Receives Citation for
Bravery in Action
Corporal Charles N. Watson, son of Rev. and Mrs. S.N. Watson
of Forest City, who has been in the army in France as a member of the 16th
Regiment, First Division, for the past two years, has received an official citation
for bravery from the French General Headquarters, Corporal Watson was selected
to carry a message to the front line and altho badly wounded enroute, and in the
face of heavy fire, he successfully accomplished his mission. The citation is
in French and is from General Petain of the French armies. The first division
of the American army, which was the first to land in France and the last to
leave, is now leaving and according to reports the members of this famous organization
will probably be home during the next four weeks.
Charles Watson gave his service to the United States Army
while a citizen of Hertford County, being at that time a resident of the town
of Winton, his father, Rev. Watson being pastor of the Winton Baptist Church.
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