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Title
Gen
.
Pershing
decorating
officers
of
89th
Division
,
Treves
,
Germany
Publisher
[United
States]
:
Underwood
&
Underwood
,
[between
1914
and
1918?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : black and white ; 8 cm x 8 cm
Summary
"The
Commanding
General
of the
American
Expeditionary
Forces
,
John
J
.
Pershing
,
is
here
pinning
upon
the
tunics
of these
youthful
warriors
the
ribboned
Distinguished
Service
Crosses
which
are their
reward
for '
extraordinary
heroism
in
action.
' How
extraordinary
their
heroism
had to be in
every
case
in
order
to
win
this
high
honor
is
proven
by the
fact
that of
over
two
million
American
soldiers
in
France
,
nearly
all
of
whom
did
their
best
to
perform
their
full
duty
,
only
5
,
133
had been
awarded
the
Distinguished
Service
Cross
up
to
November
11
,
1919
, and
only
93
had been
given
an
oak
leaf
cluster
to
wear
on the
ribbon
of the
Distinguished
Service
Cross
,
equivalent
to a
second
citation
for the
medal
itself
. The
89th
Division
stood
well
up
among
the
American
combat
divisions
in
awards
of the
coveted
distinction
,
137
of its
officers
and
men
having
received
it
. The
division
receiving
the
highest
number
was the
2nd
,
which
had
673
crosses
and
13
oak
leaf
clusters
. In
addition
to the
decorations
of
our
own
government
,
many
other
decorations
for
bravery
in
action
were
conferred
upon
out
men
by
foreign
governments
,
particularly
by
France
and
Great
Britain
,
while
not a
few
French
and
British
soldiers
received
out
Distinguished
Service
Cross
for
acts
of
Gallantry
performed
while
fighting
shoulder
to
shoulder
with
out
men
.
Thus
were
exchanged
between
the
Allied
armies
those
tokens
of
mutual
admiration
for
valor
which
we
may
confidently
hope
will
help
to
keep
alive
in
coming
years
the
comradeship
of
common
service
in a
high
cause
between
the
three
great
nations
whose
continued
friendship
is
the
best
,
indeed
, the
only
,
guarantee
of the
future
safety
of
civilization."-Taken
from
back
of
resource
Notes
Title
supplied
on
resource.
;
Date
inferred
from the
range
of the
Hunter
Collection
(World
War
I
,
1914-1918)
LC Subject Headings
Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948.
United States. Army--Medals, badges, decorations, etc.
United States. Army. Division, 89th (1917-1942)
Soldiers.
World War, 1914-1918.
Germany.
Type
Image
Time Period
World War I (1914-1918)
Added Entry
Keystone View Company.
Personal Collection
WWI Hunter Collection
Call #
PHOTO
03366
Item #
703191
OCLC number
1028580621
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