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MILITARY DECORATIONS
MILITARY DECORATIONS In the North Russian Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki, American officers and men fought at one time or another under the field standards of four nations, American, British, French, and (North) Russian. And for their valor and greatly meritorious conduct, mostly over and beyond the call of duty, many soldiers were highly commended by their field officers, American, French, British, and Russian, in their reports to higher military authorities. Many, but not all, of these officers and soldiers were later cited in orders and awarded decorations. Not every deserving man received a citation. That is the luck of war. It was a matter of keen regret to the British Commanding General that he was so hedged by orders from England that his generous policy of awarding decorations to American soldiers was abruptly ended in mid-winter when it became apparent that the United States would not continue the campaign against the Bolsheviki but would withdraw American troops at the earliest possible moment. The Russian military authorities were eager to show their appreciation of their American soldier allies, but due to the indifference of Colonel Stewart to this not many soldiers were decorated with Russian old army decorations. The French decorations were probably the sincerest marks of esteem and admiration. They were bestowed by French officers who were close to the doughboy in the field. And they are prized as tokens of the affection of the French for Americans. In speaking of American decorations we can hardly write without heat. The doughboy did not get his just deserts. And he, without doubt, is correct in placing the blame for the neglect at the door of the American commanding officer, Colonel Stewart. Men and officers who died heroically up there in that North Russian campaign, and others who carry wound scars, and yet others who performed valiantly in that desperate campaign, went unrewarded. AMERICAN DECORATIONS Distinguished Service Cross BUGLER JAMES F. REVELS, "I" Co., 339th Inf., for gallantry in action, Sept. 16th, 1918, Obozerskaya, Russia. LIEUT. CHARLES F. CHAPPEL, "K" Co., 339th Inf., for gallantry in action, Sept. 27th, 1918, Kodish, Russia. (Citation posthumous.) SGT. MATHEW G. GRAHEK, "M" Co., 339th Inf., for gallantry in action, Sept. 29th, 1918, at Verst 458, Obozerskaya, Russia. SGT. CORNELIUS T. MAHONEY, "K" Co., 339th Inf., for gallantry in action, October 16th, 1918, Kodish, Russia. CORP. ROBERT M. PRATT, "M" Co., 339th Inf., for gallantry in action, October 17th, 1918, Verst 445, near Emtsa, Russia. PVT. VICTOR STIER, "A" Co., 339th Inf., for gallantry in action, January 19th, 1919, Ust Padenga, Russia. (Citation posthumous.) PVT. LAWRENCE B. KILROY, 337th Ambulance Company, for gallantry in action, Kodish, Russia. PVT. HUBERT C. PAUL, 337th Ambulance Company, for gallantry in action, Kodish, Russia. LIEUT. CLIFFORD F. PHILLIPS, "H" Co., 339th Inf., for gallantry in action, April 2nd, 1919, near Bolsheozerki. (Citation posthumous.) CORP. THEODORE SIELOFF, "I" Co., 339th Inf., for gallantry in action, Nov. 4th, 1918, at Verst 445, near Emtsa, Russia. PVT. CLARENCE H. ZECH, 337th Ambulance Company, for gallantry in action, Kodish, Russia. CORP. WILLIAM H. RUSSELL, "M" Co., 339th Inf., for gallantry in action, April 1st, 1919, near Bolsheozerki, Russia. (Citation posthumous.) PVT. CHESTER H. EVERHARD, 337th Ambulance Company, for gallantry in