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Evening sentinel, Wednesday, April 23, 1919 · page 8

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FURLONG, HAROLD A, lst Lam. Co. M 353rd Inf.-

OR conspicuous gallantry and intrcridity a’oo’ve and beyond
the c3” of duty inaction with the enemy near Bantheviile,
France. I -Nuvember. 1918.

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Immediateiy after the opening of the attack in the Bois del
Bantheviiie, when his Company was 1:93. up by severe machine-
gun fire from the front. which killed his company commander and
several soldiers, Lieutenant Furlong moved out in advance of the
lim- with great courage and cooiness, crossing an open space,
several hundred yards wide. Taking u a position behind the
line of machine guns, he closed in on them, one at a time, kill.
l‘ ing a number of the enemy wit/r bi; rtfle, Putting four machine-gun.
nests our of action, and driring twenty German prisoner: into our lines.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘ Home Address: Arthur D. Furlong, Father, 2950 Wort
Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Mich.

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