Private Harold J. Devereaux 32nd Division, 125th Infantry, Company "M" While crossing the River Ourcq near Sergy, July 31, 1918, the corporal of his squad was v/ounded by machine-gun fire. The enemy continued to fire on the wounded man and Private Devereaux, alone, with the fire of his rifle, attacked the machine-gun and put it out of action from the book ' Deeds of heroism and bravery : the book of heroes and personal daring ' by Elwyn Alfred Barron and Rupert Hughes, Publication Date 1920 Publisher New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers

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