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D. S. C. to Corp. T. W. Butcher '04

Corporal Thomas Walter Butcher '04 of Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross by General Pershing. The citation follows:

"For extraordinary heroism near Villers-devant-Dun, France, Nov. 2, 1918. Having been wounded in the back by a machine gun bullet, Corporal Butcher led his squad through heavy machine gun fire, capturing three guns and capturing or killing all of the crews."

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