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Captain Mallon earns high military honor for gallantry
Captain George H C Mallon of the infantry exhibited extraordinary gallantry near St Mihiel France on September 26 1918. Surrounded by fog he led nine soldiers against nine enemy machine guns capturing them and then spearheaded an assault on a 450 mm howitzer battery. He personally attacked one enemy with his fists and later silenced two more machine guns. His actions resulted in the capture of about 100 prisoners eleven machine guns four 40 mm howitzers and one anti aircraft gun. His wife Mrs F E Mallon resides at 1931 Hallock St Kansas City Kansas.
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