action, April 2nd, 1919, near Bolsheozerki, Russia. LIEUT. HOWARD H. PELLEGROM, "H" Co., 339th Inf., for gallantry in action, April 2nd, 1919, near Bolsheozerki, Russia. FRENCH DECORATIONS Legion of Honor MAJOR J. BROOKS NICHOLS, 339th Inf. COL. GEORGE E. STEWART, 339th Inf. Croix de Guerre PVT. WALTER STREIT, "M" Co. SGT. MATHEW G. GRAHEK, "M" Co. PVT. JAMES DRISCOLL, "M.G." Co. PVT. CLARENCE A. MILLER, "M" CO. PVT. ARTHUR FRANK, "M.G." CO. PVT. LEO R. ELLIS, "I" Co. LIEUT. JAMES R. DONOVAN, "M" Co. 339th Inf. SGT. FRANK GETZLOFF, "M" Co. CORP. C. A. GROBBELL, "I" Co. LIEUT. GEORGE W. STONER, "M" Co., 339th Inf. PVT. JOHN H. ROMPINEN, "M" Co. PVT. ALFRED FULLER, "K" Co. MAJOR MICHAEL J. DONOGHUE, 339th Inf. LIEUT. CLARENCE J. PRIMM, "M" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. DWIGHT FISTLER, "I" Co., 339th Inf. SGT. CHARLES HEBNER, "M" Co. PVT. OTTO GEORGIA, "K" Co. LIEUT. PERCIVAL L. SMITH, "Hq." Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. WESLEY K. WRIGHT, "M" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. GILBERT T. SHILLSON, "K" CO., 339th Inf. SGT. HARVEY B. PETERSON, "M" Co. PVT. HERMAN A. SODER, "I" Co. PVT. THOMAS McELROY, "M" Co. CORP. BENJAMIN JONDRO, "M" Co. PVT. TOBIAS LePLANT, "K" Co. PVT. FRANK RANK, "I" Co. SGT. CHARLES V. RIHA, "M" Co. LIEUT. ROBERT J. WIECZOREK, "M" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. WOODHULL SPITLER, "M.G." Co., 339th Inf. SGT. JOHN P. GRAY, "M" CO. CAPT. JOSEPH ROSENFELD, 337th Amb. SGT. JACOB KANTROWITZ, "M" Co. LIEUT. JOHN J. BAKER, "E" Co., 339th Inf. PVT. CLYDE PETERSON, "K" Co. CORP. THEODORE H. SIELOFF, "I" Co. PVT. RAY LAWRENCE, "M" Co. CAPT. HORATIO G. WINSLOW, "I" Co., 339th Inf. CORP. JOHN C. SMOLINSKI, "I" Co. PVT. JOHN KUKORIS, "I" Co. LIEUT. LEWIS E. JAHNS, "K" Co., 339th Inf. MAJOR J. BROOKS NICHOLS, 339th Inf., Commanding officer Allied troops, Railway Detachment. PVT. SAMUEL H. DARRAH, "K" Co. LIEUT. CHARLES B. RYAN, "K" Co., 339th Inf. CORP. FRANK L. O'CONNOR, "M" Co. MR. FRANK OLMSTEAD, Y. M. C. A. PVT. OSCAR LIGHTER, "M" Co. PVT. ALFRED STARIKOFF, "M" Co. CORP. ROBERT M. PRATT, "M" Co. PVT. ERNEST P. ROULEAU, "M" Co. CAPT. JOEL R. MOORE, "M" Co., 339th Inf. (with silver star, divisional citation). BRITISH DECORATIONS Distinguished Service Order MAJOR J. BROOKS NICHOLS, 339th Inf. Commanding officer American and Allied troops, Railway Detachment, fall offensive and winter and spring defensive campaigns of Vologda Force. MAJOR MICHAEL J. DONOGHUE, 339th Inf. Commanding officer American and Allied troops, Kodish offensive in fall and winter defensive campaigns of the Seletskoe Detachment of Vologda Force. CAPTAIN ROBERT P. BOYD, "B" CO., 339th Inf. Commanding officer American and Allied troops left bank of Dvina, fall offensive and winter defensive campaigns of Dvina-Kotlas Force. LIEUT.-COL. P. S. MORRIS, JR., 310th Engineers. Chief Engineer A. E. F., North Russia, during fall offensive and winter and spring campaigns. Military Cross CAPT. OTTO A. ODJARD, Commanding Officer "A" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. ALBERT M. SMITH, "B" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. LAWRENCE P. KEITH, "M.G." Co. 339th Inf. LIEUT. GORDON B. REESE, "I" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. HARRY S. STEELE, "C" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. W. C. GIFFELS, "A" Co., 310th Engrs. LIEUT. HARRY M. DENNIS, "B" Co. 339th Inf. LIEUT. JOHN