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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

Gen. Pershing decorating officers of 89th Division, Treves, Germany

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