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MEADOWCROFT CITED IN ORDERS

Ambulance Driver Wounded and Mentioned for Faithfulness.

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Word has been received that David William Meadowcroft '01 was wounded in France while in the service of the American Ambulance Field Service. Section 8 of this service in which he served are mentioned in the army orders, and Meadowcroft's bravery especially commended. The orders were as follows:

This section, which has since been attached to the Sixteenth Division, has rendered a great service in transporting wounded under difficult and often dangerous circumstances. On December 29, 1916, during a bombardment, the drivers showed conspicuous coolness and absolute devotion in succoring the wounded and conveying them to ambulances. Driver William Meadowcroft has given many proofs of calmness and coolness since the arrival of the division, often under perilous circumstances. He was wounded on December 29, during the bombardment.

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