to a first-aid station or to have the wound dressed but organized and took command of a group of
stragglers and aided materially and the advance.
1st Lt. James R. Wood, Adjutant 2nd Battalion, 358th Infantry: Lt. Wood displayed splendid
judgment in keeping battalion intact after Commanding Officer was disabled. He was in charge of the
battalion for about forty-five minutes until Captain Simpson could be reached, Captain Leftwich, senior
Captain, having been disabled.
1st Lt. William B. Bates, Co. E, 358th Infantry: In spite of machine-gun wound in his arm, he
continued in command of his company getting first aid late at night.
1st Lt. Joe C. Caperton, 358th Infantry: During the attack on the woods south of Les Huit
Chemins, 14th and 15th of September 1918, Lieutenant Caperton collected stragglers in the rear; formed
them into a platoon and assumed command. While crossing ravine one kilometer south of Les Huit
Chemins, Lieutenant Caperton and his men suddenly were fired upon by artillery, which resulted in
three being killed and many wounded. With the utmost coolness Lieutenant Caperton withdrew his men
from danger, checked what threatened to be a panic and again returned them forward.
1st Lt. Harold C. Hillman, Dental Corps, 358th Infantry: Near Fey-en-Haye, on September 12th,
he rendered valuable assistance to the Battalion Surgeon for several hours in the open under heavy
shellfire, displaying extraordinary courage.
1st Lt. Hubard G. Boyer, 358th Infantry: Lt. Boyer voluntarily went out to bring in one of the
wounded men of his company from beyond the line of outposts during the enemy machine gun fire
while his company was entrenched near Aincreville-Bantheville Road, October 26, 1918.
1st Lt. Dexter W. Scurlock, 358th Infantry: Displayed distinguished gallantry under high
explosive, shrapnel, machine gun and sniper fire by the enemy and by his personal fearlessness set an
example. He pushed the telephone line into Blanc Fontaine barracks close up to the infantry attacking
line and kept his Regimental Commander informed of the situation and delivered messages to the
Battalion Commander, November 10, 1918, in advance on Stenay.
1st Lt. Rufus Boylan, 358th Infantry: As Adjutant of the 2nd Battalion, 358th Infantry, Lt.
Boylan cooly wrote messages, in utter disregard of personal danger under heavy machine-gun and
minenwerfer fire, in the operation of his battalion on November 10, 1918, thereby keeping Regimental
Headquarters informed as to the situation. He also showed great personal courage by leading a patrol
through Stenay on the morning of November 11, 1918, at 10 hour. This in and near Stenay, France.
1st Lt. Grover C. Bullington, 358th Infantry: Showed distinguished bravery under heavy shellfire
and machine-gun fire from aëroplanes near Vilcey-Sur-Trey, September 18, 1918, about 1 hour;
voluntarily moved kitchens and water carts of a battalion from a place where they would have been
destroyed to a place where enemy artillery did not have range.
2nd Lt. Stirling K. Harrod, 358th Infantry: Lt. Harrod, in the advance through the woods was
shot through the right arm by a German from a concealed position, but refusing to quit his post, he
seized his pistol in his left hand and continued to advance, maintaining command and control of his
platoon until relieved and sent to the first aid station by his company commander about one hour after he
was wounded. This on 13th of September 1918, in Vencheres Woods.
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