Catholic Heroes of the World War Collection

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Abstract:

Digitized here are the contents of a scrapbook detailing the weekly newspaper column, “Catholic Heroes of the World War,” 1928-1933, written by Daniel J. Ryan. The scrapbook highlights Catholics who had won medals for service in World War I. Ryan began in December 1928 to write and supply to the feature service of the National Catholic News Service a weekly column profiling men, and some women, who had won the Congressional Medal of Honor (CMH), the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC), and/or the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM). There are about 250 stories in all, covering persons from all 48 states and the majority of American Catholic dioceses

Pages

: Alphabetical Index of Servicemen, ca. 1933

: Bureau of Historical Records (NCWC), Annual Reports, 1929-1933; Photocopies

: Catholic Heroes of the World War: Adams, John C.; Distinguished Service Cross. 30th Infantry, 3rd Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). A native of Maryland. Published in The Record, September 12, 1929.

: Catholic Heroes of the World War: Amory, Thomas D.; Distinguished Service Cross. 26th Infantry, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). Resident of Wilmington, Delaware. National Catholic News Service Release, July 7, 1930.

: Catholic Heroes of the World War: Andres, John, Jr.; Distinguished Service Cross. 8th Machine Gun Battalion, 3rd Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). Resident of Our Lady of Christians Parish, Cheektowaga, New York. Published in the Evangelist, October 7, 1932.

: Catholic Heroes of the World War: Andrew, Flynn Lambert A.; Distinguished Service Cross. American Air Service. Resident of Denver, Colorado. Published 1933.

: Catholic Heroes of the World War: Andrykowski, Victor; Distinguished Service Cross. 125th Infantry, 32nd Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). Resident of Holy Rosary Parish, Saginaw, Michigan. Published in The Record (Louisville) May 14, 1931.

: Catholic Heroes of the World War: Armijo, Marcus B.; Distinguished Service Cross. 125th Infantry, 32nd Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). Resident of St. Ignatius Parish, El Paso, Texas. Published in News May 3, 1930.

: Catholic Heroes of the World War: Arpin, Edmund P.; Distinguished Service Cross. 125th Infantry, 32nd Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). Resident of SS. Peter and Paul Parish, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. Published in Catholic Herald (Milwaukee) October 12, 1932.

: Catholic Heroes of the World War: Auber, John; Distinguished Service Cross. 314th Infantry, 79th Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). Resident of St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Elm Grove, West Virginia. National Catholic News Service Release, July 14, 1930.

: Catholic Heroes of the World War: Babbit, Edwin B.; Distinguished Service Medal. 4th Field Artillery Brigade, 4th Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). Published in The Evangelist, December 2, 1932.

: Catholic Heroes of the World War: Barkley, David B.; Congressional Medal of Honor. 356th Infantry, 89th Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). Resident of San Antonio, Texas. Published in Catholic News, June 27, 1931.

: Catholic Heroes of the World War: Barry, Herbert E.; Distinguished Service Cross. 359th Infantry, 90th Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). Resident of St. Francis Parish, Brainerd, Minnesota. Published in The Record (Louisville), April 23, 1931.

: Catholic Heroes of the World War: Battery, Louis L.; Citation for Bravery. 325th Infantry, 82th Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). Resident of St. Patrick's Parish, Augusta, Georgia. Published in The Catholic Herald, December 15, 1932.

: Catholic Heroes of the World War: Bauernfeind, John R.; Stankunos, Benjamin; Distinguished Service Cross for both. 310th Machine Battalion, 79th Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). Bauernfeind resident of St. Michael's Parish, Baltimore, Maryland; Stankunos of St. Stephen's Parish, West Shamokin, Pennsylvania. Published in Catholic News, November 12, 1932.

: Catholic Heroes of the World War: Behan, James P.; Distinguished Service Cross. 13th Field Artillery, 4th Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). Resident of St. Michael's Parish, New Orleans, Louisiana. Published in Catholic Telegraph (Cincinnati), May 14, 1931.

: Catholic Heroes of the World War: Bennett, Charles S.; Distinguished Service Cross. 16th Infantry, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). Resident of Holy Family Parish, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Published in The Record, October 31, 1929.

: Catholic Heroes of the World War: Benz, Cedric Charles; Distinguished Service Cross. 111th Infantry, 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). Resident of St. Mary of the Mount Parish, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Published in Catholic News, July 2, 1932.

: Catholic Heroes of the World War: Berg, Joseph; Distinguished Service Cross. 167th Infantry, 42th Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). Born in Belgium, resident of Immaculate Conception Parish, Mount Vernon, Washington. Published October 24, 1930.

: Catholic Heroes of the World War: Bills, Anthony C.; Distinguished Service Cross. 7th Field Artillery, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). Resident of St. Joseph's Parish, Dubois, Pennsylvania. Published in Catholic Sun (Syracuse), April 20, 1933.