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Americas Immortals Eggers, Louis and Latham Heroic Action
Sergeant Louis Eggers and Sergeant John G Latham with Corporal Thomas E O Shea crossed fire to aid a disabled American Tank near Le Catelet France on September 29 1918. They rescued a wounded officer carried two soldiers to cover and returned a Hotchkiss gun to defend the group under heavy fire.
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