Westchester County NyArchives Military Records.....Call, Donald M. 1918
WWI Tank Corps
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Congressional Medal Of Honor Citation
  Donald M. Call, second lieutenant, Tank Corps. For conspicuous gallantry and
intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy near
Varennes, France, September 26, 1918. During an operation against enemy
machine-gun nests west of Varennes, Lieut. Call, then corporal, was in a tank
with an officer, when half of the turret was knocked off by a direct artillery
hit Choked by gas from the high-explosive shell, he left the tank and took cover
in a shell hole 30 yards away. Seeing that the officer did not follow, and
thinking that he might be alive, Corp. Call returned to the tank under intense
machine-gun and shell fire and carried the officer over a mile under machine-gun
and sniper fire to safety.  Residence at appointment: Larchmont Manor, New York,
N. Y.

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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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