Soldiers all; portraits and sketches of the men of the AEF. . AUGUST STEIDL, Sergeant, Company A, 26th Infantry, 1st for extraordinary heroism in action from July18 to 23, 1918. Steidl showed exceptional bravery and control overhis platoon while advancing through enemy machine-gun and artillery fire before reaching his final ob-jective, which he took, in spite of wounds, gas, andshell shock. For further acts of extraordinary heroism he wasawarded the Croix de Guerre with Palm, and theMedaille Militaire. f 277 ]. © GRADY PARRISH, Sergeant, Company G, 167th Infantry, 4<2nd Divi
Soldiers all; portraits and sketches of the men of the AEF. . AUGUST STEIDL, Sergeant, Company A, 26th Infantry, 1st for extraordinary heroism in action from July18 to 23, 1918. Steidl showed exceptional bravery and control overhis platoon while advancing through enemy machine-gun and artillery fire before reaching his final ob-jective, which he took, in spite of wounds, gas, andshell shock. For further acts of extraordinary heroism he wasawarded the Croix de Guerre with Palm, and theMedaille Militaire. f 277 ]. © GRADY PARRISH, Sergeant, Company G, 167th Infantry, 4<2nd extraordinary heroism in action near C6te-de-Chatillon, October, 16, 1918. After his platoon commander had been severelywounded and his platoon had suffered heavy casual-ties, Sergeant Parrish quickly reorganized the re-mainder of the platoon and personally led it in theattack on C6te-de-Chatillon. By his daring acts,coolness, and good judgment, he broke up a heavyenemy counter-attack on his front, thereby saving hismen and being an example of exceptional heroismand devotion to Service Cross. STACY A. LEWIS, Sergeant, Company A, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, 1st extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons,July 22, 1918. He voluntarily organized a machine-gun crew,moved forward in front of the Infantry under heavymachine-gun and shell fire, killed an entire enemymachine-gun nest, and captured the Service Cross. [281 ]
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