AMERICAN DECORATIONS

ISBN: 9780267876075 Géneros: HBW Sinópsis: Excerpt from American Decorations A List of Awards of the DistinguishedService Cross the DistinguishedService Medal the Soldiers Medal and the DistinguishedFlying Cross Awarded Under Authority of the Congress of the United States July 1 1940 June 30 1941For heroism displayed in rescuing an enlisted man from drowning in the harbor at Manila Philippine Islands on May 20 1940 When an enlisted man jumped overboard from an Army vessel tied up at a pier and was on the point of drowning Private First Class Campbell dived from the ship into the water and went to his assistance Swimming with a life preserver to the point where the drowning man had disappeared Private First Class Campbell pulled him to the surface and assisted him to hold on to the life ring as it was hauled back to the Ship thereby saving his life The heroism displayed by Private First Class Campbell on this occasion reflects great credit upon himself and the military serviceAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books Find more at wwwforgottenbookscomThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work Forgotten Books uses stateoftheart technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works