Willis Downs
With 11 other scouts, without waiting for the supporting battalion to aid them or to get into a position to do so, charged over a
With 11 other scouts, without waiting for the supporting battalion to aid them or to get into a position to do so, charged over a
While carrying important orders on the battlefield, was desperately wounded and, being unable to walk, crawled far enough to deliver his orders.
In advance of his regiment, rushed to the assistance of his colonel, charging, pistol in hand, 7 insurgents, and compelling surrender of all not killed
Led a successful charge against a superior force, capturing and dispersing the enemy and relieving other members of his regiment from a perilous position.
Charged alone an insurgent outpost with his pistol, killing 1, wounding 2, and capturing 3 insurgents with their rifles and equipment.
With 21 other scouts charged across a burning bridge, under heavy fire, and completely routed 600 of the enemy who were entrenched in a strongly
With 21 other scouts charged across a burning bridge, under heavy fire, and completely routed 600 of the enemy who were entrenched in a strongly
While in action against hostile Moros, voluntarily advanced alone, in the face of a heavy fire, to within about 15 yards of the hostile position
Attempted under a heavy fire of the enemy to swim a river for the purpose of obtaining and returning with a canoe.
Swam the Rio Grande de Pampanga in face of the enemy's fire and fastened a rope to the occupied trenches, thereby enabling the crossing of
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