. Illinois in the World War; an illustrated record prepared with the coöperation and under the direction of the leaders in the state's military and civilian organizations. attacking some of the gunners with his fists when hisammunition had been exhausted. Captain Mallon was one of four men of the regiment who won the Con-gressional Medal of Honor for valor displayed in the advance through Forges 326 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR Wood. One of the i32nds distinctions was the possession of five of theseventy-eight Congressional Medals awarded to officers and men of the Amer-ican Expeditionary Forces.
. Illinois in the World War; an illustrated record prepared with the coöperation and under the direction of the leaders in the state's military and civilian organizations. attacking some of the gunners with his fists when hisammunition had been exhausted. Captain Mallon was one of four men of the regiment who won the Con-gressional Medal of Honor for valor displayed in the advance through Forges 326 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR Wood. One of the i32nds distinctions was the possession of five of theseventy-eight Congressional Medals awarded to officers and men of the Amer-ican Expeditionary Forces. Four were earned in this battle. The three othermen winning them were First Sergeant Sydney G. Gumpertz of Company E,who fought beside his captain in the machine gun raids and then personallycleaned out one menacing nest; Private Berger Loman of Company H, whocaptured an officer and fourteen men after silencing a machine gun; andSergeant Willie Sandlin of Company H^ who rushed and put out of commis-sion several enemy nests. By means of such heroic fighting the advancing troops forced their waythrough the woods. The first battalion, on the right flank, swung toward.
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