![]() Charles H. Andre Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army |
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ANDRE,
CHARLES H.
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Home: Detroit, Michigan 305th Machine-Gun Battalion, 77th Division, A.E.F. Date of Action: October 14 - 15, 1918 General Orders 71, W.D., 1919 Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles H. Andre, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Juvin, France, October 14 - 15, 1918. Coming face to face with a large number of
the enemy, while he was on a reconnaissance patrol, Lieutenant Andre opened
fire with his revolver and continued to advance, demoralizing the enemy
and proving instrumental in the capture of fifty prisoners. During a counterattack,
he voluntarily went forward with a machine-gun in the face of heavy fire,
and operated it to such effect as to break two waves of the advancing enemy.
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