Honors U. S. Auto Drivers.
Honors U. S. Auto Drivers.

HONORS U. S. AUTO DRIVERS.
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French War Cross Is Accorded Am-
bulance Men for Bravery.
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    Paris. July 3.--Four ambulance drivers of the American field service were decorated with the war cross by Gen. Gouraud at a review of the troops at the front.
    They were Benjamin F. Butler and John M. Grierson, jr., of New York; Brownlee B. Gould, Toledo, and H. Wynkoop Ribinkam, [sic] Chicago. They were cited in army orders for courage and devotion in taking away the wounded during a recent bombardment.


Source:

Unknown, "Honors U. S. Auto Drivers," Washington Post, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, 4 July, 1917, p. 4.

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