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Title: Soldiers all; portraits and sketches of the men of the A. E. F.
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Chase, Joseph Cummings, 1878-1965
Subjects: United States. Army World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: New York, George H. Doran company
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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LSH, Sergeant, Company I, 18th Infantry, 1st Division.Pat—you know its Pat—has done thirty-one yearsof service in the U. S. Regular Army. He is thekind of sergeant upon whom the training and disci-pline of the Army depend. When we went into thewar he was given a chance to retire with pension,having served his full time, but Walsh preferred togo overseas after more medals—and won them, too—the Distinguished Service Cross and the Croix deGuerre with Palm. In a brilliant manner he cap-tured a nest of enemy machine-guns that was doingparticular damage to his unit. General Pershingscongratulations were conveyed to Sergeant Walshthrough the First Division Headquarters March 5,1918. According to his citation in General Orders 126,He voluntarily followed his company commander tothe first line through a severe barrage, and whenthe captain was killed, he assumed command of agroup on his own initiative, attacked a superior forceof the enemy and inflicted heavy losses upon them. (117 J ©
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MAJOR GENERAL EDWARD F. McGLACHLIN Arrived in France, March 4, 1918, with rank of Brigadier General.Promoted to Major General, April 12, 1918. Born: Wisconsin, June 9, 1868. Distinguished Service Medal. For exceptionally meritorious and distin-guished services. As commander of the Ar-tillery of the First Army in its organizationand subsequent operations he solved the diffi-cult problems involved with rare militaryjudgment. In the St. Mihiel and Argonne-Meuse offensives his qualities as a leader weredemonstrated by the effective employment ofArtillery that was planned and conductedunder his direction. He later commanded withgreat ability and success the First InfantryDivision of the American ExpeditionaryForces. G. O. 12 (January 17, 1919). (121)

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