Soldiers all; portraits and sketches of the men of the AEF. . CHARLES S. HOOVER, Sergeant, 308th Battery, Trench Artillery, 158th Field Artillery Hoover was awarded the D. S. C. and theCroix de Guerre with gilt star, for his intrepidityduring the offensive action in the Boissois Bois, wherehe was in charge of trench mortars. This was nearBrabant-sur-Meuse, October 23, by shrapnel and knocked down by the ex-plosion of bombs, Hoover crawled to the one mortarthat was undamaged and continued to fire for sometime, until it and he were put out of action. GEORGE W. LANGH
Soldiers all; portraits and sketches of the men of the AEF. . CHARLES S. HOOVER, Sergeant, 308th Battery, Trench Artillery, 158th Field Artillery Hoover was awarded the D. S. C. and theCroix de Guerre with gilt star, for his intrepidityduring the offensive action in the Boissois Bois, wherehe was in charge of trench mortars. This was nearBrabant-sur-Meuse, October 23, by shrapnel and knocked down by the ex-plosion of bombs, Hoover crawled to the one mortarthat was undamaged and continued to fire for sometime, until it and he were put out of action. GEORGE W. LANGHAM, Private, Company H, 128th Infantry, 32nd extraordinary heroism in action near Juvigny,north of Soissons, August 20 to September 2, he had been severely gassed Private Lang-ham remained on duty with his company while it wasin the front line. Later, when it was in support, hevoluntarily aided in the work of carrying woundedacross an area covered by artillery and Service Cross. [345]. ©
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