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WAR CROSSES FOR TWO U. C. MEN11. H. Mope ;iml 15. M. Burton, Jr., former students of the university have: been awarded the Croix de (iucrrs, or cross of war, the highest military honor of France, by the French govern-; nient.Burton and Hope were with the first ambulance unit from the university to go to France. They drove a motor tiuek under bombardment October 8, j two men with them being killed. Tliej; men are now in the American held » service, but the crosses were awarded for services performed before the sections to which the men were attacked,'I were incorporated in the American .' army.Herbert Hartley Hope is a graduate uof the university in 1915, and was ]working as a surveyor when he joined ii the first unit organized in Berkeley ] for service with tin- American Field 11 ambulance in France. On arrival in11 France, however, he joined the French]' transport service. He is a son of the1' Rev. Dr. Francis Hope, pastor of tlic t ■ First Baptist church of Hcaldslmrg., Miss Hazel Hope, his sister, also! graduated from the univcrsilv with thei class of 1915 and is now a -chol teach-! ier in Hcaldslmrg. Hope made a tnnj to Europe after the war started with \ H. L. Howard and both decided to j seek service wbh the allies. Howard; is now a lieutenant in the Ameucatt. army.Benjamin llowell 15m ton Jr. is also a University of California man. Mis father is president of the Colusa ’county bank. Burton was a junior in; the letters and science college before lie joined the American Field ambulance. Recently be sought to join the! aviation service in France, but letters! received by his family here contained! tlie information that army officers prevailed upon him to remain with theIn Id ambulance, saving his work was; invaluable.
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Berkeley Daily Gazette
Berkeley, California, US
Mon, Dec 03, 1917
Page 6
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