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Yankee Airmen Decorated for Extreme Valor
War department awards the Distinguished Service Cross to American aviators for extraordinary heroism amid overwhelming odds. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker is among the honorees with a Bronze Oak Leaf for fighting four Fokker planes. other recipients include Lieutenants Fontaine Kahle Brewster Hill O’Donnell Rath Brooks and their observers, with home addresses listed for families.
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Washington
War Department
Eddie Rickenbacker
Edward V. Rickenbacker
Air Service
94Th Aero Squadron
Hugh L. Fontaine
49Th Aero Squadron
Hagerville
France
Fontaine
Hugh Brewster
Tokkers
Brewster
Bryce Fontaine
Overton Park Avenue
Memphis
Tenn
L. Brewster
Fairmont Avenue
Fort Worth
Texas
Clarence C. Kahle
99Th Aero Squadron
Larchausses
Lieuntenant Kahle
Raymond C. Hill
Hindenburg Line
Kahle
la Chausse
I. L. Kahlo
Margaretta Street
Pittsburgh
Hill
P.O. Box
Tenth Street
Lewiston
Idaho
Paul J. O'Donnel
90Th Aero Squadron
Dunsurmeuse
Lieut. O'Donnell
Dunsarmeuse
Eney
Adie O'Donnell
Fourteenth Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
Howard G. Rath
96Th Aero Squadron
Rhambley
Xannes
Trance
Rath
Walter F. Rath
Pasadena
Cal
Arthur RB. Brooks
Mars Latour
France, Sept. 04, 1919 Lieut. Brooks
Centrol
Hames
Add v Ki. Sraolk
Yay Jwendall
Jrmmingham
Mass
Lim
Villeey
Fokker
Dames
William Rickenbacker
Livingston Avenue
Columbus
Ohio