h/o Goldie B. Adams Banks
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant (Infantry) Harley E. Banks, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 167th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, A.E.F., in the St. Mihiel salient, France, 22 September 1918. Lieutenant Banks led a platoon in a raid on the village of Haumont, displaying excellent skill and leadership in getting the platoon into the designated position under an intense and highly concentrated enemy artillery and machine-gun fire. Upon entering the village Lieutenant Banks personally captured a machine gun and then, with the assistance of two runners, captured eleven prisoners from adjacent dugouts.
Contributor: BarryC (47806468)
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant (Infantry) Harley E. Banks, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 167th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, A.E.F., in the St. Mihiel salient, France, 22 September 1918. Lieutenant Banks led a platoon in a raid on the village of Haumont, displaying excellent skill and leadership in getting the platoon into the designated position under an intense and highly concentrated enemy artillery and machine-gun fire. Upon entering the village Lieutenant Banks personally captured a machine gun and then, with the assistance of two runners, captured eleven prisoners from adjacent dugouts.
Contributor: BarryC (47806468)
h/o Goldie B. Adams Banks
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant (Infantry) Harley E. Banks, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 167th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, A.E.F., in the St. Mihiel salient, France, 22 September 1918. Lieutenant Banks led a platoon in a raid on the village of Haumont, displaying excellent skill and leadership in getting the platoon into the designated position under an intense and highly concentrated enemy artillery and machine-gun fire. Upon entering the village Lieutenant Banks personally captured a machine gun and then, with the assistance of two runners, captured eleven prisoners from adjacent dugouts.
Contributor: BarryC (47806468)
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant (Infantry) Harley E. Banks, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 167th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, A.E.F., in the St. Mihiel salient, France, 22 September 1918. Lieutenant Banks led a platoon in a raid on the village of Haumont, displaying excellent skill and leadership in getting the platoon into the designated position under an intense and highly concentrated enemy artillery and machine-gun fire. Upon entering the village Lieutenant Banks personally captured a machine gun and then, with the assistance of two runners, captured eleven prisoners from adjacent dugouts.
Contributor: BarryC (47806468)
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