"V INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS, APRIL 24, 1919 iJl f. tS iaint^jij^a i#iiR |»|w t£k&£J 3$ A ^P**^n i\f 'J "»& --5s?-' *•T^v', sLf-'-ii .*K*b. *«& ""^V V*tfi-is.'. .. x' §$SR8bk **3SS t1'.• av^ ii^X vi«»«-», "^3e««Rrssapm %glm r!'-rksdr '&§: ^v Os, l-~ •Ws^ '••ivoCs-N,^. ^U.r-v. sgM^^-vr v- & Jui ?3n *C*£a^ Sergeant, M. G- EGGERS, ALAN LOUIS (12112557) Co., 107th Inf. FOR conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy near Le Catelet, France, 29 September, 1918. Becoming separated from their platoons by a smoke barrage, Sergeant Eggers, Sergeant John G. Latham and Corporal Thomas E. O Shea took cover in a shell hole well within the enemy's lines. Upon hearing a call for help from an American Tank, which had become disabled thirty yards from thcin, the three soldiers left their shelter and started towards the tank under heavy fire from German machine guns and trcnch mortars. In crossing the fire-swept area, Corporal O'Shea was mortally wounded, but his companions, undeterred, proceeded to the tank, rescued a wounded officer, and assisted twQ soldiers to They helped to end the war that might cover in the sap of a nearby trench. Sergeant Eggers and Sergeant Latham then returned to the tank in the faccof have cost five times as much as it did. the violent fire, dismounted a Hotchkiss gun and took it back to where the wounded men were, keeping off the It may mean self-denial to do your enemy all day by the effective-use of the gun, and later bringing it, with the wounded men, back to our lines whole duty in the Victory Liberty Loan, irl under cover of darkness. 1 Home address: Mr. John H. Eggers, 152 Summit but whatever the personal cost, you can Ave., Summit, N. J. never approach the things they did. Invest the way they fought Invest in *4 •*"S* ~r v. contributed by •wtgsssr*