Image: Edmund Wittenmyer - Soldiers all; portraits and sketches of the men of the A. E. F. (1920) (14781928932)

Description: Identifier: cu31924027835341 (find matches) 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 View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: J-^u*?. y^^- MAJOR GENERAL EDMUND WITTENMYER Arrived in France, April 30, 1918, with rank of Brigadier General.Promoted to Major General, October 13, 1918. Assignments: Commanded 153rd Infantry Brigade, 77th Division;Commanded 7th Division, October 27. Born: Ohio, April 25, 1862. Distinguished Service Medal. For exceptionally meritorious and distin-guished services. He served with markeddistinction as brigade commander in the Ar-gonne-Meuse offensive and as division com-mander in the final operations in the Toulsector, and in both capacities, by his untiringefforts and breadth of vision, proved himselfto be an able leader. G. O. 12 (January 17,1919). (201) Text Appearing After Image: <^^&^ RALPH ATKINSON, Sergeant, Headquarters Company, 167th Infantry,42nd Division.For extraordinary heroism in action near Landres-et-St. Georges, October 16, 1918.During the attack on C6te-de-Chatillon SergeantAtkinson, in command of the Stokes Mortar Platoon,was advancing with the first wave of the assault, when,upon nearing the objective about two hundred andfifty of the enemy formed for a counter-attack. Atthis juncture Sergeant Atkinson with a Stokes mor-tar ran out under heavy fire to a position where hecould get a fair field of fire, set up the mortar andopened a murderous fire on the approaching enemy,dispersing them in every direction. His quick actionand good judgment not only broke up the enemycounter-attack but inflicted very severe losses, Atkin-son himself showing extraordinary heroism and cour-age at a most critical time.Distinguished Service Cross. (205) Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Edmund Wittenmyer - Soldiers all; portraits and sketches of the men of the A. E. F. (1920) (14781928932)
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