Mobile County AlArchives Military Records.....Hawie, Ashad 1918
WWI 167th Infantry, Co. F
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Distinguished Service Cross Citation
    Ashad Hawie, private, first class, Company F, 167th Infantry. For
extraordinary heroism in action near Landes-et-St. Georges, France, October 16,
1918. Pvt Hawie, as company runner, without hesitation or fear of fire from
heavy artillery and machine guns, made repeated trips with messages between
company and battalion headquarters. On one trip he was attacked by two Germans,
one of whom he killed. Taking the other prisoner, he continued on his mission
and turned his prisoner over to the battalion commander after delivering his
message. Residence at enlistment: 415 1/2 Dauphin Street, Mobile, Ala.

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CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
AND THE
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL
ISSUED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT
Since April 6, 1917
Up to and including
General Orders, No. 126, War Department, November 11, 1919

COMPILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE ARMY
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1920

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