A. COMMONS, "K" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. H. D. McPHAIL, "A" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. CHARLES B. RYAN, "K" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. H. T. KETCHAM, "H" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. HARRY J. COSTELLO, "M.G." Co., 339th Inf. (received his medal from the hand of the Prince of Wales, in Washington, D. C.) MAJOR CLARE S. McARDLE, Commanding officer 1st Battalion 310th Engrs. LIEUT. EDWIN J. STEPHENSON, "A" Co., 310th Engrs. LIEUT. B. A. BURNS, "A" Co., 310th Engrs. CAPT. W. O. AXTELL, "B" Co., 310th Engrs. LIEUT. E. W. LEGIER, "C" Co., 310th Engrs. Distinguished Conduct Medal SGT. MATHEW G. GRAHEK, "M" Co., 339th Inf. SGT. F. W. WOLFE, "K" Co., 339th Inf. SGT. G. M. WALKER, "K" Co., 339th Inf. SGT. CHAS. J. HAYDEN, "I" Co., 339th Inf. CORP. J. C. DOWNS, "B" Co., 339th Inf. SGT. A. V. TIBBALS, "A" Co., 310th Engrs. CORP. GEORGE R. YOHE, Signal Platoon, "Hq." Co., 339th Inf. PVT. WALTER A. SPRINGSTEEN, Signal Platoon, "Hq." Co., 339th Inf. CORP. JAMES MORROW, "B" Co., 339th Inf. SGT. PETER CSATLOS, "A" Co., 310th Engrs. SGT. FLOYD A. WALLACE, "B" Co., 339th Inf. Military Medal SGT. CARL W. VENABLE, "L" Co., 339th Inf. PVT. 1ST CLASS JAMES W. DRISCOLL, "M.G." Co., 339th Inf. SGT. MICHAEL J. KENNEY, "K" Co., 339th Inf. SGT. E. J. HERMAN, "A" Co., 310th Engrs. CORP. J. S. MANDERFIELD, "A" Co., 310th Engrs. SGT. E. P. TROMBLEY, "A" Co., 339th Inf. CORP. H. T. DANIELSON, "A" Co., 339th Inf. CORP. J. FRANCZAC, "A" Co., 339th Inf. BUGLER C. J. CAMPUS, "A" Co., 339th Inf. MECH. A. J. HORN, "A" Co., 339th Inf. SGT. J. A. NEES, "A" Co., 339th Inf. SGT. ARNOLD W. NOLF, "A" Co., 310th Engrs. SGT. H. H. HAMILTON, "A" Co., 310th Engrs. PVT. BERGER W. BERGSTROM, "A" Co., 310th Engrs. PVT. RUSSELL F. McGUIRE, "A" Co., 310th Engrs. PVT. MICHAEL KOWALSKI, "H" Co., 339th Inf. SGT. E. W. PAUSCH, "C" Co., 339th Inf. SGT. JOHN BENSON, "C" Co., 310th Engrs. SGT. SILVER K. PARISH, "B" Co., 339th Inf. PVT. CHARLES BELL, "B" Co., 339th Inf. PVT. JOSEPH EDYINSON, "B" Co., 339th Inf. SGT. L. E. STOVER, "B" Co., 310th Engrs. CORP. W. C. BUTZ, "B" Co., 310th Engrs. CORP. F. W. WILKIE, "K" Co., 339th Inf. SGT. L. BARTELS, "K" Co., 339th Inf. CORP. J. STEYSKAL, "K" Co., 339th Inf. PVT. E. E. HELMAN, "K" Co., 339th Inf. CORP. WILLIAM C. SHAUGHNESSEY, Signal Platoon, "Hq." Co., 339th Inf. PVT. LOUIS L. HOPKINS, "Hq." Co., 339th Inf. PVT. CHARLES E. GARRETT, "Hq." Co., 339th Inf. PVT. GUY HINMAN, "Hq." Co., 339th Inf. PVT. JAMES R. WAGGENER, "Hq." Co., 339th Inf. PVT. CLARENCE A. MILLER, "M" Co., 339th Inf. Meritorious Service Medal SGT. EWALD T. BILLEAU PVT. A. H. DITTBERNER SGT. L. S. SCHNEIDER SGT. DELBERT KRATZ 1ST. SGT. V. B. ROGERS SGT. F. W. YATES PVT. JERRY DAUBEK CORP. A. N. ERICKSON All of "A" Company, 310th Engineers RUSSIAN DECORATIONS St. Vladimir with Swords and Ribbons REAR-ADMIRAL NEWTON A. McCULLY, Commanding U. S. Naval Forces. MAJOR MICHAEL J. DONOGHUE, 339th Inf. MAJOR J. BROOKS NICHOLS, 339th Inf. COL. JAMES A. RUGGLES, Chief of American Military Mission, Military Attache to Embassy in Russia. St. Anne With Swords CAPT. JOEL R. MOORE, "M" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. J. R. DONOVAN; "M" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. ALBERT M. SMITH, "B" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. GORDON B. REESE, "I" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. HARRY S. STEELE, "C" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. GEORGE W. STONER, "M" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. CLARENCE