field, he maintained thesplendid efficiency of that department at acritical time and solved each new problempresented with wisdom and marked O. 12 (January 17, 1919). [129]. 60a£/JPfrty^ ALAN LOUIS EGGERS, Sergeant, Machine Gun Company, 107th Infantry,27th Division. JOHN CRIDLAND LATHAM, Sergeant,Machine Gun Company, 107th Infantry,27th Alan Louis Eggers, Sergeant John Crid-land Latham and Corporal Thomas E. OShea, Ma-chine Gun Company, 107th Infantry—For conspicu-ous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond thecall of duty, in action with the enemy near Le Catelet,September 29, 1918. Becoming separated from theirplatoon during a smoke barrage, Sergeants JohnCridland Latham, Alan Louis Eggers and CorporalThomas E. OShea took cover in a shell hole wellwithin the enemys lines. Upon hearing a call forhelp from an American tank, which had become dis-abled thirty yards from them, the three men left theirshelter and started toward the tank, under heavy firefrom German machine-guns and trench mortars. Incrossing the fire-swept area Corporal OShea wasmortally wounded, but his companions, undeterred,proceeded to the tank, rescued a wounded o
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