ARMY & NAVY LEGION OF VALOR ~ ARTHUR VOGEL DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
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TYPED LETTER ON ARMY AND NAVY LEGION OF VALOR LETTERHEAD TO ARTHUR H. VOGEL OF ORANGE COVE, CALIFORNIA.
DATED FEBRUARY 23, 1949, PITTSBURGH,PA.
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VOGEL, ARTHUR H.
Corporal, U.S. Army Company D, 31st Infantry, 33d Division, A.E.F. (Siberia)
Date of Action: June 26, 1919 Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Arthur H. Vogel, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Sitsa, Siberia, June 26, 1919. Corporal Vogel voluntarily ran a railway locomotive past a cliff three different times to draw the fire of a large force of bandits in order to locate their exact position, so that the bandits could be driven off by machine-gun fire in order to clear the way for a wagon train. On each trip he was subjected to heavy rifle fire, the cab of the engine being punctured in several places, and his Russian assistant slightly wounded. General Orders No. 133, W.D., 1919 Home Town: Heber, CA
DATED FEBRUARY 23, 1949, PITTSBURGH,PA.
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VOGEL, ARTHUR H.
Corporal, U.S. Army Company D, 31st Infantry, 33d Division, A.E.F. (Siberia)
Date of Action: June 26, 1919 Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Arthur H. Vogel, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Sitsa, Siberia, June 26, 1919. Corporal Vogel voluntarily ran a railway locomotive past a cliff three different times to draw the fire of a large force of bandits in order to locate their exact position, so that the bandits could be driven off by machine-gun fire in order to clear the way for a wagon train. On each trip he was subjected to heavy rifle fire, the cab of the engine being punctured in several places, and his Russian assistant slightly wounded. General Orders No. 133, W.D., 1919 Home Town: Heber, CA
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Item # CWB13198
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