Major Budd '02 Awarded D.S.C. for Heroism near Ville-Savoye

Major Kenneth Pepperrell Budd '02 of the 308th Infantry has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross by General Pershing. Major Budd's citation reads as follows: "For extraordinary heroism near Ville Savoye, France, August 16. 1918. Although Major Budd's post of command was subject to continuous and concentrated gas attacks, and despite the fact that he was severely gassed during the bombardment, he refused to be evacuated, remaining for three days to superintend personally the relief of his battalion and the removal to the rear of the men who had been gassed."