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NiW4TI1 DIMXNIATIOK FOR . NOLD1RR OF FORTTNK/ MANILA. P. L, Nor. 11— (ByMall)—Samuel I. Johnson .formar brigadier gwneral of tba national guard 6f Hawaii and former major of Urn 17th Ualtad States Infantry. today add ad two mom decora-ilona to tho twoaty-two which ha almady poaaaaaed. He mcolrod tha Otellngulsbed 8arr|m Croat from tho United ftutas government and tho foorth elaaa of tho Imparl a I Order of Motjt from Japan, both doooratiooa for dlettngelahed nervine at Vladivostok during tba al-Hod occupation In lilt and 1120 whaa ho waa la eh area of tha in- • taraational police foreo thorn ■a la a Rsastaa by Mrth. haa foafht uador many flam and haa received decoration* from aaarir V ever civilised country la tho world. Whaa the Unttad Mate* On t a rod tho war bo foetgned his commission aa brigadier genera! of tha Hawaiian aaUeeal guard and en-Uated as a private. A short tlma;a latar ho waa commissioned as major la tha 17th United States Infantry and was sent to 81 bar Is.Tha American elution rands:For extraordinary heroism In -action at Vladivostok. Siberia on', tha alght of November 17-18. Itlt. On thma aucceentv# occasions ha wssif through a sone swept by tha Intense fire of contending factions to tba railroad sUtlon and brought out non-combatants through tha continuous fire from riflas and machine gens '*Mrs. Johnson, whom the major had not aaaa far fly# year* arrivedU1jI !from tea United States on tha (- * isteamer Crania Bute r ne hoar before there carnaoay look place and was .enabled to sea her husband raeafy* his 84th decoration.Major Johnson resigned from the army about a year ago and Is now manager of a lumber company at Cadis. OcrldenUl Nerrot. in the Vlsayan group of t:»e PhllllpplseIslands
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Klamath Falls Evening herald
Klamath Falls, Oregon, US
Sat, Nov 26, 1921
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