| ARMY Pvt. Kelly ran
through our own barrage 100 yards in advance of the front line and attacked an enemy
machinegun nest, killing the gunner with a grenade, shooting another member of the crew
with his pistol, and returning through the barrage with 8 prisoners.
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NAVY For
conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving with
the 78th Company, 6th Regiment, 2d Division, in action with the enemy at Blanc Mont Ridge,
France, 3 October 1918. Pvt. Kelly ran through our own barrage a hundred yards in advance
of the front line and attacked an enemy machinegun nest, killing the gunner with a
grenade, shooting another member of the crew with his pistol, and returning through the
barrage with 8 prisoners. |
