Letter from Battery B, 129th Field Artillery to Commander in Chief, A.E.F.- March 21, 1919

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March 21, 1919. From: CO., Btry. B 129th F.A. To: Commander in Chief, American E.F. (Thru channels.) Subject: Recommendations for award of Distinguished Service Cross. 1. Corp. Clyde C. Chilson, 1464365, Btry. B, 129th F.A., for extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty on the night of October 1-2, 1918, during a hostile mustard gas and H.E. shell attack at Charpentry, France. During the night and morning he went among the men to make secure their mask protection and by making a number of gas tests, was himself gassed, yet continued his duty, thus saving many lives. He continued to perform his duties while in a serious state of gas poisoning, without divulging his physical condition to his comrades or his battery commander. He died in hospital from the effects of gas several days later. The nearest of kin of above soldier is Mrs. Lottie Hewitt, 3316 Wayne Ave., Kansas City, [Missouri] 1. Pvt 1cl Horace Tucker, 1465520, Btry. B, 129th F.A., for extraordinary heroism on the night of October 1-2, 1918, near Charpentry, France, under hostile fire of 150-mm. H.E. and mustard gas shells which killed 45 horses; he remained on duty with the battery horses, despite the great danger to himself, adjusting the horses