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Thursday, August 29, 2019

Corporal Charles N Watson Presented Citation for Bravery from French General Headquarters, Aug. 29, 1919

From the Hertford County Herald, Ahoskie, N.C., Aug. 29, 1919

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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