J. PRIMM, "M" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. F. B. LITTLE, Med. Corps, 339th Inf. LIEUT. W. C. GIFFELLS, "A" Co., 310th Engrs. LIEUT. E. W. LEGlER, "C" Co., 310th Engrs. LIEUT. HARRY J. COSTELLO, "M.G." Co., 339th Inf. CAPT. EUGENE PRINCE, Military Mission. CAPT. HUGH S. MARTIN, Military Mission. CAPT. J. A. HARTZFELD, Military Mission. LIEUT. SERGIUS M. RIIS, Naval Attache to Embassy. St. Stanislaus CAPT. OTTO A. ODJARD, "A" Co., 339th Inf. CAPT. ROBERT P. BOYD, "B" Co., 339th Inf. MAJOR C. S. McARDLE, 310th Engrs. CAPT. JOHN J. CONWAY, "G" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. LAWRENCE P. KEITH, "Hq." Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. WESLEY K. WRIGHT, "M" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. JOHN A. COMMONS, "K" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. H. T. KETCHAM, "H" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. HARRY M. DENNIS, "B" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. CHARLES B. RYAN, "K" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. H. D. McPHAIL, "A" Co., 339th Inf. CAPT. WILLIAM KNIGHT, 310th Engrs. LIEUT. ROBERT J. WIECZOREK, "M" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. DWIGHT FISTLER, "I" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. B. A. BURNS, "A" Co., 310th Engrs. LIEUT. A. W. KLIEFOTH, Military Mission. LIEUT. M. B. ROGERS, Military Mission. LIEUT. E. L. PACKER, Military Mission. MAJOR D. O. LIVELY, American Red Cross. CAPT. ROGER LEWIS, American Red Cross. LIEUT. FRED MASON, American Red Cross. LIEUT. GEORGE POLLATS, American Red Cross. Cross of St. George PVT. JOHN C. ADAMS PVT. HARRISON BUSH SGT. JOSEPH CURRY PVT. FRED DeLANEY 1ST. SGT. W. DUNDON BUGLER GEORGE GARTON SGT. M. G. GRAHEK PVT. GEO. HANRAHAN SGT. CHAS. A. HEBNER CORP. FRED HODGES SGT. WM. R. HUSTON SGT. JACOB KANTROWITZ CORP. WM. NIEMAN CORP. F. L. O'CONNOR SGT. CHAS. W. PAGE CORP. ROBT. M. PRATT SGT. CHAS. V. RIHA CORP. F. J. ROMANSKI PVT. JOHN ROMPINEN CORP. JOS. RYDUCHOWSKI PVT. LEO SCHWABE SGT. NORMAN ZAPFE CORP. W. ZIMMERMAN All of "M" Company, 339th Infantry. Also MR. ERNEST RAND, and MR. FRANK OLMSTEAD, Y. M. C. A. St. Anne Silver Medal CORPORAL WALTER J. PICARD, "M" Company, 339th Inf. St. Stanislaus Silver Medal PVT. HAROLD METCALFE PVT. ERNEST ROULEAU PVT. FRANK STEPNAVSKI COOK JOSEPH PAVLIN COOK THEODORE ZECH All of "M" Company, 339th Infantry [Illustration: Officer seated at a desk in a small office.] U. S. OFFICIAL PHOTO Major Nichols in His Railway Detachment Field Headquarters [Illustration: Long parade of soldiers.] LANMAN Ready to Head Memorial Day Parade [Illustration: About fifty crosses with an American flag in the foreground.] LANMAN American Cemetery in Archangel [Illustration: Several hundred people standing outdoors.] LANMAN Soldiers and Sailors of Six Nations Reverence Dead [Illustration: Three rough wooden crosses in the foreground. A huge pile of logs in the background.] U, S. OFFICIAL PHOTO Graves of First Three Americans Killed Fighting Bolsheviki--Obozerskaya, Russia [Illustration: Parade on a city street.] LANMAN Sailors Parade on Memorial Day, Archangel [Illustration: Ship surrounded by ice.] LANMAN Through Ice Floes in Arctic Homeward-Bound [Illustration: Ship on the left and a spit of land on the right. In the center the sun is just touching the horizon.] ROZANSKEY Out of White Sea into Arctic Under Midnight Sun *****Table of Contents
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